Savannah Guthrie’s brother Camron urges Nancy’s possible abductor to contact family

Camron Guthrie, the brother of “Today” show co-host Savannah Guthrie, made another appeal Thursday for the return of their mother, Nancy Guthrie, following her disappearance over the weekend from her Tucson, Arizona, home in what authorities believe may have been an abduction.  

“Whoever is out there holding our mother, we want to hear from you,” Camron Guthrie said in a post shared to Savannah Guthrie’s Instagram account. “We haven’t heard anything directly. We need you to reach out, and we need a way to communicate with you so we can move forward,” he continued in the video. “But first, we have to know that you have our mom. We want to talk to you, and we are waiting for contact.”

The video was released at about 5 p.m. local time, which was the first deadline given in a ransom note, FBI Special Agent in Charge Heith Janke said during a news conference Thursday, though the deadline didn’t specify a time zone. 

Camron, along with his siblings, Savannah and Annie Guthrie, also released an emotional video Wednesday night pleading for the return of their 84-year-old mother. 

“We are ready to talk, however, we live in a world where voices and images are easily manipulated,” Savannah Guthrie said in the video. “We need to know, without a doubt, that she is alive and that you have her. We want to hear from you, and we are ready to listen. Please, reach out to us.”

Former FBI agent Jeff Harp told CBS News that a key to the investigation would be establishing contact with a potential abductor or suspect.

“There has to be some line of communication, and right now, we don’t really have anything, and once they get that line of communication established, they can at least start to go down the road of proof of life or something that at least shows that her mother is still alive and well,” Harp said. 

Nancy Guthrie’s family reported her missing to authorities on Sunday after not finding her at home when they were told she had missed church that morning. 

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos told CBS News that Nancy Guthrie had dinner at Annie Guthrie’s home Saturday, and that Annie’s husband, Tommaso Cioni, later drove her home. The details were first reported by The New York Times.   

Nancy Guthrie’s doorbell camera went offline around 1:47 a.m. local time Sunday, Nanos said. At 2:12 a.m., another camera detected what the system flagged as a person, though investigators and analysts haven’t been able to recover footage of that from the system, he said, and it may have been an animal. At 2:28 a.m., Guthrie’s pacemaker disconnected from her cellphone app. 

Blood found outside Nancy Guthrie’s home has been confirmed to be hers, Nanos said, adding that investigators are awaiting results from additional samples.

The sheriff’s department has stated that no suspect or person of interest has been identified in the case. Authorities are treating her disappearance as a criminal matter.

The FBI announced a $50,000 reward for information leading to Nancy Guthrie’s recovery or the arrest and conviction of people involved in her disappearance.  

“Right now, we believe Nancy is still out there,” Nanos told reporters Thursday during a news conference. “We want her home.”