With the apparent ransom deadline looming Monday evening, Today show coanchor Savannah Guthrie made yet another heartfelt plea for help in finding her missing 84-year-old mother, Nancy Guthrie.
“We need your help,” Savannah Guthrie said in a video posted to social media. “Law enforcement is working tirelessly around the clock, trying to bring her home, trying to find her. She was taken and we don’t know where.”
Guthrie said she was grateful for all of the prayers and support from Today viewers and people across social media. She added that she and her siblings believe their mother is still alive.
“No matter where you are, even if you’re far from Tucson, if you see anything, if you hear anything, if there is anything at all that seems strange to you, that you report to law enforcement,” Guthrie said. “We are at an hour of desperation.”
Guthrie has previously said the family is willing to pay the ransom for their missing mother.
Tucson, Arizona, ABC affiliate KGUN9 received a ransom letter demanding $6 million in cryptocurrency for the safe return of Nancy Guthrie.
The first deadline has passed, and the second deadline is set for Monday at 5 p.m. local time. If the ransom is not paid, the letter said the alleged kidnappers threatened to kill Nancy Guthrie.
Authorities believe Nancy Guthrie was taken from her home in the Tucson area late Jan. 31 or early Feb. 1, after family members noticed she did not show up for church the following morning.
Investigators found her front doorbell camera disconnected and drops of her blood on the porch, and law enforcement officials have said they believe she was taken against her will.
SAVANNAH GUTHRIE TELLS MOTHER’S POSSIBLE KIDNAPPERS ‘WE WILL PAY’ FOR 84-YEAR-OLD’S RETURN
The FBI is assisting the Pima County Sheriff’s Department with the investigation and offering a $50,000 reward for any information leading to the rescue of Nancy Guthrie or the arrest of the alleged kidnappers.
President Donald Trump has hinted that there is more information about the case coming to light soon. He deployed federal law enforcement resources to help with the investigation into her mother’s mysterious disappearance after speaking with Guthrie days after her mother first went missing.