FBI Director Kash Patel shared footage of “an armed individual appearing to have tampered with the camera at Nancy Guthrie’s front door the morning of her disappearance.”

FBI releases first videos, photos of potential suspect in Nancy Guthrie disappearance

FBI Director Kash Patel shared footage of "an armed individual appearing to have tampered with the camera at Nancy Guthrie's front door the morning of her disappearance."

By Wesley Stenzel

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Nancy Guthrie and Savannah Guthrie on April 17, 2019. Credit:

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The FBI has released the first photos and videos of Nancy Guthrie's alleged kidnapper.

The bureau's director, Kash Patel, shared four photos captured on a Nest security camera that appeared to show a masked individual outside the front door of Savannah Guthrie's mother's home.

Nancy Guthrie's alleged kidnapper in Nest camera footage.

Pima County Sheriff's Department

"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 wrote on X. "The video was recovered from residual data located in backend systems."

Patel continued, "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 also shared a post with more photos and two video clips from the same camera, which appeared to show the suspect identifying the Nest camera and attempting to cover it with a gloved hand. The footage subsequently shows the suspect grabbing leaves from the front yard and draping them over the camera lens to avoid further detection. The suspect also appeared to have a holstered handgun.

The Pima County Sheriff's Department also shared Patel's post on X, adding, "There are no press briefings planned at this time. Sheriff Nanos is not conducting one-on-one interviews."

Savannah Guthrie shared the images on her Instagram account on Tuesday morning as well. "We believe she is still alive," she wrote. "Bring her home."

Nancy Guthrie was last seen the evening of Jan. 31, after family members dropped her off at her home in Pima County, Ariz. On Feb. 1, authorities declared her missing and launched a large-scale search. On Feb. 2, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos announced that Guthrie's disappearance was now being investigated as a crime, and her home was declared a crime scene.

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A pair of Arizona TV stations, KOLD and KGUN, received an alleged ransom note demanding $4 million in Bitcoin by Feb. 5. However, that deadline passed without any public reports of the sum being paid, which meant the ransom amount jumped to $6 million with a Monday night deadline. That deadline has also passed without reports of the ransom being paid.

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On Tuesday, *Today* and PEOPLE reported that Nancy's disappearance was initially flagged by friends who expected her to join them in viewing the virtual service of Savannah's New York church, Good Shepherd. The group of friends informed Nancy's other daughter, Annie, that she never arrived for the gathering.

Savannah Guthrie/Instagram

Savannah posted an emotional video message on Monday night, sharing that she and her siblings "believe that somehow, some way, [Nancy] is feeling these prayers, and that God is lifting her even in this moment, in this darkest place." The broadcaster also said, "We believe that our mom is still out there. We need your help."

The FBI and the Pima County Sheriff's Department ask anyone with tips to contact the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI. The bureau has set a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to Nancy's recovery or the arrest of anyone involved in her disappearance.

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