The family of Nancy Guthrie is offering up to $1 million for information leading to her recovery, escalating efforts in the search for the missing 84-year-old who vanished from her home near Tucson, Arizona, earlier this month.
In a video posted Tuesday on Instagram, her daughter, NBC’s “Today” show co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, publicly addressed for the first time the possibility that her mother may no longer be alive.
Guthrie said the family remains hopeful but acknowledged the uncertainty surrounding her mother’s fate.
“She may already be gone,” Savannah Guthrie said.
The disappearance has drawn widespread public attention as authorities continue to pursue thousands of leads.
Nancy Guthrie was last seen at her home on January 31 and was reported missing the following day.
Authorities believe she was kidnapped.
Surveillance footage from a doorbell camera showed a masked man wearing gloves and a backpack outside her front door during the early morning hours.
Drops of her blood were later found on the front porch, and soon after her disappearance, her pacemaker lost contact with her phone line.
The FBI previously announced a $100,000 reward for information leading to her location, which remains active.
More than 20,000 tips have been received, and several hundred investigators are working on the case, according to the Pima County Sheriff’s Office.
Hopes for a breakthrough were set back on February 17 when DNA from a glove found near her home did not match any profiles in a national database.
Authorities have also addressed public speculation about variations in images of the masked individual, stating that differences in clothing may be due to the lack of date and time stamps on released photographs.
Sheriff Chris Nanos has said that family members are not considered suspects.
In her video message, Savannah Guthrie said the family is offering “a family reward of up to $1 million for any information that leads us to her recovery.”
“Someone out there knows something that can bring her home,” she said.
She added that the family needs to know where Nancy Guthrie is, regardless of the outcome.
The family also announced a $500,000 donation to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, expressing hope that the attention surrounding the case will support other families facing similar anguish.