The newly recovered photos show a masked, armed figure outside Nancy’s home in the early morning of the day of her disappearance.
With the search entering it’s eleventh day, these images represent the first major breakthrough in the case.
Along with the photos, FBI director Kash Patel wrote, “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.
“The video was recovered from residual data located in backend systems.
“Working with our partners – as 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’s front door the morning of her disappearance.
“Anyone with information, please contact 1-800-CALL-FBI or visit http://tips.fbi.gov.”
According to Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, President Trump, who has been keeping track of the case, was filled with “pure disgust” after seeing the footage.
“His initial reaction, of course, as all Americans, is just pure disgust. And again, it’s heartbreaking to see now this footage really bring to life a story we’ve all been reading about,” Leavitt told reporters at a press briefing Tuesday.
“Again, we’re just praying for the safety of Nancy Guthrie and that she will return home soon, and the president directed me to please encourage all Americans with any information to call the FBI. We hope that this case will come to a positive resolution as soon as possible,” she added, The Independent reported.
The person on the footage that could be seen tampering with the video doorbell camera is wearing a balaclava, gloves, a zipped jacket, and a backpack.
Two deadlines tied to a $6 million bitcoin ransom have come and gone. The note allegedly did not state what would happen if the demand wasn’t met.
Though investigators have not announced a suspect, the photos released by Patel prompted widespread online analysis, particularly of the exposed eye area. Many social media users believe the eyebrow and eye shape raise questions about whether the suspect is male.
“Arched eyebrows. I would say female,” one person commented.
“Eyes look like a woman’s eyes to me,” a second person added, while a third wrote, “Sure that’s not a woman?”
Others, however, focused on the suspect’s body language in the accompanying video, arguing that the gait appears more masculine. Some have also speculated they can make out the outline of facial hair beneath the mask. At this point, law enforcement has not confirmed the gender of the individual seen in the footage.
While the person’s gender remains unclear, authorities hope the released images and videos could help someone recognize the suspect and ultimately lead to Guthrie’s safe return. The FBI is offering a substantial reward for information.
Authorities are reportedly being flooded with tips after the FBI released disturbing footage of a masked person interfering with Nancy Guthrie’s home security camera on the morning she vanished, according to CNN.
A former FBI agent has suggested that the suspect’s awkward handling of both the firearm and the Nest camera could point to a lack of experience.
“This is a very non-conventional way to carry a firearm. Very non-conventional,” former agent Mark Harrigan told the New York Post, referring to the suspect seemingly holstering the gun at the front.
“He has it in the open, which is unusual, because normally you would want it concealed when you’re going to do a crime, so you’re not calling attention to yourself with an exposed firearm,” Harrigan explained.
“That’s potentially somebody that’s not normally armed or carrying a firearm around in public. Normally, you’d have it on the hip,” he added, noting his experience as the former chief of the FBI’s Firearms Training Program.
“You don’t carry it on your hip bone because it’s uncomfortable. He may have had it concealed in his backpack and decided then to put it on his waist when he got close to the door,” Harrigan said.
Additional recovered footage, from the same camera – at the same timeline the morning of Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance. This footage is just before the original video shared, with the individual approaching Nancy Guthrie’s front door.
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Up to this point, officials had revealed few details about who might be responsible. On Tuesday, a man was briefly held and questioned regarding the investigation.
The man, named Carlos, explained that he and his wife noticed police following their car, stopped, and he was questioned by authorities.
Following his release, je told reporters, “I told them, I work in Tucson for GLS, I might have delivered a package to her house but I never kidnapped anybody. They hold me from 4:00 p.m. till now.”
Savannah Guthrie, the Today host and daughter of missing Nancy Guthrie, has issued numerous statements together with her family regarding her mom’s disappearance.
She and her siblings took to Instagram to send a message three hours before the ransom deadline on Monday, February 9.
“We are at an hour of desperation,” she said on Instagram. “We received your message and we understand.
“We beg you now to return our mother to us, so that we can celebrate with her.”
Savannah, addressing the suspected abductor, said, “This is the only way we will have peace. This is very valuable to us, and we will pay.”
Offering perspective on kidnappings involving older adults, former FBI profiler Candice DeLong noted that the “vast majority” of victims personally know their abductor.
“There is one thing I’d like to add about kidnapping of elderly people, especially people over 80. In the vast majority of cases, the offender is known to the victim,” DeLong told Tapper on Wednesday.
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