FBI Releases First Images of Potential Suspect in Nancy Guthrie Case
As the search for Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of Today host Savannah Guthrie, gets deeper into its second week, FBI Director Kash Patel revealed a significant new update today: previously unreleased surveillance images of a potential suspect. Patel said the images were taken from data that "may have been lost, corrupted, or inaccessible due to a variety of factors - including the removal of recording devices."
The images, Patel explained, show an "armed individual appearing to have tampered with the camera at Nancy Guthrie's front door the morning of her disappearance." He urged anyone with information to reach out to the FBI.
Guthrie disappeared from her Tuscon, Ariz.-area home on Sunday, Feb. 1 in what officials have called a likely kidnapping or abduction case. Her whereabouts remain unknown. The identity of the potential suspect in the images was not shared by authorities.
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New images in the search for Nancy Guthrie:
— FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) February 10, 2026
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Case Enters Day 10 as Savannah Guthrie Pleads to Public
Police continue to search for Guthrie 10 days after her disappearance, as they sort through an avalanche of tips. The release comes one day after Savannah Guthrie shared a new video on her Instagram page pleading for the public's help.
"She was taken and we don’t know where, and we need your help,” Guthrie said in the video. “No matter where you are, even if you’re far from Tucson, if you see anything, you hear anything, if there’s anything at all that seems strange to you, that you report to law enforcement.”
She shared the images of the suspect on Instagram Tuesday with a simple caption: "We believe she is still alive. Bring her home."
Nancy Guthrie was reported missing on Feb. 1 after she did not attend a virtual church service. Family members last spoke to her on Jan. 31.
The FBI is currently offering a $50,000 reward to the public for information "leading to the recovery of Nancy Guthrie and or the arrest and conviction of anyone involved in her disappearance,” according to Heith Janke, Special Agent in Charge of FBI Phoenix.
Investigators recently confirmed that blood found on the porch of the home belongs to Nancy; it's the only DNA evidence authorities have discovered in the home thus far.
Case Commands National Attention While Investigators Decry Distractions and Deep Fakes
Guthrie's disappearance has commanded headlines across the country and prompted an outpouring of support. But it's also created headaches for investigators. First, due to media attention, which Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos previously said was "distracting" from the investigation and hindering officials' ability to work the case. More recently, the issue of "deepfakes," or misleading AI-generated content, has caused problems. Investigators have struggled to parse fact from fiction as multiple ransom notes have made their way to media outlets, often with demands for bitcoin payments.
Guthrie has said the family is willing to pay kidnappers, but only if they receive proof of life due to the onslaught of false content.
“For more than a week, FBI agents, analysts and professional staff have worked around the clock to reunite Nancy Guthrie with her family,” Hagan said in a statement to the Associated Press. “Additional personnel from FBI field offices across the nation continue to deploy to Tucson. We are currently operating a 24-hour command post that includes crisis management experts, analytic support and investigative teams. But we still need the public’s help.”