Savannah Guthrie has now offered a $1 million reward for her kidnapped mother Nancy Guthrie and has conceded for the first time after weeks of searching that she may be dead.
'We need to know where she is, we need her to come home,' Guthrie said in a video posted to her Instagram account Tuesday.
Guthrie said the family still believes that Nancy can could come home and that her sister Annie describes their ongoing hunt as 'blowing on the embers of hope.'
'We also know that she may be lost, she may already be gone. She may have already gone home to the lord that she loves,' Guthrie said through her tears.
The Today show host added that if Nancy, 84, has died, they will 'accept it,' but the family still needs closure.
'But we need to know where she is. We need her to come home. For that reason we are offering a family reward of up to $1 million for any information that leads us to her recovery,' she said.
The Guthrie family, acknowledging that there are million of families who have felt the same pain that they are facing, has also donated $500,000 to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
Guthrie applauded the organization's work and for 'helping families who are coping with loss and actively looking for those who are lost.'
'We are hoping that the attention that has been given to our mom and our family will extend to all the families like ours, who are in need, and need prayers and need support.'
Nancy was last seen at her home just outside Tucson on January 31 and was reported missing the following day. Authorities believe she was kidnapped, abducted or otherwise taken against her will.
Drops of her blood were found on the front porch, but authorities haven't publicly revealed much evidence.
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Savannah Guthrie has now offered a $1 million reward for her kidnapped mother Nancy Guthrie after the weekslong search has yielded no answers
Savannah Guthrie, pictured with Nancy, has conceded for the first time that she may be dead
Surveillance footage at the home of Nancy Guthrie the night she went missing in Tucson, Arizona
