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As of February 27, 2026, the investigation remains active in a criminal capacity, even as the physical search parties in the Arizona desert have been scaled back. The FBI continues to analyze digital metadata and forensic samples sent to specialized labs in Florida. Savannah Guthrie’s raw, on-air reaction serves as a permanent marker of the toll that uncertainty takes on a family. She has shown the world that behind every headline about “final updates” and “police reports,” there is a daughter aching for her mother, a family refusing to give up, and a community standing in the gap of that silence.
