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The search forSavannah Guthrie's missing motheris entering its fourth week, as authorities in Arizona maintain that the case has not gone cold.

The Pima County Sheriff's Department and the FBI arecontinuing to search for the "Today" show anchor's84-year-old mother Nancy Guthrie, who wasreported missing from her home in Arizonaon Sunday, Feb. 1, and has not been seen since Saturday, Jan. 31. As the investigation stretches into another week without a major breakthrough or arrest, the sheriff's department said on Feb. 21 that there are still "several hundred law enforcement personnel" dedicated to finding Guthrie.

Earlier this month,the FBI released imagesshowing a masked man appearing to tamper with the camera at Guthrie's front door the morning she disappeared, but the person in the images has not been identified. Law enforcement has ruled out all members of the Guthrie family as suspects.

"Today" show host Savannah Guthrie's 84-year-old mother, Nancy Guthrie, was seemingly abducted from her home outside Tucson, Arizona, in the early hours of Feb. 1, 2026. Authorities released photos and videos on Feb. 10, of a potential suspect who was caught tampering with a camera on her front door on the morning of her disappearance. 

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> New images from a Nest camera show an armed individual appearing to have tampered with the camera at Nancy Guthrie's front door on the morning of her disappearance.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> U.S. journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie, accompanied by her siblings Annie and Camron, speaks in a video message, addressing that they are willing to pay for the release of their elderly mother, Nancy Guthrie, who went missing from her Arizona home several days ago, in this screen grab obtained from social media video taken at an unspecified location and released February 7, 2026.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of "Today" anchor Savannah Guthrie is missing, and Arizona officials say they are investigating her disappearance as a "crime."

"Today" show cohost Savannah Guthrie, accompanied by her siblings Annie and Camron Guthrie, speaks in a video message addressing a possible kidnapper who might be holding her 84-year-old mother, Nancy Guthrie in this screen grab obtained from social media video taken at an unspecified location and released Feb. 4, 2026.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> The Pima County Sheriff's Office in Arizona received a 911 call reporting Nancy Guthrie missing from her home outside Tucson around noon local time on Sunday, Feb. 1.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> She was reported missing from her home in a community just north of Tucson on Feb. 1, 2026.

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Search for Nancy Guthrie and person suspected of taking her continues

"Today" show host Savannah Guthrie's 84-year-old mother,Nancy Guthrie, was seemingly abducted from her home outside Tucson, Arizona, in the early hours of Feb. 1, 2026. Authorities released photos and videos on Feb. 10, of a potential suspect who was caught tampering with a camera on her front door on the morning of her disappearance.

The FBI is offering a reward of $100,000 for information that will lead to Guthrie's recovery or the arrest and conviction of anyone involved in her disappearance.

Here's where the case stands as of Sunday, Feb. 22.

Savannah Guthrie mom case latest updates: Investigation remains 'active,' authorities say

The latest update came from the Pima County Sheriff's Department, which issued a statement on Feb. 21 maintaining that the investigation remains "active." The update came at the end of a week in which there appeared to be few major developments in the search.

"There have been no changes to resources in this investigation," the Pima County Sheriff's Department said on Feb. 21. "There may be fluctuations day to day based on investigative leads. Several hundred law enforcement personnel remain dedicated to this case. This will remain an active investigation until Nancy Guthrie is found or all leads are exhausted."

The sheriff's department also confirmed that detectives and agents were back in the Guthrie neighborhood on Feb. 21 "canvassing as part of the investigation," without providing further details.

In aninterview with NBC Newson Feb. 20, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos addressed the pace of the investigation, telling the network, "Sometimes things take time." But he added that the investigation is "still growing," not shrinking, "in terms of leads and working and getting out there."

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"We're not quitting," Nanos told NBC. "We'll find her."

Is there a suspect in the Nancy Guthrie case?

Authorities are still working to identify the masked man seen at Guthrie's front door the morning she disappeared indoorbell camera footage releasedearlier this month, though the sheriff's department said Feb. 20 that authorities are not "ruling out the possibility that more than one person may be involved."

