Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance: FBI Director Kash Patel releases photos and video of ‘armed individual’
FBI Director Kash Patel released photos and videos of an “armed individual” in connection with the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of “Today” host Savannah Guthrie.
The photos showed a person wearing a mask, gloves and a backpack and armed with a handgun at the front door of Nancy Guthrie’s Tucson-area home at the time investigators suspect she was kidnapped on February 1.
“[L]Law enforcement has uncovered these new, previously inaccessible photos showing a gunman It appears the person has tampered with the camera at Nancy Guthrie’s front door the morning About her disappearance,” Patel He said in his post.
Law enforcement sources told ABC News that the photos were shown to Guthrie’s family before they were released publicly.
Savannah Guthrie posted photos of herself Instagram accountWith the message “We believe she is still alive. Bring her home.”
FBI Director Kash Patel released a surveillance photo on February 10, 2026 showing a potential subject in the investigation into the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie in Tucson, Arizona.
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FBI Director Kash Patel released a surveillance photo on February 10, 2026 showing a potential subject in the investigation into the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie in Tucson, Arizona.
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FBI Director Kash Patel released a surveillance photo on February 10, 2026 showing a potential subject in the investigation into the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie in Tucson, Arizona.
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In a The second post on Instagram On Tuesday afternoon, Guthrie wrote: “Someone recognized this character. We believe she is still there. Bring her home.”
Nancy Guthrie was taken from her home on Sunday, February 1, according to authorities. A ransom deadline passed Monday by people claiming to be Guthrie’s kidnappers as the search for her continued.
Patel said the FBI and Pima County Sheriff’s Office worked with “private partners” in recent days to recover video footage, which Patel said was “lost, corrupted or inaccessible due to a variety of factors, including the removal of recording devices.”
FBI Director Kash Patel released a surveillance photo on February 10, 2026 showing a potential subject in the investigation into the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie in Tucson, Arizona.
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FBI Director Kash Patel released a surveillance photo on February 10, 2026 showing a potential subject in the investigation into the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie in Tucson, Arizona.
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“The video was recovered from residual data located in the back-end systems,” Patel said. “Working with four partners – as of this morning, law enforcement has uncovered these new, previously inaccessible images showing an armed individual who appears to have tampered with the camera at Nancy Guthrie’s front door on the morning of her disappearance.”
FBI Director Kash Patel released a surveillance photo on February 10, 2026 showing a potential subject in the investigation into the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie in Tucson, Arizona.
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FBI Director Kash Patel released a surveillance photo on February 10, 2026 showing a potential subject in the investigation into the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie in Tucson, Arizona.
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White House press secretary Carolyn Leavitt said President Donald Trump had been briefed on the latest details in the case and was reviewing video footage Patel posted online.
“We are just praying that Nancy Guthrie is safe and that she returns home soon. The President has directed me to encourage all Americans with any information to contact the FBI, and we hope that this case can be resolved positively as soon as possible,” Leavitt said.
The latest development in the case came one day after Savannah Guthrie made an impassioned plea to the public to help solve her mother’s disappearance.
“We are in an hour of desperation, and we need your help,” Savannah Guthrie said in an Instagram video, speaking directly to the camera. This was the fourth video Guthrie and her two brothers had posted on social media since their mother disappeared.
The FBI updated the missing person poster for Nancy Guthrie on February 10, 2026.
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The exact time of Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance is unclear. Her doorbell camera went out at 1:47 a.m., Feb. 1, according to Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos. At 2:12 a.m., the camera software detected a person, and at 2:28 a.m., Nancy Guthrie’s pacemaker app disconnected from her phone, which she left at her home, Nanos said.
Over the weekend, the Guthrie family received a bitcoin ransom demand by Monday’s deadline from a party claiming to be Nancy Guthrie’s kidnapper. Savannah Guthrie and her siblings said they will pay for their mother’s return.
“We received your message and we understand it,” Savannah Guthrie said in an Instagram video over the weekend. “Now please bring our mother back to us so we can celebrate with her. This is the only way we will have peace. This is of great value to us, and we will pay the price.”
After the deadline to pay the ransom passed on Monday evening, the FBI issued a statement, saying that its agents continued to work around the clock on the case, and that more were sent to Arizona to assist in the investigation.
“The FBI is not aware of any ongoing contact between the Guthrie family and the suspected kidnappers, and we have not identified a suspect or person of interest in this case at this time,” the FBI said in its statement.
Additional personnel from FBI field offices across the country will continue to deploy to the Tucson area to work the case, the office added.
“We currently operate a 24-hour command center staffed with crisis management experts, analytical support, and investigative teams. But we still need the public’s help,” the FBI statement said. “Someone has that information that can help us get Nancy home.”
Anyone with information is urged to call 911, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department at 520-351-4900 or the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI.
