Nancy Guthrie Update Today: Day 28 — Home Returned to Family, Investigation Enters New Phase

Saturday, February 28, 2026 marks Day 28 in the search for Nancy Guthrie — nearly one full month since the 84-year-old mother of Today show co-host Savannah Guthrie vanished from her Catalina Foothills home in Tucson, Arizona. The investigation is entering a significant new phase today, with the family home being returned, detective resources scaled back, and the FBI shifting operations to Phoenix.

Nancy Guthrie Day 28: Home Returned to Family as FBI Exits Scene

Authorities turned the Guthrie residence back to the family as the investigation slows. The potential of a new security system on the premises indicates authorities did, in fact, turn the house back over to the Guthrie family as the search continues. It's the latest in a series of decisions from the FBI and Pima County Sheriff's Department that indicate the search for Guthrie is slowing down.

The FBI will turn the Guthrie home back over to the family in the coming weeks as they move the investigation's operations to Phoenix. The U.S. Attorney's Office confirmed that federal prosecutors were with FBI agents to help with the investigation, but their precise roles were not revealed. The home has served as an active crime scene for nearly four weeks, drawing daily crowds of media, vigil-keepers, and members of the public.

Detective Resources Scaled Back — But Case Remains Active

Authorities have announced that they are lowering the number of detectives assigned to the investigation as part of a new phase. On Friday, February 27, a spokesperson for the Pima County Sheriff's Department in Arizona, Angelica Carrillo, said that only detectives directly assigned to Nancy Guthrie's case will be involved, unless large movement in the case warrants more staffing. But Carrillo emphasized that the case remains active and says they are still focused on finding Savannah Guthrie's mother. "This remains an active investigation and will continue until Nancy Guthrie is located or all leads have been exhausted," Carrillo said.

"The United States Attorney's Office, together with the FBI and every other law enforcement agency involved in finding Nancy, will go anywhere, do anything and persevere always to find her," United States Attorney of Arizona Timothy Courchaine said on social media. Despite the resource reduction, investigators confirmed they are still actively pursuing all viable leads and reviewing newly submitted footage from the surrounding community.

Savannah Guthrie Pleads for Tips as Reward Stands at $1 Million

Savannah Guthrie issued a new plea Friday to bring her mother home, just one day after an FBI official said the agency has amassed as many as 10,000 hours of video in the investigation. "Please — be the one that brings her home," Savannah Guthrie wrote in a Friday Instagram caption. She reminded followers that "Tips can be anonymous, reward can be paid in cash."

Savannah Guthrie continues to ask the public to come forward with any tips. "If you've been waiting and you haven't been sure, let this be your sign to please come forward. Tell what you know, and help us bring our beloved mom home," she said in a video message on her social media pages. Call 1-800-CALL-FBI. Family reward of up to $1 million will be paid only for recovery of Nancy Guthrie, consistent with FBI criteria for payment of its reward in this case. Collecting the reward does not require an ID and tips are not traceable.

New Ring Camera Video a Dead End — DNA Results Could Take a Year

On Thursday, newly released Ring camera footage from a neighbor's property showed a dozen cars driving past between 12:30 a.m. and 6 a.m. MST on February 1 — the window during which investigators believe Nancy Guthrie was abducted. The timing of some of the footage is notable — the new neighborhood footage captures vehicles traveling in opposite directions at 2:31 and 2:36 a.m., minutes after Nancy's pacemaker stopped transmitting at 2:28 a.m. Despite the timing, a source connected to the investigation told TMZ that the FBI reviewed the footage and concluded it is a dead end.

Evidence recovered at the property, including traces of blood, is still being analyzed — though Sheriff Chris Nanos has warned that DNA results could take up to a year. No suspects have been identified. Several people have been detained for questioning and later released. The FBI tip line has received more than 750 tips since the $1 million reward was announced Tuesday — but none have produced a confirmed break in the case as of Saturday morning ET.

Savannah Guthrie Plans to Return to Today Show — On Her Timeline

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, given this month's agonizing and all-consuming search for her mother Nancy. 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. Kotb was going to be part of the show's Winter Olympics coverage in Milan anyway, but once Nancy Guthrie was reported missing and Savannah flew to Tucson to support the search, Today stayed home in New York and Kotb returned to Studio 1A to fill in for her friend. The Nancy Guthrie case remains one of the most watched missing persons investigations in the country as it enters its second month with no confirmed suspect, no confirmed motive beyond the cryptocurrency ransom notes, and no confirmed sighting of the 84-year-old since February 1.