FBI releases surveillance photos of potential subject in Nancy Guthrie abduction case

"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," FBI Director Kash Patel said

By Natalia Mittelstadt

Published: February 10, 2026 1:09pm

Updated: February 10, 2026 1:27pm

FBI Director Kash Patel on Tuesday released surveillance photos of a potential subject in the missing persons case of Nancy Guthrie, the mother of “TODAY” show co-anchor Savannah Guthrie.

"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," Patel posted on X.

"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."

Nancy Guthrie, 84, was reported missing around noon Feb. 1 after she did not show up for virtual church services, NBC News reported. She was last seen the previous night, around 9:45 p.m., after having dinner at her daughter Annie Guthrie's home in Tucson, Ariz., according to the Pima County Sheriff’s Office.

On Wednesday, the sheriff said that "No suspect or person of interest has been identified" in the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie.

On Friday, the sheriff had said he was frustrated that a camera at Nancy Guthrie’s home was unable to capture images of anyone the day she went missing, The Associated Press reported.

While investigators had found that the home’s doorbell camera was disconnected early on Feb. 1 and that software data recorded movement at the home minutes later, Nancy Guthrie did not have an active subscription, so the footage was not able to be recovered.

“It is concerning, it’s actually almost disappointing because you’ve got your hopes up,” Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos told the AP at the time. “Okay, they got an image. ‘Well, we do, but we don’t.’”