“TODAY” co-host Savannah Guthrie made another emotional appeal for information about her missing mother, Nancy Guthrie, on Sunday, nine months after the 84-year-old disappeared from her Tucson, Arizona, home.
Guthrie posted an old drawing by her daughter, Vale. The image shows a blue umbrella beneath falling rain alongside the words, “I know it might not seem like it, but I really need my mommy.”
“Found this old drawing from my daughter today,” Guthrie wrote on Instagram. “It says so much about how I feel.”
“The world goes on, things appear ‘normal’ — as we try to keep going and be strong, especially for our young kids — but it’s not and it never will be,” she added.
A photo of Nancy Guthrie, NBC host Savannah Guthrie’s mother, which Savannah Guthrie posted to Instagram on Aug 1, 2026. Nancy Guthrie went missing in February. Her children have pleaded with the public for help identifying her kidnappers after the Pima County Sheriff’s Department released a pair of ransom notes. (Savannah Guthrie/ Instagram)
“For Annie and Tommy, for Cam and Kristine, for Mike and me and for all of Mom’s beloved grandchildren: We ache for her, we cry out for answers, we cannot move forward,” Guthrie wrote.
“We need someone to help us, tell us what you know. Our mom was a light in this world. We want to celebrate her and give her the dignity she deserves. The reward is still available. Please. We are begging you. Please help us.”
Guthrie thanked everyone who has stood by her family and asked the public to “join us in praying without ceasing.”
Savannah Guthrie and her mother, Nancy Guthrie. (Instagram/Savannah Guthrie)
Nancy Guthrie was reported missing on Feb. 1 after she was last seen at her home in the Catalina Foothills area near Tucson shortly before 10 p.m. on Jan. 31.
Investigators believe she was taken against her will.
Doorbell camera footage captured a masked, armed person apparently interfering with the device at the home.
The FBI and Pima County Sheriff’s Department have not named a suspect, and no arrests have been reported.
The home of Nancy Guthrie, the missing mother of “TODAY” show host Savannah Guthrie, is seen from above, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026, in Tucson, Ariz. (Caitlin O’Hara/AP Photo)
While continuing her work on “TODAY,” Guthrie has remained publicly focused on finding answers in her mother’s disappearance.
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During a June appearance on “TODAY with Jenna & Sheinelle,” she pushed back against suggestions that she had moved on from the case.
“I know maybe people wonder, ‘What’s going on? How is she able to do that job? Is she not thinking about it? Did she forget?’ No. Never,” Guthrie said.
“It’s always with me. I cry every morning on the way to work, and I cry every morning on the way home,” she said.
Savannah Guthrie and her mother, Nancy Guthrie. (Instagram/Savannah Guthrie)
In August, six months after her mother vanished, Guthrie and her siblings released a statement renewing their appeal for information about Nancy Guthrie.
“Every day, we wake up and try to be strong and go on — because that’s what our joyful and resilient Mom taught us to do. But make no mistake — our hearts are in ruins,” Guthrie wrote. “Cam and Kristine, Annie and Tommy, Mike and me — we spend every waking moment thinking of her, longing for her, looking for her.”
The Pima County Sheriff’s Department said Friday the Nancy Guthrie Task Force was continuing to work with laboratories to advance DNA analysis.
“Earlier this month, investigators traveled to Florida to meet with lab scientists to see what more could be done to advance this case,” the department wrote on X. “A number of ideas were discussed, and we continue to work with all our partners to solve this case.”
The agency reminded the public that no tip is too small.
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos previously said Guthrie “did not leave on her own.”
A supportive sign left by neighbors is posted outside the home of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of television host Savannah Guthrie, who went missing from her home in Tucson, Arizona, U.S. February 4, 2026. (Rebecca Noble/Reuters)
Authorities released the contents of two ransom notes in July. The first, sent Feb. 2, claimed Guthrie was safe and demanded $4 million in bitcoin for her release.
The second, sent four days later, claimed she had died shortly after being kidnapped.
Investigators said the notes contained distinctive writing patterns and asked anyone who recognized the style to contact authorities.
A possible additional ransom text message reported in September was later deemed not credible by investigators.
Anyone with information is asked to call the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI or submit an anonymous tip at 520-882-7463.