Nancy Guthrie Update Today: Day 26, FBI Shifts to Phoenix, Savannah Announces $1 Million Reward
Today marks Day 26 since Nancy Guthrie vanished. The 84-year-old mother of NBC Today show host Savannah Guthrie was forcibly abducted from her Tucson, Arizona, home in the early morning hours of February 1, 2026 ET. As of Friday, February 27, 2026 ET, she has not been found — but the investigation is far from over.
Today's Nancy Guthrie Update: FBI Shifts Command Post to Phoenix
Sources told Fox News that the FBI will reduce the number of its personnel in Tucson, Arizona, and relocate the command post to Phoenix in the search for Nancy Guthrie. While there will still be FBI agents in Tucson, many agency personnel will return to Phoenix, where they're based.
An FBI spokesperson confirmed that "boots on the ground" is operating in Tucson while "intel" is operating in Phoenix — and that there is no reduction of the total number of workers on the case. Retired FBI Agent Jason Pack told Fox News Digital that the investigation "is still running at full speed. Leads are still being worked." The relocation is a strategic operational shift, not a wind-down of the investigation.
Prosecutors Visit Nancy Guthrie's Tucson Home as Crime Scene Is Released
Prosecutors visited Nancy Guthrie's home on Wednesday as officials reportedly prepare to return it to the family. The mother of NBC Today host Savannah Guthrie is said to have been abducted from her Tucson, Arizona, home on February 1, 2026. The visit indicates prosecutors are moving through the evidence-gathering phase at the physical crime scene — a procedural step that typically follows thorough forensic processing.
Authorities have said little publicly about what evidence has been recovered. The suspect, who may or may not have acted alone, took measures to hide his fingerprints and DNA — wearing a ski mask, gloves, and long-sleeved clothing and appearing to have avoided shedding any traceable genetic material inside Guthrie's home.
Savannah Guthrie Announces $1 Million Reward and Prepares Return to TODAY
In an Instagram video on Tuesday morning, Savannah Guthrie announced a family reward of up to $1 million for the recovery of Nancy Guthrie. The family is also making a $500,000 donation to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
Earlier this week, for the first time, Guthrie acknowledged that her 84-year-old mother "may already be gone." "And if this is what is to be, then we will all accept it," Guthrie said. "But we need to know where she is. We need her to come home." Those deeply emotional words — heard across the country — marked what people close to Savannah described as a painful but pivotal shift in the family's public framing of the search.
Savannah Guthrie Intends to Return to the TODAY Show — On Her Timeline
Despite the ongoing nightmare, hope for Savannah's professional future remains intact. Savannah Guthrie intends to return to work at NBC's Today show at some point, according to two sources close to the network. When that might happen is highly uncertain, and completely up to Guthrie. When asked about Guthrie's status, an NBC source said "her Today family will welcome her back with open arms on her timeline."
Hoda Kotb, who departed the show in January 2025, returned to co-host Today due to Guthrie's absence. "Living in this uncertainty is agonizing" for Guthrie and her siblings, Kotb told viewers after airing Savannah's latest video message.
The FBI Suspect Description and Digital Evidence Investigation
The FBI describes the suspect seen in surveillance images and video outside Nancy Guthrie's front door around the time she vanished as a male between 5-foot-9 and 5-foot-10 tall, with an average build. He was seen carrying what appeared to be a weapon.
Digital forensics expert Heather Barnhart — who helped solve the Idaho student murders — said investigators may have examined whether a suspect's phone "touched" Guthrie's home Wi-Fi network, even without connecting to it, potentially placing the device at the scene. Traffic cameras are another tool available to investigators. Anyone with information is urged to contact the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI or submit tips online through tips.fbi.gov — with the Guthrie family now offering up to $1 million for information leading to Nancy's recovery.
