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Early this morning, FBI Director Kash Patel shared images online, stating they were retrieved from “residual data in backend systems.” This announcement came during the early hours in Australia.
“For the past eight days, the FBI, alongside the Pima County Sheriff’s Department, has collaborated with private sector partners to recover any images or video from Nancy Guthrie’s residence,” Patel explained on X. He noted the difficulties in accessing the data, which included issues like the removal of recording devices, and factors that led to lost or corrupted footage.
“Thanks to our joint efforts, law enforcement has discovered new images that were previously inaccessible. These images show an armed person seemingly interfering with the camera at Nancy Guthrie’s front door on the morning she went missing,” he added.
The footage reveals a man dressed in gloves, long sleeves, and pants, with a balaclava covering his face. He appears to be obstructing the door camera, notably using a handful of plants as a shield.
Nancy Guthrie, 84, was reportedly abducted from her Tucson, Arizona home on January 31. Her absence was noted when she did not attend church the following day, prompting a missing person report.
Her daughter, journalist and long-term co-anchor of the US Today television news program Savannah Guthrie, has issued repeated pleas for information and even appealed to the presumed kidnappers, offering to pay a ransom.
Law enforcement investigating Nancy’s disappearance have confirmed they had received some demands for ransom from different sources, but have not said if any of them are considered credible.
In a number of video messages released in the days since their mothers’ disappearance, Nancy Guthrie’s children, including Savannah, appear to have addressed the kidnappers, including one video in which Savannah says, “We have received your message” before pleading for her mother’s return.
Nor have investigators identified any persons of interest in the case.
In her latest message yesterday, Savannah Guthrie, this time speaking alone, appealed to the public for the first time, asking anybody who noticed anything suspicious to report it to law enforcement immediately.
“We are at an hour of desperation,” she said.
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