The co-anchor will resume her post on the morning program more than two months after her mother Nancy went missing.

Savannah Guthrie sets Today return date amid mother’s disappearance: ‘I think it’s part of my purpose right now’

The co-anchor will resume her post on the morning program more than two months after her mother Nancy went missing.

By Mekishana Pierre

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Savannah Guthrie and her mother, Nancy Guthrie, on the 'Today' set in 2023. Credit:

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Savannah Guthrie will return to *Today* on Monday, April 6, more than two months after her mother Nancy Guthrie's disappearance.

The return date was announced Friday as part of the third segment of the co-anchor's emotional interview on *Today* with Hoda Kotb. Savannah told Kotb that it's "hard to imagine" coming back because the show is "such a place of joy and lightness," but she believes it's part of her "purpose."

Annie Guthrie, Savannah Guthrie, and Camron Guthrie.

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"I can't come back and try to be something that I’m not. But I can’t not come back, because it’s my family," she said. "I think it’s part of my purpose right now. I want to smile. And when I do, it will be real. And my joy will be my protest. My joy will be my answer. And being there is joyful. And when it's not, I'll say so. I've been so grateful to have this family. I consider this my family — my greater family — and I want to be with my family. I don't know if I can do it. I don't know if I belong anymore, but I would like to try."

She added, "I’m not gonna be the same. But maybe it’s like that old poem, 'More beautiful in the broken places.'"

After the interview aired, Kotb revealed Savannah's return date to the rest of the *Today* team. "It is where she belongs. It is where we all want her to be," Craig Melvin said. "We cannot wait to welcome her back with open arms here in Studio 1E."

Nancy, 84, was last seen on the evening of Jan. 31 at her Arizona home after being dropped off by her family. Two days later, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said that her disappearance was being treated as a crime after traces of Nancy's blood were discovered on the porch.

The situation has grown more dire as the weeks continue to pass with no concrete clues to Nancy's whereabouts. Authorities have described the case as a possible kidnapping or abduction, finding ransom notes and security footage featuring a masked man tampering with Nancy's doorbell, but definitive evidence has been scarce.

Since her disappearance, the Pima County Sheriff's Department and the FBI have been collaborating on a large-scale investigation to locate Nancy.

Savannah Guthrie and mother Nancy Guthrie.

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In previously released parts of the vulnerable interview, Savannah shared with Kotb that "for one of the very few times in my life — I did hear God speak to me."

She continued, "As I said to myself, 'I can handle anything, God, I can handle anything. I just can't handle not knowing. We can't handle not knowing. I have to know.' And I heard a voice. And it said, 'You do know where she is. She's with me. She's with me.' So whether she's on this side still or whether she is in heaven, I know where she is. I know who she's with. But we need to know."

Since their mother's disappearance, Savannah and her siblings have made several public pleas for information and increased the reward for Nancy's return to $1 million. The family has acknowledged that while she "may already be gone," they cannot be at peace until her disappearance is resolved.

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Savannah recalled that she and her siblings knew right away that something was amiss, and her brother Camron — whom she described as "brilliant" with a military career background — "saw very clearly right away what this was."

She told Kotb, "And even on the phone when I called him, he knew. He said, 'I think she's been kidnapped for ransom.' And I said, 'What?!' It sounds so — how dumb could I be — but I said, 'Do you think because of me?' He said, 'I'm sorry, sweetie, but yeah, maybe.'"

The broadcast journalist said that it's "too much to bear to think that I brought this to her bedside." She added, "That it's because of me, and I just have to say, 'I'm so sorry, Mommy. I'm so sorry.' I'm sorry to my sister and my brother and my kids and my nephew and Tommy, my brother-in-law, just, like, I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry. If it is me, I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry."

The Pima County Sheriff's Department and the FBI continue to urge anyone with tips to call 1-800-CALL-FBI.

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