{"id":460882,"date":"2026-02-10T21:32:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T21:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/460882\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T21:32:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T21:32:09","slug":"fbi-releases-images-of-masked-figure-on-nancy-guthries-porch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/460882\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI releases images of masked figure on Nancy Guthrie\u2019s porch"},"content":{"rendered":"

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) \u2014 Authorities investigating the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie<\/a> released the first surveillance images Tuesday showing a masked person with what looked like a handgun holster on her porch the night she went missing more than a week ago. <\/p>\n

Video released by the FBI shows the person wearing a backpack and a ski mask with holes for the eyes and mouth walking up to the door at the home of the mother of \u201cToday\u201d show host Savannah Guthrie.<\/a> The footage shows the person trying to cover a doorbell camera<\/a> near the front door with a gloved hand and part of a plant they rip from her yard.<\/p>\n

The images show \u201can armed individual appearing to have tampered with the camera at Nancy Guthrie\u2019s front door the morning of her disappearance,\u201d FBI Director Kash Patel said on X. In the videos, the person appeared to be wearing the holster attached to their front waist area.<\/p>\n

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This image provided by the FBI shows surveillance images at the home of Nancy Guthrie the night she went missing in Tucson, Ariz. (FBI via AP)<\/p>\n

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Another video shows the person purposefully tilting their head down while nearing the front archway. Patel said the videos were pulled from \u201cresidual data located in backend systems\u201d after investigators spent days trying to find lost, corrupted or inaccessible images, Patel said.<\/p>\n

This was the first major break in an investigation that has raised more questions than answers, including whether the 84-year-old is still alive. It comes as law enforcement and her family intensified calls for assistance from the public.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis will get the phone ringing for lots of potential leads,\u201d said former FBI agent Katherine Schweit. \u201dEven when you have a person who appears to be completely covered, they\u2019re really not. You can see their girth, the shape of their face, potentially their eyes or mouth. You can see a gait that people around that person may recognize immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n

Authorities believe Nancy Guthrie was taken against her will<\/a>. She was last seen at home Jan. 31 and reported missing the next day after not attending church. DNA tests showed blood on Nancy Guthrie\u2019s front porch was a match to her, authorities say, and she needs daily medication, has high blood pressure and issues with mobility and her heart, including a pacemaker.<\/p>\n

Authorities initially couldn\u2019t pull images from camera<\/p>\n

Up until now, authorities have released few details, leaving it unclear if ransom notes demanding money with deadlines already passed were authentic, and whether the Guthrie family has had any contact with the abductors. <\/p>\n

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This image provided by the FBI shows surveillance images at the home of Nancy Guthrie the night she went missing in Tucson, Ariz. (FBI via AP)<\/p>\n

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Savannah Guthrie posted the new surveillance images on social media Tuesday with the caption: \u201cWe believe she is still alive. Bring her home,\u201d and phone numbers for the FBI and county sheriff. Within minutes, the post had thousands of comments.<\/p>\n

Investigators had hoped cameras would turn up evidence right away about how Nancy Guthrie went missing from her home in an secluded neighborhood outside Tucson. But the doorbell camera was disconnected early Sunday, and while software recorded movement at the home minutes later, she didn\u2019t have an active subscription, so none of the footage could be recovered, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos had said.<\/p>\n

Savannah Guthrie expressed desperation a day ago<\/p>\n

Heartbreaking messages by Savannah Guthrie<\/a> and her family shifted from hopeful to bleak as they pleaded with the apparent kidnappers. In a video just ahead of a purported ransom deadline Monday, Savannah Guthrie appeared alone and spoke directly to the public, not the abductor.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are at an hour of desperation,\u201d she said Monday. \u201cWe need your help.\u201d <\/p>\n

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This image provided by the FBI shows surveillance images at the home of Nancy Guthrie the night she went missing in Tucson, Ariz. (FBI via AP)<\/p>\n

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Her family\u2019s turn to the public comes as much of the nation is closely following the dramatic case involving the longtime anchor<\/a> of NBC\u2019s morning show.<\/p>\n

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said President Donald Trump watched the new surveillance footage and was in \u201cpure disgust,\u201d encouraging anyone with information to call the FBI.<\/p>\n

The FBI this week began posting digital billboards about the case in major cities from Texas to California. <\/p>\n

Connor Hagan, a spokesperson for the FBI, said Monday that the agency wasn\u2019t aware of ongoing communication<\/a> between Guthrie\u2019s family and the suspected kidnappers. Authorities also had not identified any suspects, he said.<\/p>\n

Videos from Guthrie family appealed directly to abductors<\/p>\n

Three days after the search began, Savannah Guthrie and her two siblings sent their first public appeal<\/a> to the kidnappers, telling them \u201cwe want to hear from you and we are ready to listen.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the recorded video, Guthrie said her family was aware of media reports about a ransom letter, but they first wanted proof their mother was alive. \u201cPlease reach out to us,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n

The next day, Savannah Guthrie\u2019s brother again told the kidnappers<\/a> to reach out \u201cso we can move forward.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cWhoever is out there holding our mother, we want to hear from you. We haven\u2019t heard anything directly,\u201d Camron Guthrie said. <\/p>\n

Then over the past weekend the family posted another video<\/a> \u2014 one that was more cryptic and generated even more speculation<\/a> about Nancy Guthrie\u2019s fate. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe received your message, and we understand. We beg you now to return our mother to us so that we can celebrate with her,\u201d said Savannah Guthrie, flanked by her siblings. \u201cThis is the only way we will have peace. This is very valuable to us, and we will pay.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Seewer reported from Toledo, Ohio. Associated Press reporters Darlene Superville in Washington and Ed White in Detroit contributed. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) \u2014 Authorities investigating the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie released the first surveillance images Tuesday showing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":460883,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,1927,1017,3830,211956,209537,215037,3071,12,88,793,69054,17153,177215,209536,3,66501,200479,5052,28387,795,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":["post-460882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-america","tag-ap-top-news","tag-arizona","tag-az-state-wire","tag-camron-guthrie","tag-chris-nanos","tag-connor-hagan","tag-crime","tag-donald-trump","tag-entertainment","tag-general-news","tag-government-surveillance","tag-karoline-leavitt","tag-katherine-schweit","tag-nancy-guthrie","tag-news","tag-savannah-guthrie","tag-send-to-apple-news","tag-tucson","tag-u-s-federal-bureau-of-investigation","tag-u-s-news","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=460882"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460882\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/460883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=460882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=460882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}