'We will pay,' Savannah Guthrie says in desperate video plea to potential kidnappers of her mother [View all]
Source: AP
By CHRISTOPHER WEBER and TY ONEIL
Updated 7:57 PM CST, February 7, 2026
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) Savannah Guthrie told the potential kidnappers of her mother Nancy Guthrie on Saturday that the family is prepared to pay for her safe return, as the frantic search for the 84-year-old Arizona resident has entered a seventh day.
We received your message, and we understand. We beg you now to return our mother to us so that we can celebrate with her, she said in a video posted on social media, flanked by her siblings. This is the only way we will have peace. This is very valuable to us, and we will pay.
The Today show host was referencing a message that was sent to the Tucson-based television station KOLD on Friday afternoon, according to Kevin Smith, a spokesperson for the FBI office in Phoenix.
KOLD said it received an email related to the Guthrie case on social media that day but declined to share specific details about its contents as the FBI conducted its review.

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