FBI Shares Surveillance Images Of Potential Suspect At Nancy Guthrie’s Home Amid Her Disappearance

Nancy Guthrie continues to remain missing 10 days after her disappearance on January 31, and now the FBI has shared the first images of a potential suspect that could possibly be a crucial break in the case.

As the Monday, February 9, ransom deadline passed with no indication that Savannah Guthrie paid the $6 million amount, the FBI and the Pima County Sheriff's Department are still working to bring Nancy home to her family.

Per NBC News, Kash Patel, FBI Director shared four black-and-white photos of the masked suspect on X, formerly known as Twitter on Tuesday, February 10.

In the surveillance images, the potential suspect is seen wearing gloves, a mask and a backpack. The individual also appeared to tamper with the surveillance camera at Nancy's front door on the morning of her disappearance. The only visible part of the person’s face are their eyes peeking through the holes of the mask worn.

Patel also revealed that the person was armed.

"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 shared.

On Saturday, February 7, Savannah Guthrie, joined once again with her siblings Annie and Cameron, posted a second video message pleading with those responsible for her mother’s disappearance.

"We received your message, and we understand," Savannah said in the video posted to Instagram. "We beg you now to return our mother to us so that we can celebrate with her. This is the only way we will have peace. This is very valuable to us, and we will pay.”

Savannah shared a similar sentiment in her initial video on February 5, where she pleaded with the kidnappers and also asked for prayers that her mother return home safely.

"We too have heard the reports about a ransom letter in the media," Savannah said in the video. "As a family, we are doing everything that we can. We are ready to talk. However, we live in a world where voices and images are easily manipulated. We need to know without a doubt that she is alive and that you have her. We want to hear from you, and we are ready to listen. Please, reach out to us."

"Mommy, if you are hearing this, you are a strong woman," Savannah continued. "You are God's precious daughter, Nancy. We believe and know that even in this valley He is with you.”

The “Today” show co-anchor also stressed that she and her family will not give up searching for her.

“Everyone is looking for you mommy, everywhere. We will not rest. Your children will not rest until we are together again. We speak to you every moment, and we pray without ceasing, and we rejoice in advance for the day that we hold you in our arms again. We love you," she said.

In an exclusive interview with Fox News on Friday, February 6, TMZ founder Harvey Levin shared details of Nancy Guthrie’s ransom note, which was initially sent to the outlet before being distributed to additional media outlets.

“I will say the letter begins by saying she is safe but scared,” Levin began. “And they go on to say she knows exactly what the demand is. They are also saying that this will be their only communication, and they are done communicating, negotiating, here’s the deal, and that’s it. I think that’s one of the reasons the FBI and other authorities have, you know, gotten desperate here because as far as we can tell, it’s impossible to trace the origin of this email.”

Levin continued, sharing that there are also details in the ransom note that lead him to believe Nancy is still in the Tucson, Arizona, area, where she lives.

“There’s something very specific in there, and I’m sure the FBI keyed in on this a while ago, and it makes me think that whoever did this, whoever wrote this letter, is in that Tucson area,” he said.

“This person is familiar with the Tucson television market, and based on the way it’s written, I believe that this is somebody in that wide Tucson area, not in Tucson, could be in New Mexico. They could be in New Mexico now, but they are definitely familiar with Tucson,” Levin added.

Per PEOPLE, the FBI and the Pima County Sheriff’s Department previously confirmed that the blood found on the exterior porch of Nancy’s Arizona home is a positive match with her DNA.

Prior to the DNA match, authorities in the case determined that Nancy’s home was a crime scene after discovering what they described as “very concerning” conditions. Additionally, authorities also shared at the time that “no proof of life.”

Following her January 31 disappearance, Chris Nanos of the Pima County Sheriff’s Department updated the public that there are still “no suspects” in Nancy Guthrie’s case.

“At this time, we have not identified a suspect or a person of interest in this case,” Nanos said during a press briefing, per Variety. “We are working our best to do that. To be clear: we have nobody of interest or any suspects that you would consider a prime suspect.”

Nanos also shut down previous claims of signs of forced entry at Nancy’s home.

“I have no clue where that comes from,” he clarified. “We have been very consistent — we are not discussing that at all, whether it’s forced entry or not forced entry.”