FBI agents canvas Nancy Guthrie's neighborhood again

FBI agents were once again seen canvassing Nancy Guthrie's neighborhood as fears grow that Savannah Guthrie's abducted mother will never be found. Agents wandered the Catalina Hills neighborhood in Tucson, Arizona talking to several residents earlier this week, according to NewsNation. The journey back to the Tucson street comes as Sheriff Chris Nanos has reportedly cut the number of agents assigned to the case, as no new definite leads have come forward. 'Everybody wishes that we had some hot leads, that the whole department’s working, trying to run down to solve this quickly,' Sergeant Aaron Cross, president of the Pima County Deputies Organization, told NewsNation.

'So the fact that we’re reducing the amount of manpower working it, I mean, it’s hard to say what kind of sign that signals.' Nanos has admitted that his deputies are still missing key points of information, but said they're 'definitely closer' to getting a suspect, he told NBC News earlier this week. 'I've said this from the beginning: I have full faith, full confidence, they're going to solve this,' he said. Investigators has previously released surveillance footage of a masked man at 84-year-old Guthrie's home prior to her abduction on February 1. Guthrie's family is offering a $1million reward for information leading to Guthrie's recovery.

The grandmother went missing five weeks ago and was last seen around 10pm the night before are returning home from her daughter's home, where she had dinner. Guthrie's children, including Today Show host Savannah, have pleaded with her captors to returns their mother home safely. In the clip announcing the $1 million reward, Savannah said she realizes her mother may no longer be alive but begged Nancy's captors to help give her family some closure. Savannah returned to the Today Show studio this week, although she has not yet been back on air. The TV host was seen in images first revealed by TMZ hugging staff and crew at the studio in Manhattan, New York City, on Thursday morning.

NBC told the Daily Mail in a statement that Savannah plans to return to the air eventually, but her visit on Thursday was 'to be with and thank her TODAY colleagues.' The 54-year-old appeared emotional in images from the reunion, and she was seen wiping away a tear as she embraced her co-workers and made a speech to the studio staff. The studio said Savannah returned to thank her team for their unwavering support through her mother's heartbreaking disappearance. 'While she plans to return to the show on air, she remains focused right now supporting her family and working to help bring Nancy home,' the studio said. 

The Pima County Sheriff's Office, which has been leading the search, has come under scrutiny in the course of the investigation, including allegedly stopping Savannah from offering a reward early in the search. Nanos has faced allegations that he bungled the investigation, as police insiders told the Daily Mail that he failed to deploy a crucial search-and-rescue aircraft in the initial hours of the manhunt because of staffing issues. Nanos has also come under criticism for releasing and re-sealing the crime scene several times, and issuing contradictory messages to the public.

As the search runs cold, the FBI announced that the agency would be scaling back its search for Nancy, with agents moving to a new command post more than 100 miles away from Phoenix. Some agents will also stay behind in Tucson, sources with knowledge of the investigation told ABC News. Agents in Phoenix, meanwhile, will work the case from there. The move does not indicate investigators are giving up on the search, sources insisted.