Who is the suspect in Nancy Guthrie's disappearance? What to know.
Authorities say they are searching for an unidentified person seen in doorbell camera footage. Here's the latest information.
Jay StahlThe Pima County Sheriff's Department and the FBI are still searching for Nancy Guthrie, the mother of "Today" anchor Savannah Guthrie, after she went missing two weeks ago. They say they are searching for an unidentified person seen in doorbell camera footage.
The FBI released key details about a suspect in the Guthrie case Feb. 10. "The suspect is described as a male, approximately 5’9”-5’10” tall, with an average build. In the video, he is wearing a black, 25-liter 'Ozark Trail Hiker Pack' backpack," according to social media posts from the FBI.
While police activity near the Guthrie house tied to the investigation was reported heading into Feb. 14, there were no major breaks in the case as the weekend began. Angelica Carrillo of the Pima County Sheriff's Department said Saturday, Feb. 14 that investigators were following up on a lead that led to no arrests, the Arizona Republic, part of the USA TODAY Network, reported.
Nancy Guthrie, an 84-year-old mom of three, was last seen Jan. 31 and reported missing the following day. Law enforcement officials have said she was abducted from her Tucson home in the scenic Catalina Foothills.
Law enforcement revealed "previously inaccessible new images" Feb. 10 of a Nest camera at Guthrie's front door, according to a watermark on the released clips. The images of a masked person on Guthrie's porch match their description of a suspect.
The FBI's Phoenix division worked with private sector partners "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," they said.
The FBI's Phoenix division also said that "new identifying details about the suspect in the kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie have been confirmed after a forensic analysis of the doorbell camera footage by the FBI's Operational Technology Division."
On Feb. 12, authorities doubled the reward to $100,000 for information leading to Nancy Guthrie's discovery or an arrest and conviction of anyone involved with her kidnapping. A
Law enforcement has asked anyone with information to contact 1-800-CALL-FBI or tips.fbi.gov, the Pima County Sheriff's Department (520-351-4900) or 88-CRIME.
Contributing: Jeanine Santucci, KiMi Robinson
(This story has been updated to add new information)