{"id":42863,"date":"2026-04-06T13:04:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T13:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=42863"},"modified":"2026-04-06T13:04:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T13:04:16","slug":"savannah-guthrie-to-return-to-today-show-for-first-time-since-her-mothers-disappearance-us-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=42863","title":{"rendered":"Savannah Guthrie to return to Today show for first time since her mother&#8217;s disappearance | US News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component-name=\"ui-article-body\" data-testid=\"article-body\" data-highlight-intro=\"true\">\n<p>US television presenter Savannah Guthrie is returning to NBC&#8217;s Today show on Monday for the first time since her mother&#8217;s disappearance more than two months ago.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/video\/savannah-guthrie-fears-her-mum-was-kidnapped-because-of-her-fame-13524768\" target=\"_blank\">Nancy Guthrie<\/a><\/strong>, 84, was last seen at her Arizona home on 31 January and was reported missing the following day.<\/p>\n<p>Officials say her blood was found on the front porch. Purported ransom notes were sent to news outlets, but deadlines for paying have passed.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities believe she was kidnapped or abducted. During the investigation, the FBI released surveillance videos showing a masked man on the porch that night.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-article-image\" data-testid=\"article-image\">\n<figure class=\"sdc-article-image__figure\">\n<div class=\"sdc-article-image__wrapper\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\">\n          \n    <\/div><figcaption class=\"ui-media-caption\" data-testid=\"article-image-caption\">\n        <span class=\"u-hide-visually\">Image:<\/span><br \/>\n        <span class=\"ui-media-caption__caption-text\" data-testid=\"article-image-caption-text\">Nancy Guthrie and her daughter Savannah. Pic: Savannah Guthrie\/Instagram<br \/>\n        <\/span><br \/>\n      <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Today co-anchor Ms Guthrie, 54, has acknowledged she&#8217;s a changed person since her mother&#8217;s disappearance and that it&#8217;s difficult to press ahead without knowing what happened to her.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a search that involved thousands of federal and local officers and volunteers, there has been no sign of the mother-of-three since she went missing.<\/p>\n<p>In a video message released by her New York church on Easter Sunday, Ms Guthrie said she felt &#8220;moments of deep disappointment with God, the feeling of utter abandonment&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>But she said the resurrection is not fully celebrated &#8220;if we do not acknowledge the feelings of loss, pain, and yes, death&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Perhaps this is too dark a message to share on Easter morning, but I have long believed that we miss out on fully celebrating resurrection if we do not acknowledge the feelings of loss, pain and, yes, death,&#8221; 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I still believe. And so I say with conviction, &#8216;Happy Easter.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Announcing her return to NBC&#8217;s flagship morning show, Ms Guthrie said she was unsure whether she&#8217;ll feel like she still belongs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s hard to imagine doing it because it&#8217;s such a place of joy and lightness,&#8221; she said just over a week ago on Today in her first interview since her mother&#8217;s disappearance.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I can&#8217;t come back and try to be something that I&#8217;m not. But I can&#8217;t not come back because it&#8217;s my family.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-article-image\" data-testid=\"article-image\">\n<figure class=\"sdc-article-image__figure\">\n<div class=\"sdc-article-image__wrapper\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sdc-article-image__item\" loading=\"lazy\" intrinsicsize=\"768x432\" src=\"https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/26\/04\/768x432\/skynews-savannah-guthrie-today-show_7212087.jpg?20260406091715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/26\/04\/384x216\/skynews-savannah-guthrie-today-show_7212087.jpg?20260406091715 380w, https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/26\/04\/768x432\/skynews-savannah-guthrie-today-show_7212087.jpg?20260406091715 760w, https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/26\/04\/1600x900\/skynews-savannah-guthrie-today-show_7212087.jpg?20260406091715 1024w, https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/26\/04\/2048x1152\/skynews-savannah-guthrie-today-show_7212087.jpg?20260406091715 2048w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1024px) 1024px, 100vw\" alt=\"Savannah Guthrie visited the Today show in New York on 5 March. 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Pic: AP<br \/>\n        <\/span><br \/>\n      <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Read more from Sky News:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/arizona-hiker-in-critical-condition-after-being-stung-100-times-by-bees-13528371\" target=\"_blank\">Hiker fighting for his life after bee attack<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/pepsi-and-diageo-withdraw-sponsorship-of-wireless-festival-after-kanye-west-booking-13528145\" target=\"_blank\">Sponsors withdraw from festival after Kanye booking<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ms Guthrie, one of US morning television&#8217;s most recognisable faces, has been a co-anchor on Today since 2012.<\/p>\n<p>There had been a great deal of speculation about whether she would return to the show.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-article-image\" data-testid=\"article-image\">\n<figure class=\"sdc-article-image__figure\">\n<div class=\"sdc-article-image__wrapper\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\">\n          <img 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