{"id":278092,"date":"2026-02-11T04:34:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T04:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/278092\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T04:34:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T04:34:07","slug":"person-reportedly-detained-over-kidnapping-of-us-tv-anchor-savannah-guthries-mother-nancy-guthrie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/278092\/","title":{"rendered":"Person reportedly detained over kidnapping of US TV anchor Savannah Guthrie\u2019s mother Nancy Guthrie"},"content":{"rendered":"

The six photographs and three videos posted by FBI Director Kash Patel on his X account show an individual on a deserted doorstep in the dark, in eerie black-and-white imagery.<\/p>\n

The person is described as an \u201carmed individual\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"AnAn image captured by a security camera shows what the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) describes as an armed individual appearing to have tampered with the camera at Nancy Guthrie’s front door the morning of her disappearance at her home in Tucson, Arizona. Photo \/ Pima County Sheriff’s Department, AFP<\/p>\n

ABC News reported, however, that there was no indication the person who was detained was the same person as the one seen in the photographs.<\/p>\n

Nancy Guthrie, mother of NBC News\u2019 Today co-host Savannah Guthrie, is believed to have been kidnapped from her home on the night of January 31 or in the early hours of February 1.<\/p>\n

The images date to \u201cthe morning of her disappearance\u201d, Patel said on X.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs of this morning, law enforcement has uncovered these previously inaccessible new images showing an armed individual appearing to have tampered with the camera at Nancy Guthrie\u2019s front door the morning of her disappearance,\u201d Patel wrote.<\/p>\n

White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt began a media briefing by saying she and US President Donald Trump had just reviewed the newly released imagery.<\/p>\n

Nancy Guthrie\u2019s family has received ransom letters with payment demands, the FBI has said.<\/p>\n

\u2018Hour of desperation\u2019<\/p>\n

Footage shows the individual approaching Guthrie\u2019s front door, head down, clad in long pants, a zip-up jacket, hat and gloves, and carrying a backpack.<\/p>\n

The person\u2019s hands loom over the camera for several seconds before he or she turns, looking for something on the ground, then stepping outside the entryway and pulling up some plants.<\/p>\n

Subsequent footage appears to show the person pushing the plants against the camera.<\/p>\n

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos last week stated that the doorbell camera outside Nancy Guthrie\u2019s home was disconnected at 1.47 am on Sunday, February 1 (local time).<\/p>\n

At 2.12am, \u201csoftware detects a person on a camera, but there\u2019s no video available\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n

Savannah Guthrie on Tuesday released the latest video appeal for public help in tracking down her ailing mother, who suffers from heart problems and needs regular medication.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs we enter into another week of this nightmare … thank you so much for all of the prayers and the love that we have felt,\u201d an emotional Guthrie said on Instagram.<\/p>\n

\u201cLaw enforcement is working tirelessly around the clock trying to bring her home, trying to find where she was taken, and we don\u2019t know where.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe our mom is still out there. We need your help.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nancy Guthrie\u2019s disappearance has garnered wall-to-wall coverage in US media, with dozens of reporters and camera crews descending on the quiet Arizona suburb where she lives.<\/p>\n

Authorities said they believed the missing woman was still alive and said blood discovered on her doorstep belonged to her.<\/p>\n

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