Nancy Guthrie, the 84‑year‑old mother of Today show host Savannah Guthrie, has now been missing for 56 days from her Tucson‑area home, as the FBI examines what TMZ has described as a 'highly sophisticated' cryptocurrency ransom demand worth roughly £4.7 million. US authorities continue to state that Nancy is believed to have been taken against her will on 1 February from her house in the Catalina Foothills, just north of Tucson.
The news came after a week in which the family stepped back into the public eye, with Savannah giving her first televised interview about her mother's disappearance and confirming she will return to Today on 6 April. It is the eighth week since Nancy was reported missing, after she failed to appear at church the morning after she vanished. The FBI and the Pima County Sheriff's Department say the case remains an active kidnapping investigation, though they have released few specifics about leads or suspects.
