Savannah Guthrie has released an emotional new video statement as authorities in Arizona continue to search for her 84-year-old mother.
The "Today" host, 54, shared a "very specific message" to her followers in a video posted to Instagram on July 27, nearly six months after mom Nancy Guthrie's disappearance.
"Our family is in agony. We are in a nightmare that will not end; nothing about our situation has changed," she said in the minute-long video. "We will never stop looking for her. We will always ache for her and feel that hole in our hearts."
Guthrie, who was not on air Monday morning as she continues filming for NBC's newWordle game show, then appeared to speak to whoever knows information
about her mother's whereabouts.
"I know that you have tried to do things the right way. So I'm asking you, begging you, to do the right thing now. Make the right choice. Help us find her. Tell us where to look for her," she continued. "I truly believe it is never too late to do the right thing. Help us bring this situation to an end. For all of us, no matter where we've been and what we've done, I believe there is always a way home."
When did Nancy Guthrie disappear?
She was reported missing on Feb. 1 and has not been seen since she returned home from a family game night the prior evening. Investigators in Arizona believe she was taken from her home against her will.
No arrests have been made amid the ongoing search. In February, the FBI released images of a suspect appearing to tamper with the camera at Nancy Guthrie's front door before her disappearance, but authorities have yet to identify the individual. The person in the images is described as a man, "approximately 5'9"-5'10" tall, with an average build," who was "wearing a black, 25-liter 'Ozark Trail Hiker Pack' backpack."
In a Feb. 20 interview with NBC News, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos maintained the investigation was "still growing," not shrinking, amid growing public concern about authorities' apparent lack of progress.
The FBI is offering a reward of $100,000 for information leading to Guthrie's recovery and/or the arrest and conviction of anyone involved in her disappearance. The Guthrie family has also offered their own reward of $1 million.
Has Nancy Guthrie been found?
Nancy Guthrie has not been found.
Savannah Guthrie previously spoke out about the case in a video on Feb. 24, the fourth week of the search for her mom. She said in the clip that "every hour and minute and second and every long night has been agony" since her mom was taken. Though Guthrie said she was holding out hope for "a miracle," she acknowledged that her mom may not be alive.
"She may already be gone," Guthrie said. "She may have already gone home to the lord that she loves, and is dancing in heaven with her mom and her dad, and with her beloved brother, Pierce, and with our daddy. And if this is what is to be, then we will accept it. But we need to know where she is. We need her to come home."
The Guthrie family has released several videos on social media throughout the investigation, in which they have spoken both to the apparent kidnapper and to anyone who may have information about Nancy Guthrie's whereabouts.
The family's earliest videos addressed the fact that multiple media outlets had received ransom notes purported to have been written by the kidnapper. The family said they were "ready to talk" but did not have any way to get in contact with the person apparently holding their mother. "We haven't heard anything directly," Camron Guthrie, Savannah's brother, said in a video on Feb. 5. "We need you to reach out, and we need a way to communicate with you so that we can move forward."
The FBI previously said a ransom note that was sent to the media listed two deadlines: Feb. 5 and Feb. 9. On Feb. 7, the family posted a video saying they received a "message" from the apparent kidnapper and were prepared to pay for their mother's return. "We beg you now to return our mother to us so that we can celebrate with her," Savannah Guthrie said Feb. 7.
Since then, the Guthrie's family messages have been focused more on appealing to the public for help than on speaking to the kidnapper. But in a video posted Feb. 15, the "Today" show host told the suspect that it's "never too late to do the right thing."
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Savannah Guthrie speaks out on 'agony' of Nancy Guthrie's disappearance
