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Savannah Guthrie is reportedly expected to “never return” to her on-air role on the “Today” show as the search for her kidnapped mother, Nancy Guthrie, nears its fourth week.
Sources have now revealed that Savannah, who has served as co-host of the NBC morning show since 2012, will not resume her position after her 84-year-old mother was abducted from her Tucson, AZ, home Feb. 1.
Insiders close to the situation told Status News, “There’s no way Savannah’s coming back. I can’t imagine she would even want to.”
Another source added, “If you could pick one person across the span of morning TV that a show would not want to lose, it would be Savannah.
“Savannah was always the glue on that show, and without that, this whole paradigm of our morning anchor team as a family, that connective tissue has just been ripped out.
Guthrie’s longtime former co-host, Hoda Kotb, has been filling her absence, despite her exit from NBC in 2025.
Although Kotb is set to return to “Today” next week, there is no plan as to who will take Guthrie’s place for the foreseeable future, as NBC executives are taking things week by week, as per reports from Page Six.
On Feb. 19, law enforcement insisted there was no indication that Nancy has been taken over the U.S.-Mexico border, as they assured the public the case would not go cold as the search entered its 19th day.
Officials told NBC News that the Pima County sheriff and the FBI have been in touch with police on both sides of the border.
Although law enforcement is making officials in Mexico aware of the suspect’s description, there is no evidence to suggest that the 84-year-old has been taken over the border.
The reward money in the abduction case of Savannah’s mom has also been increased to $200,000 after an anonymous donor offered another $100,000 for information leading to her location.
88-Crime, a nonprofit and anonymous tip line that partners with police, revealed that they secured a $100,000 contribution from a donor—bringing the total from the Crime Stoppers organization to $102,500.
An additional $100,000 reward is being offered by the FBI.
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos noted that he remains positive about Guthrie’s case, noting that his mindset will change once the tips slow down.
“Because let’s face it, you’ve been around enough to know that when these tips dry up, this case goes cold. We believe somebody out there knows who did this. We need that person to call,” Nanos said, as per KGUN.
The Sheriff’s Department has revealed it has received thousands of tips, noting that they continue to pour in.
Nanos urged the public to continue to send their tips.
“Here’s a level one tip—that video—the doorbell. That would be a great example of a level one tip, or maybe it’s this backpack has been identified as only purchased at Walmart. That’ll be pretty high,” he explained.
On Feb. 18, law enforcement officials revealed that Guthrie’s kidnapper had a “target,” noting that this person has made it difficult for investigators to track him down.
While speaking out about the disappearance of Savannah’s mother, which has entered its third week, Nanos told NBC that he believes her abductor has made it “tough.”
“I think this was an individual who had a target for whatever reason, and he has made it tough, but I’ve got some pretty tough investigators too,” Nanos revealed.
Law enforcement also revealed that an Arizona internet user searched the web for Nancy’s address as well as Savannah’s salary, weeks before the 84-year-old’s abduction, according to Fox News Digital.
There were reportedly two Google searches of Nancy’s home between March 1 and 8, 2025, and the other from Nov. 30 to Dec. 1, 2025.
The mystery person allegedly searched for images of the property. Someone also searched “Savannah Guthrie salary” between Dec. 13 and 20, 2025.
Amid the glimpse into the suspect’s mind, TMZ has reportedly received yet another ransom note that “is sophisticated, and puts the media right in the middle of it,” as per the outlet.
Meanwhile, a law enforcement official noted that he is focusing in on the fact that the gloves they discovered at the crime scene didn’t match any of Nancy’s close acquaintances.
The FBI and the Sheriff’s Department revealed that DNA recovered from gloves found near Nancy’s home belongs to an unknown male.
However, after submitting the DNA to CODIS—a criminal justice database—law enforcement officials were not able to secure a match.
“There were no DNA hits in CODIS. At this point, there have been no confirmed CODIS matches in this investigation,” the sheriff’s department said.
Although there were no matches in CODIS, officials have revealed that they won’t give up and will explore other options, such as genealogy testing, noting, “that’s not the end.”
“Now we start with genealogy and some of the partial DNA we have at the home.
“To me, that’s more critical than any glove I found 2 miles away. I’m not dismissing the glove 2 miles away, but I have gloves 5 miles away, 10 miles away, so we prioritize.
“We believe that we may have some DNA there that may be our suspect, but we won’t know that until that DNA is separated, sorted out, maybe admitted to CODIS, maybe through genealogy,” Sheriff Nanos said in an interview.
He did not reveal where in the home the DNA was discovered.
On Feb. 17, it was revealed that law enforcement officials shut down rumors that Nancy’s kidnapping was inside job as they revealed that the Guthrie family, including all siblings and spouses, have been cleared as possible suspects.
“To be clear…the Guthrie family—to include all siblings and spouses—has been cleared as possible suspects in this case. The family has been nothing but cooperative and gracious and are victims in this case.
“To suggest otherwise is not only wrong, it is cruel. The Guthrie family are victims plain and simple,” a statement released by the Sheriff’s Department said..
