Savannah Guthrie’s $1M reward mirrors past kidnapping cases solved by cash

Several high-profile kidnapping cases person been solved with a hefty reward being offered, arsenic Savannah Guthrie announced a $1 cardinal reward for the betterment of her mother, Nancy Guthrie.

In an Instagram video connected Tuesday morning, Savannah Guthrie announced a household reward of up to $1 cardinal for the betterment of Nancy Guthrie, her mother. The household is besides making a $500,000 donation to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, she said.

Here's a database of kidnapping cases that were solved with a precocious reward:

- Frank Sinatra, Jr.:

Frank Sinatra poses for a representation circa precocious 1960's. (Martin Mills/Getty Images)

Barry Keenan and Joe Amsler had followed the lad of Frank Sinatra, 19-year-old Frank Sinatra, Jr., for weeks earlier deciding to enact their plan: kidnap the lad of a celebrated singer, past marque his begetter wage a hefty ransom.

Sinatra, Jr had conscionable finished his show astatine the Harrah’s Club Lodge successful Lake Tahoe, Nevada, connected December 8, 1963, erstwhile helium went backmost to his dressing country astatine astir 9 p.m. Keenan knocked connected the doorway and acted similar helium was delivering a package, giving some him and Amsler the accidental to blindfold Sinatra, Jr. and necktie up the person helium was with, according to the FBI.

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On Dec. 10, 1963, a 3rd suspect, John Irwin, called Sinatra, Jr.'s begetter and told him to await instructions from the men who kidnapped their son.

A ransom request was made, and the elder Sinatra paid $240,000. Sinatra, Sr. gave the wealth to the FBI and dropped it disconnected astatine a specified determination successful Sepulveda, California connected December 11, 1963.

While Keenan and Amsler picked the wealth up, Irwin got tense and freed Sinatra, Jr.

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- John Paul Getty III:

J. Paul Getty, a affluent American lipid tycoon, refused to wage the ransom erstwhile his grandson, John Paul Getty III, was kidnapped connected July 10, 1973. (Getty Images; Hulton Archive/Getty Images )

J. Paul Getty is astir known for his enactment successful the Oklahoma lipid fields alongside his father. He negotiated a 30-year lipid concession betwixt Saudi Arabia and Kuwait successful the precocious 1940s which gave Getty Oil exclusive rights to lipid successful the area, according to the Getty Museum. J. Paul Getty was named by Fortune arsenic the "richest antheral successful the world" successful 1957.

On July 10, 1973, John Paul Getty III, was kidnapped portion surviving successful Rome by himself aft helium was kicked retired of backstage school. 

His mother, Abigail "Gail" Harris, received a $17 cardinal ransom request 2 days aft helium was taken.

J. Paul Getty initially refused to wage the ransom, stating: "If I wage 1 penny now, I'll person 14 kidnapped grandchildren."

John Paul Getty III was held successful captivity for 5 months earlier his gramps yet agreed to wage $2.2 cardinal retired of a negotiated $3 cardinal ransom, according to the book, "Painfully Rich: The Outrageous Fortune and Misfortunes of the Heirs of J. Paul Getty" by John Pearson.

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FBI agents canvass homes adjacent Nancy Guthrie's location successful Tucson, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. Guthrie was past seen connected Saturday nighttime arsenic an probe into her disappearance continues. (L) A representation of Nancy Guthrie and Savannah Guthrie shown successful a photograph provided by NBC.  (Kat Ramirez for Fox News Digital; Courtesy of NBC)

J. Paul Getty Jr., the boy's father, paid the remainder of the ransom retired of wealth borrowed from J. Paul Getty with a 4% involvement rate.

John Paul Getty III was recovered astatine a state presumption connected Dec. 15, 1973. While 9 men were arrested successful transportation with the kidnapping, according to the New York Times, lone 2 radical were convicted.

Former FBI cause Bryanna Fox told NBC News that radical tin taxable tips anonymously by submitting a extremity to Crime Stoppers, which volition past supply individuals with a unsocial fig oregon passcode, which volition let users to login to a website to spot the presumption of the tip. If that extremity leads to the recognition of Guthrie oregon the condemnation of suspects, this provides a mode for the tipster to beryllium notified and get accusation connected however to cod the reward.

People with accusation astir Nancy Guthrie's disappearance are asked to interaction 1-800-CALL-FBI. 

Fox News Digital's Ashlynn Messier contributed to this report.

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