The FBI is offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to Savannah Guthrie’s missing mother, Nancy Guthrie.
The reward was revealed during a press conference Thursday.
“The FBI is now working this case jointly with the Pima County Sheriff’s Department,” special agent Heath Yonke told the journalists gathered in Tucson, Ariz.
“We are going to start today with the announcement of a $50,000 reward for information leading to the recovery of Nancy Guthrie and/or the arrest and conviction of anyone involved in her disappearance,” the official revealed.
Yonke added, “The FBI has agents, analysts and professional staff and employees working day and night with our partners at the Sheriff’s department.”
Additionally, he cited help from Phoenix-based agents, Virginia’s Critical Incident Response Group and “members from a cellular analysis survey team to … collect and process digital information.”
Nancy was last seen Saturday evening and was declared missing the following day after skipping church.
The 84-year-old’s residence is being treated as a crime scene under the belief she was “taken from the home against her will, possibly in the middle of the night.”
The FBI was first spotted on site Tuesday, with agents photographed exiting Savannah’s sister Annie Guthrie and husband Tommaso Cioni’s home.
During Thursday’s press conference, Yonke sent his love to Savannah, Annie and their brother, Camron Guthrie.
“I want to let the Guthrie family know our hearts our heavy for them,” he said, going on to reference the emotional Instagram video the siblings released Wednesday night for their mother’s alleged captors.
“We need to know — without a doubt — that she is alive, and that you have her,” the “Today” show anchor said in the devastating plea. “We want to hear from you and we are ready to listen.”
Yonke noted, “After seeing your message last night, it is clear you and your family are in pain. Please know we are doing everything to bring your mother home.”
Elsewhere in the press conference, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos confirmed investigators are “actively looking at everyone” as a suspect.
“We would be irresponsible if we didn’t talk to everybody,” he said, claiming there is not yet a “prime suspect” in the disappearance.
Nanos noted that Savannah, 54, and her family members have been “very cooperative” and “done everything” requested to help.
He also broke down the timeline of Nancy’s disappearance, explaining that she was dropped off at home by family Saturday evening, with her garage door opening and closing at 9:48 p.m. and 9:50 p.m.
Her doorbell camera was disconnected at 1:47 a.m and while the software detected a person was on camera at 2:12 a.m., the video was not available.
Nancy’s pacemaker app stopped syncing with her Apple Watch at 2:28 a.m.
Savannah, notably, has been off the air navigating her family crisis while her “rattled” NBC colleagues send their support from Studio 1A amid ramped-up security measures.
The Daytime Emmy winner also dropped out of hosting the Winter Olympics.
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