FBI Releases First Images of Armed Suspect in Nancy Guthrie Disappearance Case [WATCH]

Federal investigators on Tuesday released the first images of a masked, armed suspect seen outside the home of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie on the morning she disappeared, marking the first public development in the case since she vanished more than a week ago, as reported by The New York Post.

The black-and-white footage and still images were taken from a Nest camera mounted near the front door of Nancy Guthrie’s Tucson residence.

The images show a man wearing a ski mask, sneakers, a fleece, and a backpack, appearing to tamper with the security camera while a handgun is visibly holstered in the front of his pants.

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The suspect also appears to have a flashlight in his mouth as he moves around the patio area.

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In the footage, the man looks directly into the camera, attempts to block the lens with a gloved hand and then pulls flowers from the garden in what appears to be an effort to obscure the device.

The images were released on Tuesday by FBI Director Kash Patel.

“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,” Patel wrote on X.

According to Patel, the images were recovered with assistance from Arizona law enforcement, FBI specialists, and “private sector partners.”

Nancy Guthrie had multiple Nest cameras installed around her property, but investigators previously said she had not maintained an active subscription, meaning footage from the night she disappeared was not automatically saved.

Patel explained that specialists were able to retrieve the footage from “residual data located in backend systems.”

“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,” Patel said.

Authorities previously disclosed that Nancy’s front door camera was disconnected at 1:47 a.m. Feb. 1. At 2:12 a.m., the camera detected movement, though footage was reportedly lost.

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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— FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) February 10, 2026

At 2:28 a.m., Nancy’s pacemaker disconnected from her phone, suggesting she may have been removed from the home while her phone remained behind.

Nancy Guthrie was last seen alive around 9:45 p.m. Jan. 31 after returning home from dinner with her daughter Annie and son-in-law Tommaso Cioni. Cioni was the last known person to see her.

She was reported missing the following day when she failed to appear at a friend’s home to stream Sunday church services.

The case was declared a criminal investigation on Feb. 2 after a ransom note demanding $6 million in bitcoin was sent to news outlets.

The note did not include proof of life, and a stated ransom deadline passed Monday without any confirmed developments.

Investigators have said DNA was recovered from the residence. One confirmed match was Nancy’s own DNA from blood found on the front steps, the same area where the masked suspect was recorded.

Police have also collected DNA samples from individuals connected to the property, including a landscaper and pool cleaner, according to Fox News.

Savannah Guthrie, Nancy’s daughter and a “Today” show co-anchor, shared the images with her 1.7 million social media followers.

“We believe she is still alive. Bring her home,” Savannah wrote.

“Anyone with information, please contact 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324) or the Pima County Sheriff’s Department 520-351-4900.”

Authorities said neither family members nor law enforcement recognized the suspect, which contributed to the decision to release the images publicly.

Arizona tip lines were inundated with calls following the release, CNN reported.

Search and rescue units from the Pima County Sheriff’s Department were seen going door-to-door in the area on Tuesday afternoon.

Former FBI agent Mark Harrigan, previously chief of the bureau’s Firearms Training Program, commented on the suspect’s handling of the weapon.

“That is a very non-conventional way to carry a firearm. Very non-conventional,” Harrigan said.

“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,” he said.

“That’s potentially somebody that’s not normally armed or carrying a firearm around in public. Normally, you’d have it on the hip,” Harrigan said.

“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,” he added.

Harrigan also noted the suspect’s actions toward the camera.

“You see the suspect come up to the door and he uses his hand to cover the camera, but only sort of,” he said.

“He balls his fist up, and then you see him walk back out of the vestibule there. It appears he’s looking for something to conceal the camera. He reaches down and picks up some vegetation in an attempt to cover the camera,” Harrigan said.

“A sophisticated person would have brought something from the very beginning. Either a hammer or something to remove the camera, or spray paint,” he said.

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