Savannah Guthrie is readying her return to Today amid the ongoing search for her missing mother, Nancy Guthrie.
The news anchor was seen stopping by the show set on Thursday, for the first time in over a month. A spokesperson for the show confirmed Savannah’s visit and gave insight into her future plans.
“Savannah Guthrie stopped by the studio this morning to be with and thank her Today colleagues,” the spokesperson said in a statement to People, adding that she “plans to return to the show on air.”
Savannah has not appeared on the morning news show since her mum was first reported missing on Jan. 31. Nancy, 84, is believed to have been taken from her home against her will, and a search has been underway ever since, with the FBI getting involved and several rewards offered for her safe return. Last month, the FBI released photos of a masked assailant approaching the elderly woman’s front door in the middle of the night.
There have been multiple ransom letters reported — demanding a large sum of Bitcoin — since Guthrie went missing, but the Guthrie family has reportedly not been given proof of life. The FBI recently said they received more than 13,000 tips from the public related to the disappearance, which so far has yielded no solid leads.
In her last public address, a tear-filled Savannah increased the reward money from $100,000 to $1 million, saying their family was clinging to the smallest shred of hope, but understood that Nancy “may already be gone.”
“We still believe that she can come home. Hope against hope. As my sister says, we are blowing on the embers of hope,” she said, pleading that anyone with any information contact law enforcement so they could grieve as a family. “She may have already gone home to the Lord that she loves and is dancing in heaven with her mum, her dad, with her beloved brother Pierce, and with our daddy,” Guthrie said. “If this is what it is to be, then we will accept it, but we need to know where she is. We need her to come home.”
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The FBI has continued to ask anyone with information that could lead to Nancy’s whereabouts to contact 1-800-CALL-FBI or to submit tips through its online portal.
From Rolling Stone US
