The search for journalist Savannah Guthrie’s mother, Nancy Guthrie, is about to enter its third week Two retired FBI agents shared their thoughts on the surveillance footage that authorities recently released in a recent discussion with former Today Show anchor Katie Couric on her Substack Live.
The search for journalist Savannah Guthrie’s mother, Nancy Guthrie, continues as retired FBI agents question a doorbell camera footage (FBI via AP) (AP)Agents questioned the authenticity of doorbell camera footage showing a masked man outside his home, suggesting the video “felt staged”.
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In the video, a masked man is seen tampering with Nancy’s front door camera when she disappeared from her home in Tucson, Arizona on February 1. The suspect is seen wearing several layers of clothing, looking at the camera for a moment, and what appears to be a gun in an odd position on his body.
However, Christy Kotis, a retired FBI agent who spent 24 years with the bureau, does not believe the video and bluntly stated, “It looked and felt like a staged video to me.”
Kotis described the video material and the suspect as active. Kotis said the person appears to be purposefully creating an image rather than acting as if they are trying to avoid notice.
“It was a person, we don’t know if it’s a man or a woman, they’re showing us what they want us to see,” Kotis said.
He also questioned whether the man in the video had ever set foot inside the house.
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A rare abductionAnother retired FBI agent, Barbara Daly, said it was a rare scenario in which an adult was kidnapped. “Adult abductions are extremely rare,” he said.
He said that in his career, the three adult kidnappings he has dealt with were usually motivated by money, drugs or revenge.
He expressed concern about Nancy’s age and limited mobility and said, “Going into a house and trying to move somebody. [makes this] A very high risk crime.”
He added, “There is usually pre-planning: knowing the person’s pattern, whether there are cameras, the layout of the house, the way out.”
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He emphasized that such abductions are never spurred on the spur of the moment.
