Savannah Guthrie Renews Public Plea Nine Months After Mother Nancy's Kidnapping in Tucson

"Today" co-host Savannah Guthrie on Sunday renewed her public plea for information about the kidnapping of her 84-year-old mother, Nancy Guthrie, from her Tucson, Arizona, home nine months ago. Guthrie posted on Instagram a drawing by her young daughter showing an umbrella amid raindrops, captioned: she really needs her mommy. Guthrie wrote that the family aches for her mother, cries out for answers and cannot move forward, and said the family's $1 million reward for information leading to her recovery is still available. Nancy Guthrie was reported missing on Feb. 1; one account dates her disappearance to Jan. 31. Authorities have said the crime involved a ransom demand. The Pima County Sheriff's Department, assisted by the FBI, has had no significant breaks. A hair found in the home led to no suspect after testing, investigators said in July. The task force traveled to Florida to meet lab scientists, the sheriff's office said on X.

NBC News, on the left, leads with the "Please help us" plea and spends much of the article on the investigation: the ransom demand, the Pima County and FBI work, the hair that yielded no suspect and the Florida lab trip. It names the relatives Guthrie listed and gives the date as Feb. 1. The Daily Mail, on the right, calls the plea "heartbreaking" in its headline, gives Guthrie's age (54) and her daughter's name and age (Vale, 12), and quotes more of her message, including the line that the world goes on but things are not normal and the wish to give her mother dignity. It highlights the $1 million reward and says Nancy has been missing since Jan. 31. The Washington Times offers a short, plain item saying Guthrie renewed her plea for public help. All agree on the Instagram post and drawing; they differ in the disappearance date and in emotional versus investigative emphasis. Alternative outlets had not reported this story at the time of writing, while left- and right-leaning outlets had.