Guthrie Family Offers $1 Million Reward in Mother's Disappearance
Savannah Guthrie announced a family reward up to $1 million and a $500,000 donation as investigators probe the suspected abduction of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie from her Tucson-area home.
Overview
Savannah Guthrie said on Tuesday her family is offering up to $1 million for information to find her mother, Nancy Guthrie, and will donate $500,000 to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
Nancy Guthrie, 84, was last seen at her Tucson-area home on Jan. 31 and was reported missing on Feb. 1, and authorities say she was taken from the home against her will.
The FBI released images and video on Feb. 10 showing a masked person at the home, investigators said.
Several hundred people are working the investigation, officials said, and authorities have received roughly 20,000 to 40,000 tips from the public.
Investigators said suspected ransom notes demanded about $6 million in cryptocurrency, a deadline expired on Feb. 9, and at least one person has been charged in a fake note case.
Analysis
Center-leaning sources frame this as a human-interest crime story by foregrounding the family's public appeals and a large reward while relying on law-enforcement updates for factual grounding. Editorial choices — terms like "massive interest" and emphasis on media frenzy, evidence details, and DNA leads — magnify urgency; direct quotes remain source content.
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FAQ
As of day 24, the investigation continues with hundreds of personnel involved, over 20,000 tips received, biological evidence under DNA analysis, and searches in rural terrain and underground tunnels around Tucson.
FBI images show a masked suspect at Nancy Guthrie's home; one image without a backpack was from a day before February 1, possibly surveillance, and images with a backpack are from the morning of her disappearance when the suspect tampered with the camera.
The Guthrie family offers up to $1 million; an additional $100,000 anonymous donation to 88-CRIME brings that reward to $102,500, plus a separate $100,000 FBI reward.
Investigators are analyzing biological evidence with DNA backlogs, debunked social media rumors about doorbell photos, received suspected ransom notes demanding $6 million in cryptocurrency (one fake note led to a charge), and are requesting neighborhood footage from Jan. 1 to Feb. 2.
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