Nancy Guthrie’s household say they do NOT acknowledge masked determine filmed on evening of abduction as investigators seen looking bushes close to dwelling of Annie and son-in-law Tommaso Cioni’s dwelling

Nancy Guthrie‘s family has said they do not recognize the terrifying masked figure who was caught on camera outside her home the night she was abducted, as investigators start combing through the bushes near the 84-year-old’s eldest daughter’s home.

Federal officers finally released doorbell camera footage from the home of Today Show host Savannah Guthrie‘s mother’s house on Tuesday, after ten days without any leads into Nancy’s disappearance in the early morning hours of February 1. 

It shows an armed figure, clad in a ski mask and carrying a backpack with black latex gloves, tampering with the mother-of-three’s Nest doorbell camera that night.

The suspect was also seen ripping the camera from its holder on the door frame, which was missing by the time sheriff’s deputies arrived that morning.

Other footage also showed the individual attempting to cover the lens with a clenched fist, then searching the area around the door, ripping a bunch of flowers from the entranceway, and waving them at the camera.

Nancy’s three children have since said they do not recognize the suspect in the video, as both they and federal agents plead with the public for help catching the alleged kidnapper, NBC News reports.

‘We believe she is still alive,’ Today Show host Savannah Guthrie wrote as she shared the images to Instagram. ‘Bring her home.’ 

But just hours after authorities released the disturbing footage, officers were seen going door-to-door at Annie Guthrie and her husband Tomasso Cioni’s neighborhood and asking nearby businesses for surveillance footage. 

Nancy Guthrie’s family has said they do not recognize the masked man who was seen tampering with her Nest doorbell camera the night of her disappearance. The 84 year old is the mother of Today Show host Savannah Guthrie

A masked figure was seen on Nancy Guthrie’s doorstep in the early hours of February 1

The individual stares right into the lens while holding some plants ripped from outside the Arizona home, seemingly to cover the Nest doorbell camera

Other agents were seen searching a junkyard, bushes behind Annie and Tommaso’s home as well as another house at the far end of their street. 

Neighbor John Grove even told the Daily Mail that investigators asked to search a dry river bed on his property.

‘The cops wanted to know if they could go through that wash next to my house – I said they could,’ he recounted. ‘I asked if it was related to the kidnapping and they said “We can’t tell you that.”

‘They’re playing their cards close to their chest,’ Grove added.

‘I just hope she didn’t get into any difficulties around here – it’s very harsh terrain,’ he said. ‘We had a guy the other day who just moved here and got lost and died.

‘For someone like her, well, it wouldn’t end well.’ 

Annie and Tommaso were the last people to see Nany before her disappearance on January 31, after she went to their house for dinner.

Tommasso then dropped her back off at her house at around 9.48pm and her garage door closed at approximately 9.50pm, according to police.

By 1.47am, Nancy’s doorbell camera was disconnected, with the newly-released footage showing the suspect ripping the camera from its holder on the door frame.

Officers from the Pima County Sheriff’s Department searched through desert land as the investigation into Nancy’s disappearance continued

Officers were seen surveilling the land and speaking to Annie’s neighbors

Investigators are pictured going through Annie Guthrie’s neighborhood

Another video released by officials showed the individual attempting to cover the lens with a clenched fist, then searching the area around the door, ripping a bunch of flowers from the entranceway, and waving them at the camera. 

Another clip shared by the FBI showed the individual hunched over as they made their first approach to the door, bowing their head. 

The terrifying footage was finally recovered on Tuesday after FBI agents and the Pima County Sheriff’s Department conducted a deep dive into Nest’s backend systems, as Nancy did not have a Nest subscription – which would have automatically uploaded the images and saved them to a cloud storage platform. 

Savannah Guthrie has since shared the haunting stills on Instagram, saying: ‘We believe she is still alive. Bring her home.’ 

The figure raises their fist while wearing latex gloves, with apparent facial hair also visible, moments before the individual apparently removed the camera

Moments before the individual apparently removes the camera outside Nancy’s home

This is a breaking news story and will be updated.