Overview
- The 84-year-old mother of Today host Savannah Guthrie was kidnapped from her Tucson home on Feb. 1 and remains missing.
- Two ransom notes sent in early February — one demanding millions in bitcoin and one later saying Nancy had died — were made public on July 31 and have produced a slight increase in tips, officials said.
- Investigators are following up every tip and pursuing DNA, home‑surveillance and blockchain tracing with FBI assistance, but no arrests or breakthroughs have been announced.
- Savannah Guthrie has renewed public pleas asking anyone who recognizes the notes’ wording or knows something to contact law enforcement, and rewards totaling more than $1 million are being offered for information.
- The case’s national profile has increased scrutiny of how bitcoin transactions and forensic testing are used to trace kidnappers and it could prompt more technical leads if the public identifies writing or other distinctive details.