Authorities may soon apprehend the masked and armed individual, known as the “porch guy,” whose presence was captured on Nancy Guthrie’s doorbell camera the evening of her abduction. This insight comes from a former FBI agent.
During a discussion on Megyn Kelly’s radio show, Former FBI Special Agent Maureen O’Connell expressed, “I believe they’re nearing a breakthrough with the porch guy, and once he is caught, it will open the floodgates.” Kelly was visibly taken aback by this revelation.
O’Connell, who referenced her trusted sources, indicated she is “75%” certain that the elusive figure, who managed to evade capture for nearly five months, might soon be in custody.
In response, Kelly, visibly surprised, remarked, “That’s significant news. It’s massive — a pivotal moment, as people often say.”
The victim, Nancy Guthrie, is the 84-year-old mother of “Today” host Savannah Guthrie, and was kidnapped from her residence in Tucson, Arizona, in the early hours of February 1. So far, no suspects have been identified.
Authorities released chilling footage days after her disappearance that showed a masked, pistol-packing man on Guthrie’s porch staring straight into the security camera lens while apparently breaking into the home.
Holding a flashlight in his mouth, he tried to cover the camera with a gloved fist, and then pulled a handful of flowers from Nancy’s garden in an attempt to blot out the lens. He was wearing fleece and a backpack, footage shows.
Investigators have waited so long to make an arrest because they’ve been slowly trying to build a case for when this eventually goes to trial, O’Connell explained to Kelly.
“… From day one, you’re doing your trial prep, practically. Everything you do is geared toward the trial and prosecution,” she said.
“You’re going to have the greatest defense attorney in the world handling this case, whoever takes this case, so you have to operate under the assumption that a couple of big chunks of your evidence may get tossed. So you have to put a case together in such a way that it would withstand losing some of these chunks of evidence,” she said.