Five months after her mother, Nancy Guthrie, was abducted from her Tucson, Arizona, home, "Today" show host Savannah Guthrie described the family's experience as "unending trauma."
Nancy Guthrie, an 84-year-old grandmother, was taken from her residence in the early morning hours of Feb. 1. She has not been seen or heard from since, and no arrests have been made. The Pima County Sheriff’s Office and the FBI have been investigating the disappearance.
"It is five months of agony and unending trauma for our family. There is not a moment that goes by that we aren’t actively trying to find our mom," Savannah Guthrie, 54, said in a statement to Arizona outlet KOLD. "Bring her home."
Authorities released security footage days after the abduction that showed a masked man with a gun on Guthrie's porch. The man appeared to stare directly into the security camera.
In May, Savannah Guthrie became emotional on air after reports emerged of a ransom note suggesting her mother had died. She used the moment to appeal to the public for information.
"I don’t have any comment on this story and I’m not involved in our coverage, but I can’t pretend I’m not here," Guthrie said at the time. "And so since I am I wanted to just take the opportunity to ask people — to really to beg people — to come forward. Somebody knows something."
The FBI's Phoenix field office stated on Wednesday that while several ransom notes have been received, some were determined to be illegitimate extortion attempts. Others are still being investigated as potentially legitimate.
"Other ransom demands may potentially be legitimate and are still being investigated as such," the FBI stated.