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$1 Million Reward Offered for Missing Savannah Guthrie's Mother

4/16/2026

Summary

Story summary

Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of NBC Today host Savannah Guthrie, has been missing for over 70 days, with authorities believing she was abducted from her Tucson home on February 1.
The Guthrie family offers a $1 million reward for information and asks to contact the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI.
Increased patrols followed trespassing complaints by vloggers and amateur journalists.
Savannah Guthrie returned to Today on April 6, thanking the community.

History

Historical Context

Elizabeth Smart was kidnapped from her Salt Lake City home on June 5, 2002, by Brian David Mitchell, who held her captive for nine months. This high-profile case, alongside other abductions that summer, heightened public awareness and led to the establishment of the national Amber Alert system in 2003, improving community involvement in missing person cases across the U.S.

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Story summary

Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of NBC Today host Savannah Guthrie, has been missing for over 70 days, with authorities believing she was abducted from her Tucson home on February 1.
The Guthrie family offers a $1 million reward for information and asks to contact the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI.
Increased patrols followed trespassing complaints by vloggers and amateur journalists.
Savannah Guthrie returned to Today on April 6, thanking the community.

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