Overview
- The Today co-anchor left the broadcast Wednesday and returned Thursday, with no reason disclosed for the brief exit.
- Investigators say DNA and surveillance evidence are being processed nationwide, including a hair sent in mid-April to the FBI lab in Quantico for advanced testing.
- Doorbell footage previously released by the FBI shows a masked figure tampering with the front-door camera, and more than 13,000 tips are under review with no arrests.
- FBI Director Kash Patel said the Bureau was kept out for four days at the start of the probe, a claim the Pima County Sheriff’s Office disputes, saying coordination began immediately.
- Kidnapping survivor Elizabeth Smart told CNN Nancy Guthrie could still be alive, a message that has buoyed public resolve as the family maintains a $1 million reward.