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Savannah Guthrie en el programa \u201cToday\u201d, en el Rockefeller Plaza en New York, el 5 de marzo del 2026. (Charles Sykes\/Invision\/AP)<\/p>\n
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\u201cToday\u201d show host Savannah Guthrie on Saturday said on social media that her family was \u201cdesperate\u201d and \u201cbegging for help\u201d in the disappearance of her mother, a day after authorities released two ransom notes including one saying that she had died.<\/p>\n
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Authorities released an early note in the investigation into the disappearance of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, hoping that someone will recognize the writing style. A second note said Guthrie died shortly after she was kidnapped and \u201cis buried in nature now.\u201d Both notes initially were sent to a Tucson television station days after Guthrie went missing from her home outside Tucson on Feb. 1.<\/p>\n
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FILE – People visit a banner for Nancy Guthrie, the missing mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie, outside the KVOA Newsroom in Tucson, Ariz., on March 6, 2026.<\/p>\n
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FILE – A collection of yellow flowers and notes sit at the home of Nancy Guthrie, the missing mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie, in Tucson, Ariz., March 6, 2026.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWe are begging for help. We are desperate. We need someone to come forward. Someone knows something. Someone suspects something. Someone recognizes the writing in the ransom demand notes,\u201d Guthrie wrote on her Instagram account, alongside a photo of her mother.<\/p>\n
\u201cSomeone has noticed something different, strange, troubling or just unusual – perhaps with someone they deeply love,” she wrote. “Perhaps they are afraid to come forward. Perhaps they are conflicted. Perhaps they are angry or upset for being in this situation. There is a way out – to tell what you know.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Guthrie went on to say they \u201cwanted to find out what happened to her, so that we can give her the dignity of a proper goodbye – a celebration of her remarkable life that she so deserves.\u201d<\/p>\n
Saturday is the six-month mark since Guthrie disappeared. No suspects have been arrested. The investigation has been dogged by unanswered questions, such as how many people are believed to have taken part in her abduction and whether she was taken by someone who knew her.<\/p>\n
The FBI in Washington did not respond to questions about the ransom notes, including whether both messages sent to the Tucson station have been deemed legitimate.<\/p>\n
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In releasing the notes, the Pima County Sheriff\u2019s Department said \u201cwe believe these distinctive linguistic characteristics may be recognizable to someone who knows or has interacted with the notes\u2019 writer.\u201d<\/p>\n