Nancy Guthrie's Disappearance: 7 Weeks Later

0:00Stay tapped into pop culture in two minutes or less with entertainment and celebrity news today. The search for Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of today's show host Savannah Guthrie, has hit its seventh week since she vanished from. Her Tucson, Arizona home on February 1st, a former FBI special agent, Harry Trombatos, now says ransom looks less and less likely as the main motive behind her abduction. The family has put up a $1 million reward, pushing the total pot pass $1.2 million with help from the FBI and crime stoppers. Trombatos points out that high-stakes ransom kidnappings are rare in the U.S. because they involve too many risks and ways to get caught. Investigators have received ransom notes demanding millions in cryptocurrency sent to media outlets, but the FBI hasn't verified them and some think they could be hoaxes. Meanwhile, the expert suggests it might stem from a personal grudge, revenge, or something else entirely.

1:00Law enforcement is still chasing thousands of tips and leads pouring in daily, even putting up billboards in Texas, Mexico, and California to jog memories. They may revisit past interviews too, hoping overlaid details will break the case. Despite concerns over her age and missing medications, officials treat this as a live missing person investigation. Trombatos stays optimistic, noting they've recovered people after long delays before. The Daily News Now is powered by our sponsor. When you want calm, do not reach for your phone, lay back and listen. S-O-L-I-S-O-L-P-L-O dot com.