Savannah Guthrie has made a public and emotional appeal in the case involving her mother, Nancy Guthrie, who has been missing for more than 25 weeks. According to the report, the message was shared in an Instagram video and appeared to address the person believed to be responsible for her mother’s kidnapping.

The development is drawing attention because it may represent a new line of communication in the case. Public appeals like this can sometimes be aimed at reaching someone directly when other efforts have not produced visible progress, and that appears to be the focus of Guthrie’s latest message.

The report says Nancy Guthrie is 84 years old and vanished months ago, leaving the family searching for answers. Savannah Guthrie’s emotional tone underscored the strain of a long-running disappearance and the urgency of trying every possible way to make contact or prompt movement in the investigation.

Few additional details were included in the trimmed report about any response to the video or whether investigators view the message as a turning point. Still, the Instagram plea has become a notable moment in the case because it publicly shifts the conversation toward direct communication with the suspected kidnapper.