Unmasking Mystery: Chilling Encounter on Nancy Guthrie’s Doorstep Sparks Local Frenzy

A mysterious individual, masked and wearing black latex gloves, was caught on camera meddling with Nancy Guthrie’s doorbell surveillance device just before she vanished.

On Tuesday, the FBI shared these unsettling images as the search for the 84-year-old mother of Savannah Guthrie stretches into its tenth day.

Disguised in a ski mask, the person was seen interfering with Nancy’s Nest doorbell camera. Although the individual’s gender remains uncertain, some pictures suggest the presence of facial hair above the upper lip.

Because Nancy didn’t subscribe to Nest’s services, authorities faced delays in retrieving the footage from her camera.

A spokesperson stated, “This morning, law enforcement accessed previously unavailable images that show an armed figure attempting to disable the camera at Nancy Guthrie’s front door on the day she disappeared.”

FBI Director Kash Patel added that the images showed an ‘armed individual’ tampering with the cameras. What looks like a gun inside a holster appears to be clipped to their waist, one image shows them with what looks like a penlight in their mouth. 

The subject ripped the Nest camera from its holder on the frame of the door, it was missing by the time sheriff’s deputies arrived on the scene that morning.  

The images were released after investigators asked Nancy’s household staff to submit DNA swabs they intend to check against samples found inside the grandmother’s home. 

The 84-year-old was last seen entering her home in Tucson, Arizona, on the evening of January 31 after having dinner with her daughter Annie and son-in-law Tommaso Cioni.

The next morning she was reported missing after she failed to turn up for a virtual church service with friends, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said. 

This masked figure was seen on Nancy Guthrie’s doorstep on the morning of her disappearance 

Another terrifying image caught the suspect staring right into the lens of the Nest doorbell camera as he removed it 

The figure’s latex gloves can clearly be seen in this image, with apparent facial hair also visible

Another image shows the figure with fist clenched as Nancy’s doorbell camera was removed

The entrance to the home can be seen here in daylight 

Since then law enforcement have continued to comb over the home, which sits on a large lot on a street with no lights, while Savannah and her two siblings Anne and Camron plead for help in finding their mother. 

Annie and Cioni realized she was missing around 11.10am last Sunday, the Pima County Sheriff’s Office said.

They reported her disappearance to police at 12.15pm. Her phone, wallet, vital daily medications and car were all still at her Catalina Foothills home. 

Cioni said he saw his mother-in-law enter her home through the garage before driving off the night before at at around 9:45pm MT.

Investigators found drops of blood on Nancy’s front porch that were later confirmed to be hers and that her doorbell camera was disconnected at around 1.45am. 

Less than 30 minutes later, her security camera detected movement. Her pacemaker stopped transmitting data to her Apple Watch and phone shortly afterwards, suggesting she had been taken out of the devices’ range. 

Nancy requires medication every 24 hours and it is unclear if whoever abducted her has ensured she has access to her medications. 

The Pima County Sheriff’s Office said it has no suspects and that there has been little new information about the case since last week.

The Today Show host’s mother, Nancy Guthrie, was taken from her $1 million home in the Catalina Hills neighborhood of Tucson, Arizona in the early morning hours of February 1

Guthrie was abducted from the $1million home she has lived in for more than 50 years

Savannah and her two siblings, Camron and Annie, are seen here in a video they shared to social media asking for help 

A ransom note sent to multiple news outlets last week stipulated an initial deadline of Thursday evening, with a final deadline for Monday evening. 

The notes are said to have made specific reference to damage to Nancy’s home and the placement of a possession, both details that have not been shared with the public.

It is unclear if those specific pieces of information were accurate. 

Guthrie said she and her family were taking the demands seriously but there has been no official update on whether the notes’ contents have been verified and if their senders really are holding Nancy captive. 

Efforts to negotiate with alleged captors also came to a standstill as a digital wallet referenced in the first letter for a potential transaction remained empty, according to TMZ, which was sent a copy of the note.

Once the payment was made, the alleged kidnappers claimed they would return Nancy to Tucson within 12 hours, the outlet reported. 

After Monday’s deadline passed, the FBI said it ‘is not aware of any continued communication between the Guthrie family and suspected kidnappers…’ 

The bureau is now leading all elements of the investigation in connection with Nancy’s kidnapping, including alleged ransom notes. 

That announcement came as Savannah released a video message to her social media, pleading for help in finding her mother. 

The search escalated on Friday when forensics returned to her home for a third time to collect new evidence, including a car from her garage and a camera from her roof.

Earlier that day, PCSD Sheriff Chris Nanos told NBC News that he believes that Nancy is ‘still alive.’

While Nanos offered an optimistic view of the search, he previously admitted that investigators are in a race against time.