‘Unbearable’: Savannah Guthrie Gives First Interview Since Mother’s Disappearance

“Today” show anchor Savannah Guthrie gave her first interview since her mother went missing from her Arizona home nearly two months ago, speaking out on what her family is going through after the disappearance.

Nancy Guthrie, 84, was last seen on Jan. 31 and was reported missing to the authorities a day later, as officials have said they believe she was abducted. So far, no suspects have been arrested, and little information has been released to the public in recent weeks.

“Someone needs to do the right thing,” Savannah Guthrie told NBC’s Hoda Kotb in an excerpt of an interview published Wednesday. “We are in agony. We are in agony. It is unbearable.”

The “Today” show host added of her mother: “And to think of what she went through. I wake up every night in the middle of the night, every night. And in the darkness, I imagine her terror. And it is unthinkable, but those thoughts demand to be thought. And I will not hide my face. But she needs to come home now.”

The family is offering a $1 million reward for information. Guthrie’s family last weekend appealed to neighbors in Arizona to search back through their memories for anything they might have seen that could help the investigation.

“No detail is too small,” they said.

Separately, the FBI is offering a $100,000 reward for information that could lead to the arrest and conviction of a suspect. A Tucson-area crime stoppers organization is also saying it would provide a $102,500 reward in the case.

The FBI in mid-February released doorbell camera footage of a masked male who appeared to be tampering with the camera. The FBI and Pima County officials have said he is about 5 feet, 10 inches with a medium build and was wearing an Ozark Trail Hiker Pack 25-liter backpack.

DNA testing revealed that Nancy Guthrie’s blood was discovered at her home, officials said. Later, DNA that was found at the home was sent to the FBI’s national laboratory but did not return a match in its database, said Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos.

Last week, Nanos gave an interview to Tucson’s Arizona Daily Star and said the Guthrie case has not gone cold but indicated it could take years to resolve. He also responded to local criticism about his efforts and a recall bid that is attempting to have him removed from office.

“The case will get us there. We let the evidence show us the way, and that’s what we base everything on,” Nanos told the newspaper. “Right now, everything is speculative. We don’t have anything in front of us that says ‘this is who did this, and this is why.’”

But the sheriff cautioned that he cannot release more information about the case, while noting it is “unlike anything we’ve seen in years in Tucson.”

“We know we have to get the help from our media and our community in solving some crimes,” Nanos said, ‘but that doesn’t mean we just share the whole case with you.”

The Associated Press contributed to this report.