Arizona authorities say they believe Today show host’s mother is still alive

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• “Pray – just pray,” he said. Asked by the interviewer if he could “work on prayers” in the absence of good leads in the case or a means of contacting those believed to have abducted Nancy Guthrie, Nanos added: “Sometimes I have to, I do not have a choice.”The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is offering a $50,000 reward for information that leads to Guthrie’s recovery and/or the arrest or conviction of anyone involved in her mysterious vanishing. Nancy Guthrie was reported missing on Sunday morning in the Tucson area after she failed to show up to her regular church.
• She was last seen by loved ones at her home in the Catalina foothills neighborhood to the north of the southern Arizona city on the evening of 31 January. Her disappearance is being investigated as a possible kidnapping, and as of Friday morning, no suspect or person of interest had yet been identified. On Thursday night, Savannah’s brother, Camron Guthrie, issued a new plea in a video posted on social media.“Whoever is out there holding our mother, we want to hear from you,” he said.
• “We haven’t heard anything directly.
• We need you to reach out, we need a way to communicate with you so we can move forward.
• But first, we have to know you have our mom.