But speaking toNBC News on Feb. 20, Nanos said that "we're getting a little closer to identifying some of the other articles" of clothing worn by the man in the footage, including the person's shoes, pants and jacket.

The FBI previously said the man in the surveillance video is "approximately 5'9"-5'10" tall, with an average build." He waswearing an Ozark Trail Hiker Pack, a backpack sold exclusively at Walmart. Last week, the sheriff's department said investigators are working with Walmart to identify the person who purchased the backpack.

The clothing seen in the video "may have been purchased from Walmart but is not exclusively available at Walmart," the sheriff's department said on Feb. 16.

New images released by authorities on Feb. 10, 2026, from a Nest camera outside Nancy Guthrie's home show an armed individual appearing to have tampered with the camera at the front door on the morning of her disappearance on Feb. 1.

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Search for Nancy Guthrie and person suspected of taking her continues

New imagesreleased by authorities on Feb. 10, 2026, from a Nest camera outside Nancy Guthrie's home show an armed individual appearing to have tampered with the camera at the front door on the morning of her disappearance on Feb. 1.

Authorities are still analyzing DNA found at the Guthrie residence. Investigators previously confirmed on Feb. 13 that DNA not belonging to Guthrie or anyone "in close contact to her" was collected from her property and submitted for analysis. In an update on Feb. 21, the sheriff's department said that "lab experts are working through that analysis," but "as with any biological evidence, there can be challenges separating DNA."

Investigators are also reviewing surveillance video that was submitted by Nancy Guthrie's neighbors. The sheriff's department had called on neighbors to submit any video footage they may have from between Jan. 1 and Feb. 2 containing anything they "deem out of the ordinary or important" to the investigation.

Savannah Guthrie has not spoken out about the case since Feb. 15, when shereleased a videosaying, "We still have hope, and we still believe." She added, "I wanted to say to whoever has her, or knows where she is, that it's never too late."

Contributing: Jeanine Santucci, Anthony Robledo,Edward Segarra and Taijuan Moorman

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:Savannah Guthrie's missing mom case enters fourth week — Updates

A security detail detected the man near the north gate of PresidentDonald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, at about 1:30 a.m. local time. Authorities said he was carrying a shotgun and a fuel can. The president was in Washington during the incident and not at his property.

Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw told reporters that the man reached the property's inner perimeter near its entrance, prompting a sheriff's deputy and two Secret Service agents to go to the area and investigate.

"They confronted a White male that was carrying a gas can and a shotgun," Bradshaw said. "He was ordered to drop those two pieces of equipment that he had with him, at which time he put down the gas can, raised the shotgun to a shooting position. At that point in time, the deputy and the two Secret Service agents fired their weapons and neutralized the threat."

The man was pronounced dead at the scene, Bradshaw said, and no agents were injured.

Nobody who receives protection from the Secret Service was present at the time of the shooting, Secret Service communication chief Anthony Guglielmi said innews release.

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Officials have not released the man's identity, but they said he was in his early 20s. When asked if the man was already known to law enforcement, Bradshaw said "not right now." He said he could not yet confirm how many shots were fired because the incident remains under active investigation, with the FBI taking lead.

Authorities asked people who live in the area to look at any security footage they may have from around their homes and report anything suspicious to the FBI or local authorities.

In aposton social media, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the Secret Service "acted quickly and decisively to neutralize a crazy person." She also slammed Democrats for the ongoingpartial government shutdown,during which the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees the Secret Service, has faced a lapse in funding.

In September 2024, Trump was targeted in an assassination attempt while he golfed at his club in suburban West Palm Beach, a short drive from Mar-a-Lago.RyanWesley Routhwas found guilty of attempting to assassinate the then-presidential nominee. It was the second attempt on Trump's life in the run-up to the November 2024 election, preceded by the shooting in July at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

In January 2020, a woman drove an SUV through barriers at Mar-a-Lago, prompting the Secret Service and Palm Beach County sheriff's officers to fire at her vehicle. The woman, opera singer Hannah Roemhild, was found not guilty byreason of insanity.

