Savannah Guthrie Officially Returns to the Anchor Desk — The Emotional Words She Begged to Share First Will Break Your Heart

Savannah Guthrie has reunited with her Today colleagues.

On Thursday, March 5, Guthrie, 54, returned to the Today studio for the first time since her mother, Nancy Guthrie, went missing.

A spokesperson for the show told PEOPLE, “Savannah Guthrie stopped by the studio this morning to be with and thank her Today colleagues.”

The spokesperson confirmed that Savannah “plans to return to the show on air.”

While no date has been announced yet, the statement concluded, “she remains focused right now supporting her family and working to help bring Nancy home.”

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Savannah was last seen visiting Nancy’s Tucson, Ariz home on March 2, one month after the 84-year-old went missing.

Savannah was joined by sister Annie Guthrie and brother-in-law Tommaso Cioni. In footage shared by NewsNation, the three hugged and added yellow flowers to a tribute created near their mother’s mailbox.

Savannah later shared a message, featuring an image of yellow flowers, to Instagram. “We feel the love and prayers from our neighbors, from the Tucson community and from around the country  please don’t stop praying and hoping with us. bring her home,” she wrote.

Nancy was last seen alive on Jan. 31 after she had dinner with family. She was reported missing on Feb. 1 when she failed to attend a virtual church service. The FBI and the Pima County Sheriff’s Office released surveillance footage and images from Nancy’s Nest doorbell camera, which show a masked intruder walking up to the front door of her home the night of her abduction.

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos spoke with NBC’s Liz Kreutz on March 3, and said that investigators are “definitely closer” to identifying and locating a suspect or suspects. During the conversation, which aired on the Today show, Nanos said authorities have “got a lot of intel, a lot of leads, but now it’s time to just go to work.”