Surveillance photos of the suspect in the Nancy Guthrie kidnapping case were released by the FBI on Tuesday, captured by a Nest camera mounted on the victim's front door, showing an intimidating, masked and armed man tampering with the camera.
The ski mask-clad suspect can be seen in the video tampering with the Nest camera on the morning in Arizona that 84-year-old was purportedly kidnapped on, at one point staring right into the lens as he attempts to obscure it with foliage.
The released footage marks the first concrete piece of evidence released by the FBI that seems to confirm that Guthrie - mother of "Today" co-host Savannah Guthrie - was indeed kidnapped, follow a wake of doubt and confusion in the 10 days since she disappeared. It is also an indication that the police may have a suspect in the case.
The Pima County Sheriff’s Department stated that after Guthrie’s mother, Nancy, was reported missing on the morning of Sunday, February 1 - after having been dropped off at her Tucson home by Guthrie’s sister at 9:30 p.m. Saturday - a ransom note was sent to media outlet TMZ, reportedly demanding millions of dollars for her return, to be paid in the cryptocurrency Bitcoin.
Nancy is believed to have been kidnapped from her home, and the ransom note allegedly contains details of the crime scene, and it is being reported by the media that there were blood and signs of forced entry at the home, and that Nancy's cell phone was left behind.
Nancy is also currently without vital medications that she needs to take daily in order to survive.
“Law enforcement has uncovered these previously inaccessible new images showing an armed individual appearing to have tampered with the camera at Nancy Guthrie’s front door the morning of her disappearance,” FBI Director Kash Patel wrote Tuesday morning on X while releasing the surveillance photos. “Over the last eight days, the FBI and Pima County Sheriff’s Department have been working closely with our private sector partners to continue to recover any images or video footage from Nancy Guthrie’s home that may have been lost, corrupted, or inaccessible due to a variety of factors — including the removal of recording devices.”
Savannah Guthrie and her siblings have since released videos addressing the alleged kidnappers, pleading for their mother's safe return.
“We believe she is still alive. Bring her home,” Savannah wrote on social media. “Anyone with information, please contact 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324) or the Pima County Sheriff’s Department 520-351-4900.”