Kathryn Palmer is a politics reporter for USA TODAY. You can reach her atkapalmer@usatoday.comand on X @KathrynPlmr. Sign up for her daily politics newsletterhere.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:Man shot and killed after allegedly breaching Mar-a-Lago

A Colombian congresswoman whose conservative party is closely aligned with the right-wing ideologies of US President Donald Trump says her son was detained last month by ICE agents amid the US crackdown on immigration.

Ángela Vergara says she decided to go public with the case last week in part because her son has not yet been allowed to return to Colombia despite having requested voluntary departure, but also to raise awareness about the harsh conditions Colombian immigrants are facing in the US.

The case has sparked a debate online, with critics questioning why Vergara, a member of a party that often backs Trump, came out in defense of immigrants only after her son's detention.

Vergara has pushed back against the criticism, insisting that she has never supported immigration policies that she says violate human rights.

"This isn't a political issue; it's really a human rights issue," she told CNN. "Being a conservative politician doesn't mean I agree with human rights violations in Colombia or anywhere else in the world."

ICE detention

Vergara says her son Rafael, 23, has been locked up for more than 20 days at the River Correctional Detention Center in Louisiana, in what she describes as "inhumane conditions." She says he is being held along with a number of Colombians waiting for a repatriation flight home.

"He told me that he was with 70 people in a cell, that they had gone 12 hours the day before without drinking water, (and) everyone was sick," Vergara recounted to CNN.

The congresswoman said Rafael had been detained by ICE agents after a routine inspection while driving a commercial cargo truck in Louisiana.

She insists Rafael has been living in the US legally with a work permit and paying into social security. She says he applied for asylum a year after arriving in 2022 and was awaiting an asylum hearing scheduled for 2028.

CNN has reached out to the US Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE, for more information.

After learning of her son's arrest, Vergara said the family requested his voluntary return to Colombia, thinking it would be the quickest way to resolve the matter. But more than 20 days after his arrest, she says her son remains in detention.

She attributes the delay to a "bottleneck" in the repatriation process that has left thousands of Colombians stranded in the US waiting for a limited number of flights.

Colombia signed an agreement earlier this month to resume repatriation flights from the US. Foreign Minister Rosa Villavicencio said that approximately one flight per week would be carried out over the next few months.

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Vergara says she has asked the Colombian government to expedite transfers and increase the frequency of humanitarian flights.

Controversy over ideology

Vergara's Conservative Party maintains many positions that are more aligned with the American right than with Colombia's left-wing government led by President Gustavo Petro and has often expressed support for the Republican Party in the US.

In 2024, the Colombian Conservatives "celebrated" the electoral victories of Trump and his fellow Republicans in the House and Senate.

Last year, when the Trump administration decertified Colombia as a partner in the fight against drug trafficking, the partycondemned,not Trump, but Colombia's president for criticizing the US leader. It issued a statement pledging to support the US drug fighting measures.

In September, after the killing of prominent US conservative activist Charlie Kirk, Vergaraexpressed condolencesand support for the activist, saying, "His departure represents a loss for those of us who firmly defend life, family, and freedom."

Still, despite sharing some views with the American right, Vergara insists she doesn't support inhumane immigration policies.

"I have always demanded due process and humane treatment for Colombians, both inside and outside the country," she recently wrote on X.

Vergara says her conversative leanings have caused people to make false assumptions about her.

This week, she denied being a member of the group "Latinas for Trump," as many people online have alleged. She also denied that she celebrated the deportations of Latinos or called for a US invasion of Colombia.

On Tuesday, social media users and some news outlets shared a video of a woman dancing in a MAGA hat, whom they incorrectly identified as Vergara.

The video was also shared by Petro, who later took down his post after Vergara denied it was her in it.

In his post, Petro had also addressed the detention of Vergara's son and asked the Colombian Embassy in Washington to provide him with consular assistance: "No matter the paradox, the Colombian embassy in the US must help … this Colombian congresswoman to recover her son."

CNN has reached out to the Colombian presidency for comment on the matter.

Vergara told CNN she thought it was positive that Petro addressed the issue but insisted that he needs to respond to her request for humanitarian flights.

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