The department noted that officials have yet to confirm how many leads they are looking into. “Regarding gun shops, investigators are canvassing businesses and showing the doorbell video released by the FBI to determine whether the suspect appears familiar,” the officials added.
Since authorities released security footage showing a masked, armed intruder outside Nancy’s home, investigators have reportedly received between 40,000 and 50,000 tips from the public.
Law enforcement also revealed that they are working with Walmart management to identify the person seen in the security footage, who purchased the backpack from the grocery chain.
“Investigators are working with Walmart management to identify and isolate the individual who purchased the backpack,” the department said.
Federal officials are also in the process of locating Guthrie’s pacemaker device.
Anyone with any information about Nancy Guthrie’s case should call 1-800-CALL-FBI, 520-351-4900, 88-CRIME, or visit https://tips.fbi.gov/.
President Donald Trump has also weighed in on Nancy’s disappearance, telling the New York Post that the 84-year-old’s abductors would face “the most severe” consequences if Nancy was found dead.
When asked if that meant the Justice Department would seek the death penalty, Trump replied, “The most, yeah—that’s true.”
Despite the uncertainty, the Guthrie family continues to hold out hope that Nancy will be found alive. Savannah has been sharing frequent messages of encouragement and appeals to the public.
The FBI was present at Nancy’s $1 million house on Feb. 12, when they are understood to have removed the Nest camera bracket.
Images obtained by the New York Post, which show the front door to the missing 84-year-old’s home before and after the white tent was put in place, reveal that a bracket that was previously mounted to the frame of the door had been taken off during the time that the structure was up.
It’s thought that the bracket previously held a Nest security camera that captured a masked, armed intruder approaching the property in the early hours of the morning on Feb. 1, the same day that Nancy is believed to have been taken from her home.
Authorities previously stated that they do not know the whereabouts of the camera, which appears to have been removed by Nancy’s alleged kidnappers.
Footage from the camera was later obtained by the FBI and the Pima County Sheriff’s Department, and shared publicly by FBI Director Patel on his X account.
The three video clips show a person in a knitted ski mask and thick gloves approaching the entrance to her home with a gun in a holster around their waist.
Authorities had previously stated that they were unable to retrieve any footage from the Nest camera that was taken from the doorway of Nancy’s property because she did not have a subscription that enables archival video to be stored.
However, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department revealed in a statement issued that the video was ultimately “recovered from residual data located in backend systems.”
“Over the last eight days, the FBI and Pima County Sheriff’s Department have been working closely with our private sector partners to continue to recover any images or video footage from Nancy Guthrie‘s home that may have been lost, corrupted, or inaccessible due to a variety of factors, including the removal of recording devices,” the statement read.
“The video was recovered from residual data located in backend systems. Working with our partners—as of this morning—law enforcement has uncovered these previously inaccessible new images showing an armed individual appearing to have tampered with the camera at Nancy Guthrie’s front door the morning of her disappearance.”
Authorities have asked all residents who live within a 2-mile radius of Nancy’s $1 million home to pass over any available footage taken on two days leading up to her disappearance—including one date more than two weeks before she was taken from her Arizona property.
Investigators have asked told residents in the Catalina Foothills neighborhood to submit any and all surveillance footage taken by doorbell cameras between the hours of 9 p.m. and midnight on Jan. 11, as well as videos from 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. on Jan. 31, the morning before the 84-year-old disappeared.
Additionally, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department has asked that residents with any video footage taken between Jan. 1 and Feb. 2 that includes “vehicles, vehicle traffic, people/pedestrians, and anything neighbors deem out of the ordinary or important to our investigation” hand those videos over.
A web page has been set up where neighbors can upload their video footage—while the sheriff’s department has revealed it will be using the Neighbors App to communicate updates to anyone living within a 2-mile radius of Nancy’s home.
What is the full timeline of Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance?
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos noted during a media briefing on Feb. 5 that, while times are approximate, his team has pieced together several pieces of evidence that indicate Nancy’s movements—and the timeline of her apparent abduction.
Nancy, 84, was reported missing at around 12 p.m. local time on Feb. 1, around 14 hours after she was dropped off at the property following a family dinner. When she failed to turn up at her usual church gathering on Sunday, her friends alerted her family, who found her home was empty.
SATURDAY, JAN. 31
5:32 p.m. Nancy travels to Annie’s house in an Uber for “dinner and playing games with the family.”
9:48 p.m. A garage door at Nancy’s house opens when she was dropped off at the property by her daughter.
9:50 p.m. The garage door closes, indicating that Nancy was inside the home.
SUNDAY, FEB. 1
1:47 a.m. Nancy’s doorbell security camera is disconnected.
2:12 a.m. Movement is detected on a security camera at the home. No footage of this is currently available.
2:28 a.m. Nancy’s pacemaker app indicates that the device has been disconnected from her phone.
11:00 a.m. Nancy fails to arrive at the home of a friend, where she had been due to watch a church service livestream.
11:56 a.m. Nancy’s family travels to her home to check on her and finds the property empty.
12:03 p.m. The family calls 911 to report Nancy missing.
12:14 p.m. Police officers arrive at Nancy’s home.
