Savannah Guthrie 'Desperately' Pleads with Arizona Community for Mom's Return: 'We Cannot Be in Peace Until She Is Home'

The family's latest statement comes as the search for 84-year-old Nancy enters its seventh week

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• Savannah Guthrie and her family shared a new statement as the search for her mother, Nancy Guthrie, enters its seventh week
• “We desperately ask this community for renewed attention to our mom’s case,” the statement says in part
• The family’s latest statement comes after Savannah returned to social media on Friday, March 20, for the first time in nearly three weeks

Savannah Guthrie and her siblings have shared a new statement with the people of Tucson, Ariz., for their support amid the ongoing search for their missing mother, Nancy Guthrie.

The statement from the Today co-host, 54, her siblings Annie Guthrie and Camron Guthrie as well as their respective spouses was shared during the KVOA News 4 Tucson special Bring Her Home: The Disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, which aired on Saturday, March 21.

"We are deeply grateful for the outpouring from neighbors, friends and the people of Tucson. We are all family now. We continue to believe it is Tucsonans, and the greater southern Arizona community, that hold the key to finding resolution in this case. Someone knows something. It’s possible a member of this community has information that they do not even realize is significant. We hope people search their memories, especially around the key timelines of January 31 and the early morning hours of February 1, as well as the late evening of January 11," the statement began.

"We desperately ask this community for renewed attention to our mom’s case — please consult camera footage, journal notes, text messages, observations or conversations that in retrospect may hold significance. No detail is too small. It may be the key."

The statement concludes with yet another plea for Nancy's return home so that her family can honor her life.

"We miss our mom with every breath and we cannot be in peace until she is home. We cannot grieve; we can only ache and wonder. Our focus is solely on finding her and bringing her home. We want to celebrate her beautiful and courageous life. But we cannot do that until she is brought to a final place of rest. Thank you for continuing to pray without ceasing."

The statement was signed "The Guthrie Family," while specifically listing "Camron and Kristine, Annie and Tommaso, and Savannah and Michael."

The Guthrie family's latest public statement comes as the search for Nancy enters its seventh week. The 84-year-old was last seen on Jan. 31, after her family dropped her off at her home in Tucson. When she failed to show up for a church service the next day, the Pima County Sheriff's Department (PCSD) launched an urgent search for Nancy.

Investigators believe that Nancy was kidnapped overnight, citing surveillance footage of a masked man at her front door.

In a March 12 interview with NBC News, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos revealed that investigators believe they know the motive behind the kidnapping.

"We believe we know why [the kidnapper] did this and we believe that it was targeted, but we’re not 100% sure of that,” Nanos said. "I think day one, we had some strong beliefs about what happened, and those beliefs haven’t diminished.” No other details were shared.

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Amid their mother's disappearance, Savannah and her siblings have released several video statements. On Feb. 15, Savannah appeared alone in a video as she made yet another tearful plea to her mother's kidnappers.

She urged "whoever has her or knows where she is" to come forward.

"It's been two weeks since our mom was taken. And I just wanted to come on and say that we still have hope. And we still believe," Savannah said in her message.

Addressing Nancy's kidnappers directly, she continued, "I wanted to say to whoever has her or knows where she is that it's never too late. And you're not lost or alone. And it is never too late to do the right thing. And we are here. And we believe. And we believe in the essential goodness of every human being."

"It's never too late," Savannah concluded, adding in the video's caption: "Bring her home. It’s never too late to do the next right thing."

On Friday, March 20, Savannah returned to social media for the first time in nearly three weeks as the search for Nancy continues. She took the opportunity to mark World Down Syndrome Day on her Instagram Stories.

Two weeks earlier, on March 5, the journalist visited the Today show set in New York City and had an emotional reunion with her colleagues.

PEOPLE confirmed that Savannah thanked the entire staff and crew for their prayers and support and for "caring about my mom as much as I do."

She told them, "I wanted you to know that I'm still standing, and I still have hope, and I'm still me. And I don't know what version of me that will be, but it will be. I’m holding onto my faith. I still believe. And as my mom would say, ‘where else would I go?’ "

Savannah also shared that she has "every intention of coming back" to the show. "I don't know how to come back, but I don't know how not to," she said. "You're my family. And, I would like to try."

Anyone with information about Nancy's disappearance is asked to please contact 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324) or the Pima County Sheriff’s Department 520-351-4900.

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