“Today” show host Savannah Guthrie made an emotional appeal to viewers on Tuesday to come forward with any information about her missing mother, a day after news organisations reported that a ransom note received months ago had indicated she was dead. “We are in agony, and we cannot be at peace. … We love our mum. We'll never stop looking for her,” Guthrie said at the “Today” desk in New York, holding a tissue in her left hand. Nancy Guthrie, 84, who lived alone, was reported missing from her Tucson-area home on February 1. The FBI released video more than a week later from a camera outside her front door showing a masked stranger. Her blood was found on the porch, but the case remains unsolved. Some media outlets had previously reported receiving ransom notes in the days after Guthrie’s disappearance but had not disclosed the details while the investigation was at an early stage. Guthrie's family was aware of the notes.

Nancy Guthrie's case "cracked open" by doorbell camera footage

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