The Guthrie family has been experiencing the same nightmare since its mother, Nancy Guthrie, disappeared Feb. 1.
“Someone needs to do the right thing. We are in agony. We are in agony. It is unbearable,” Savannah Guthrie told Hoda Kotb in an interview. Their exchange previewed Wednesday and will be broadcast throughout the week.
Nancy Guthrie, 84, was reported missing Feb. 1 from her home near Tucson, Arizona, after not attending a virtual church service at a friend’s house, authorities said.
She was last seen the night before, around 9:45 p.m., after she had dinner at her daughter Annie Guthrie’s home.
Authorities have described the case as a possible kidnapping or abduction, but clues have not been forthcoming.
“And to think of what she went through. I wake up every night in the middle of the night, every night,” Savannah Guthrie said. “And in the darkness, I imagine her terror. And it is unthinkable, but those thoughts demand to be thought. And I will not hide my face. But she needs to come home now.”
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Days after their mother disappeared, Savannah Guthrie, along with her sister and her brother, Camron Guthrie, posted a video on Instagram asking for more information from their mother’s possible kidnapper and saying her family is “ready to talk.”
In the video, the siblings thanked the public for “the prayers for our beloved mom.”
“We feel them, and we continue to believe that she feels them, too,” they said.
The ongoing search includes both state and federal agencies. Authorities released video of a person whom they described as a suspect, showing a masked, armed figure appearing to tamper with a security camera on Guthrie’s Tucson-area home.
The FBI said it is looking for a male who is 5 feet, 9 inches to 5 feet, 10 inches tall, with an average build. In the doorbell camera images, he was wearing a black Ozark Trail Hiker Pack 25-liter backpack.
That doorbell camera disconnected at 1.47 a.m. Feb. 1, according to a timeline previously released by the Pima County Sheriff’s Department.
Forensic testing showed that Guthrie’s blood was found on the porch of her home, authorities said. Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos has said that investigators may use genetic genealogy to try and identify the source of unknown DNA recovered from inside the house.
The Guthrie family has offered a $1 million reward for her recovery.
Separately, the FBI has offered a reward of $50,000 for information leading to her recovery or to the arrest and conviction of anyone involved in her disappearance.
Savannah Guthrie has been on leave from her position at the “TODAY” show.
“While she plans to return to the show on air, she remains focused right now supporting her family and working to help bring Nancy home,” a spokesperson for the show said in a statement.
