Overview
- Part 1 of Guthrie’s interview with Hoda Kotb aired Thursday, with the Today co-anchor tearfully urging anyone with information to “do the right thing” and help find her mother, Nancy.
- Guthrie said she fears her public profile could have made her mother a target, recalling the frantic call from her sister and the family’s early worry that this was a kidnapping for ransom.
- Authorities say the 84-year-old was taken from her Tucson home overnight Jan. 31 to Feb. 1, and the FBI released images and video of a masked, apparently armed man at her front door as the family offers a $1 million reward and the FBI posts its own.
- Key evidence includes drops of Nancy’s blood at the home, DNA that has not produced a match, and a pause in her pacemaker’s data transmissions during the suspected window, while detectives ask neighbors to share any unusual video from Jan. 1 to Feb. 2.
- Coverage has amplified the family’s pleas and new details from Guthrie’s account, as officials stress the case remains active and forensics and lab work continue without a publicly identified suspect.