️ Savannah Guthrie, a host of NBC's "Today" program, visited the network's office in New York as she makes plans to return to the airwaves while the search for her missing mother continues. Her 84-year-old mother Nancy Guthrie has been missing from her home in Arizona since February 1, with authorities believing she was abducted, but few clues have emerged in the nearly five weeks since.

️ Guthrie has remained off air during this period, although she has posted emotional pleas on social media for her mother's return. Her co-host Jenna Bush Hager informed viewers that Guthrie had visited and "said that she has the intention to return to the show," but "I don't know when she's actually returning." Bush Hager added, "Even though it feels like the hardest thing to do, it's also her home and where she feels so loved. And she is beyond loved here."

️ No date has been set for Guthrie's return; she last appeared on the show on January 30, two days before her mother's disappearance. She also withdrew from NBC's Winter Olympic Games coverage as the search intensified. Last week, the family offered a $1 million (£750,000) reward for Nancy Guthrie's return.

️ The Pima County Sheriff's Office stated it believes her mother was "taken from the home against her will, possibly in the middle of the night and that includes possible kidnapping or abduction." Investigators have released images of the prime suspect—a man captured on Nancy Guthrie's Nest doorbell camera. Purported ransom notes demanding about $6 million in cryptocurrency have been sent to media outlets, including one whose deadline expired on February 9.

️ Detectives have received close to 40,000 tips from the public. Authorities said DNA evidence was recovered from a glove—similar to one worn by the suspect recorded on doorbell camera footage—found near her home, but it yielded no matches in an FBI database. This case highlights the challenges in the investigation and the lack of breakthroughs, adding to the stress for Guthrie's family as she contemplates her professional comeback.

Source: www.bbc.com