BREAKING: FBI releases images of armed suspect who tampered with camera at Nancy Guthrie's home

The FBI has released photos captured from a camera at Nancy Guthrie’s Arizona house. The photos show a person in a zip-up jacket wearing a backpack, facemask, and dark gloves. 

FBI Director Kash Patel wrote, "Over the last eight days, the FBI and Pima County Sheriff’s Department have been working closely with our private sector partners to continue to recover any images or video footage from Nancy Guthrie’s home that may have been lost, corrupted, or inaccessible due to a variety of factors - including the removal of recording devices. The video was recovered from residual data located in backend systems."

"Working with our partners - as of this morning, law enforcement has uncovered these previously inaccessible new images showing an armed individual appearing to have tampered with the camera at Nancy Guthrie's front door the morning of her disappearance." The FBI has offered a $50,000 reward for information in the case. 

Video was also released of the individual, showing them approaching the front door, putting a hand up, and then turning around and bending over to grab what appears to be vegetation. Another video showed the person pushing the vegetation against the camera. 

This comes after it was reported that law enforcement was swabbing for DNA the hired help at Nancy Guthrie's home, including her pool cleaner and gardener. Randy Sutton, a retired Las Vegas police lieutenant and founder of the Wounded Blue, said, "It's significant because it reveals that they did get some DNA from inside the home or from the collection of evidence at the scene. So now they're going to be comparing that DNA to either eliminate individuals or obtain information about them." Investigators discovered blood on Guthrie's front porch, which was later matched to her DNA.

In an early February press conference, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos outlined a timeline of events between the evening of January 31 and the afternoon of February 1, when Guthrie was reported missing, that investigators pulled together. At 5:32 pm on January 31, Guthrie left her home to go to her family’s home for dinner, and was dropped off back at home at around 9:48 pm, when a garage door opened. Two minutes later, the door closed. 

He said that at 1:47 am, the doorbell disconnected, and it detected a person on camera at 2:12 am. At the time of the press conference, no video was available. At 2:28 am, Guthrie’s pacemaker disconnected from its app. Her family came to check on her at 11:56 am and discovered her missing, calling 911 less than 10 minutes later. Patrol teams arrived around 10 minutes after the call was made.

In the investigation, law enforcement has been seen at the home of Annie Guthrie, the sister of Savannah Guthrie; the home of Nancy Guthrie, seen over the weekend examining the area inside a manhole cover; and at a local gas station, where they requested access to security camera footage. 

Neighbors have said that they spotted a suspicious van in the area leading up to Guthrie being reported missing. Neighbor Brett McIntire, who lives across the street, reported the van to police, saying, "It was somewhere on that street. It was a white van, full-sized, with no printing on the sides. It was parked on the street." He added, "Normally people that are coming to work on your home will have a company vehicle or if they're independent something written on it."

In a press conference on Tuesday following the release of the footage, press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters, "he and I were both reviewing the newly-released surveillance footage from FBI in the Savannah Guthrie case, just this heartbreaking situation with respect to her mother. The president encourages any American across the country with any knowledge of this suspect to please call the FBI, who continue to assist state and local authorities who are leading this investigation on the ground."

She added, "I will reiterate that the prayers of this entire White House are with Savannah and her family at this time. We hope that this person is found soon and that her mother is brought home safely."