Savannah Guthrie Returns To 'today' Amid Search For Her 84-year-old Mother

“TODAY” co-anchor Savannah Guthrie is group to return to nan flagship NBC greeting show Monday, much than 2 months aft her mother disappeared.

Guthrie, who has co-anchored “TODAY” since 2012, stepped distant from her domiciled successful early February aft Nancy Guthrie, 84, went missing from her location adjacent Tucson, Arizona. Authorities person described nan lawsuit arsenic a imaginable kidnapping aliases abduction.

Guthrie told an Easter religion work connected Sunday "I still believe," while speaking astir really her Christian religion has been tested during nan hunt for her mother.

In her first question and reply since nan commencement of her family’s ordeal, Guthrie told Hoda Kotb past period that she believed returning to nan “TODAY” anchor table is “part of my intent correct now,” moreover though it was difficult to ideate going backmost to a workplace she associates pinch “joy and lightness.”

“I can’t travel backmost and effort to beryllium thing that I’m not. But I can’t not travel backmost because it’s my family,” Guthrie said successful nan interview, which aired successful March. “I don’t cognize if I tin do it. I don’t cognize if I’ll beryllium anymore, but I would for illustration to try.”

“TODAY” co-anchor Craig Melvin, announcing Guthrie’s return connected nan March 27 broadcast of nan show, said: “It’s wherever she belongs. It’s wherever we each want her to be. We cannot hold to invited her backmost pinch unfastened arms present successful Studio 1A.”

Nancy Guthrie’s family reported her missing astir noon Feb. 1 aft she did not show up astatine a friend’s location for virtual religion services, according to nan Pima County Sheriff’s Office. She was past seen nan erstwhile nighttime astir 9:45 p.m. aft having meal astatine her girl Annie Guthrie’s home, according to authorities.

The investigation into her disappearance gripped nan federation and put an aggravated spotlight connected nan quiet Catalina Foothills area of Tucson. Authorities person not identified a fishy aliases motive, though nan FBI released chilling doorbell camera footage of an equipped and masked man extracurricular Nancy Guthrie’s location connected nan greeting she was reported missing.

The bureau described him arsenic a man of mean build, 5 feet, 9 inches to 5 feet, 10 inches tall, wearing a achromatic Ozark Trail Hiker Pack 25-liter backpack.

Guthrie and her siblings, Camron Guthrie and Annie Guthrie, person provided updates connected nan lawsuit via societal media. In emotionally wrenching videos connected Instagram, they person thanked members of nan nationalist for their prayers and made nonstop appeals to Nancy Guthrie’s imaginable abductor.

“Someone knows really to find our mom and bring her home,” Guthrie wrote successful nan caption to a Feb. 24 video post.

The family is offering up to $1 million for accusation that leads to nan 84-year-old’s recovery. The FBI is offering a reward of up to $100,000 for “information starring to nan betterment of Nancy Guthrie and/or nan apprehension and condemnation of anyone progressive successful her disappearance.”

Kotb, a “TODAY” contributor, substituted for Guthrie. In that period, Guthrie withdrew from NBC’s sum of nan Milan Cortina Winter Olympics; Mary Carillo stepped successful to co-host nan opening ceremonial alongside NBC Sports’ Terry Gannon.

Guthrie visited nan “TODAY” group March 5. In photos taken from extracurricular nan workplace by a photographer for The Associated Press, Guthrie could beryllium seen wiping tears and embracing her colleagues. The sojourn was not televised.

“I really wanted to travel and spot everybody. I conscionable emotion this beautiful spot that we telephone home, wherever we get to travel and beryllium each day,” Guthrie told Kotb, adding: “When times are hard, you want to beryllium pinch your family.”