FBI Director Kash Patel released security camera photos and video Tuesday of a potential suspect in the search for Nancy Guthrie, the mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie.
Law enforcement officials told NBC News that the person in the surveillance footage is considered a suspect. The newly released images and videos show an individual in a mask and a backpack, but there are no identifying features.
Patel said the footage 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,” Patel said in the post.
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.
— FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) February 10, 2026
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The newly released photos are the first significant break in the case since Guthrie went missing. Anyone with information on the case is asked to call the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI or visit tips.fbi.gov.
Nancy’s daughter, Savannah, also shared the photos online, saying, “We believe she is still alive. Bring her home.”
Person of interest questioned, released
After the FBI released the photos on Tuesday, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department said it detained a person for questioning. However, that person was later released.
NBC News reports law enforcement also conducted a court-authorized search of the person’s home.
Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance
Nancy Guthrie was last seen shortly before 10 p.m. MST Saturday, Jan. 31, after returning home from dinner with family. When she failed to show up for church the next morning, relatives called the sheriff’s department to check on her well-being.
Authorities said shortly after her disappearance that they believed Guthrie was taken from her bed while she slept and considered the case a criminal abduction.
“We know she didn’t just walk out of there,” Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos previously told reporters.
From the start, Nanos emphasized that the case was not dementia-related, as Guthrie was of sound mind. But he said she had limited mobility and could not have left on her own.
Investigators examined Guthrie’s house for days after her disappearance, but provided few details on the scene. However, CBS News obtained video footage showing blood droplets outside the front door, and authorities later said DNA tests confirmed it was Guthrie’s.
They also discovered that her doorbell camera and pacemaker app were disabled early Sunday morning, around the time investigators think she was abducted.
