Law enforcement officials on Tuesday made public images and video that depict a masked individual at the front entrance of the Tucson home of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of television host Savannah Guthrie. The material, released by the FBI and the Pima County Sheriff’s Department, was reportedly recovered from a Google Nest camera mounted on the front door.
The visuals show a person wearing a face covering, gloves and a backpack, and who appears to be carrying a gun holster. In portions of the footage the individual is seen gathering nearby foliage and positioning it toward the camera, then appearing to tamper with or damage the device.
Police have said the camera was disabled in the early hours of February 1. Guthrie was dropped at her home after relatives had dined with her on January 31 and was reported missing the next day after she did not attend expected Sunday church services. Law enforcement officials have said they have had no breakthroughs in their investigation into her disappearance.
Officials also noted medical-device activity that coincided with the timeframe. Guthrie’s pacemaker disconnected from her phone in the pre-dawn hours of February 1, when investigators say she was presumably kidnapped.
FBI Director Kash Patel, in an accompanying X post, said law enforcement had located previously inaccessible images that show an armed person appearing to have tampered with the camera at Guthrie’s front door the morning she vanished.
At least two ransom notes, purporting to be from the abductors, were initially delivered to news media. Members of Guthrie’s family, including her children, have produced video appeals asking the public to provide tips and urging the kidnappers to return their mother or to contact them directly. The family has stated they would pay a ransom.
Background on the sequence of events
- Relatives dropped Nancy Guthrie at her Tucson home after dining together on January 31.
- Guthrie failed to appear for church services on February 1 and was reported missing later that day.
- Investigators say the front-door camera was disabled in the early hours of February 1 and that new images show a person appearing to tamper with that camera.
- Guthrie’s pacemaker disconnected from its phone connection in the pre-dawn hours of February 1.
Law enforcement continues to seek public assistance and any information that could clarify the sequence of events surrounding Guthrie’s disappearance.