FBI releases pictures of masked suspect in kidnapping of TV anchor Guthrie's mom

[ad_1] New pictures launched by the FBI on Tuesday present an individual in a full-face balaclava apparently tampering with a front-door digital camera outdoors the house of the mom of a US TV host who has been lacking for ten days.

The six pictures and three movies posted by FBI Director Kash Patel on his X account present a person on a abandoned doorstep at nighttime, in eerie black-and-white imagery.

The individual is described as an "armed particular person".

Nancy Guthrie, mom of NBC Information "At the moment" co-host Savannah Guthrie, is believed to have been kidnapped from her residence in Tucson, Arizona, on the evening of January 31 or within the early hours of February 1, sparking a large hunt in a case that has gripped the nation.

The photographs date to "the morning of her disappearance", Patel mentioned on X, including that authorities had labored to get better them from "residual information".

"As of this morning, legislation enforcement has uncovered these beforehand inaccessible new pictures displaying an armed particular person showing to have tampered with the digital camera at Nancy Guthrie's entrance door the morning of her disappearance," Patel wrote.

White Home spokesperson Karoline Leavitt started a media briefing by saying she and President Donald Trump had simply reviewed the newly launched imagery.

"The president encourages any American throughout the nation with any information of the suspect to please name the FBI," she mentioned.

Nancy Guthrie's household has obtained ransom letters with cost calls for, the FBI has mentioned.

'We can pay,' US TV host Savannah Guthrie says in plea for mom's return

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The individual's arms loom over the digital camera for a number of seconds earlier than she or he turns, in search of one thing on the bottom, then stepping outdoors the entryway and pulling up some crops.

Subsequent footage seems to indicate the individual pushing the crops in opposition to the digital camera.

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos final week acknowledged that the doorbell digital camera outdoors Nancy Guthrie's residence was disconnected at 1:47am on Sunday, February 1.

At 2:12am, "software program detects an individual on a digital camera, however there is not any video obtainable", he mentioned.

Savannah Guthrie on Monday launched the newest video attraction for public assist in monitoring down her ailing mom, who suffers from coronary heart issues and desires common treatment.

Savannah Guthrie says, 'We imagine our mother remains to be on the market'

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"Legislation enforcement is working tirelessly across the clock making an attempt to carry her residence, looking for the place she was taken, and we do not know the place.

"We imagine our mother remains to be on the market. We want your assist.

"When you see something, you hear something, if there's something in any respect that appears unusual to you ... report back to legislation enforcement. We're at an hour of desperation."

Nancy Guthrie's disappearance has garnered wall-to-wall protection in US media, with dozens of reporters and digital camera crews descending on the quiet Arizona suburb the place she lives.