Savannah Guthrie has posted a new video asking for her missing mom Nancy’s return, increasing the reward for her recovery to $1 million.
Nancy went missing on Feb. 1, and the following day, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department declared her disappearance a crime after investigators found “concerning” evidence at her Arizona home. Little progress has been made in the investigation as the search entered its third week on Sunday. The FBI originally posted a $100,000 reward for anyone with information leading to her recovery, which was later increased to $200,000.
On Feb. 12, the FBI released a description of their only publicly known suspect, who was caught on a front door camera trying to break into Nancy’s home. The Phoenix bureau of the FBI described the perpetrator as “a male, approximately 5’9” – 5’10” tall, with an average build. In the video, he is wearing a black, 25-liter ‘Ozark Trail Hiker Pack’ backpack.”
Savannah has released several videos on Instagram since her mother’s disappearance, either bargaining with the abductor or asking her supporters for help. In a post on Feb. 15, Savannah Guthrie said she still believed her mother was alive and told the kidnapper that “it’s never too late to do the right thing.”
“It’s been two weeks since our mom was taken, and I just wanted to come on and say that we still have hope and we still believe,” she said. “And I wanted to say to whoever has her or knows where she is, that it’s never too late, and you’re not lost or alone, and it is never too late to do the right thing. “We are here. We believe. And we believe in the essential goodness of every human being, and it’s never too late.”