The FBI is reviewing up to 10,000 hours of surveillance footage in the search for Nancy Guthrie, who has been missing from Tucson for close to four weeks.
This development comes amid reports that her daughter, “Today” co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, intends to return to work.
One piece of footage, obtained Thursday by Fox News Digital, comes from a Ring doorbell camera in a neighborhood surrounding Guthrie’s home.
The video shows a car driving down a nearby street at about 2:30 a.m. on the night of her disappearance, which is a timeframe that aligns with when investigators believe the abduction occurred.
The street captured in the footage is about two-and-a-half miles from Guthrie’s home, placing it just outside the two-mile radius where authorities had initially asked residents to check their security camera footage and submit relevant video.
Because of its location, the area had not been part of the original canvas requested by investigators. Both the Pima County Sheriff’s Office and the FBI are aware of the video.
However, a source connected to the investigation told TMZ that the FBI has reviewed the footage and determined it does not provide useful leads.
“Investigators are actively reviewing surveillance video of vehicles traveling in the Catalina Foothills area, including areas farther from the Guthrie residence,” a Pima County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson said Friday, urging homeowners in the surrounding area to submit any relevant footage and to share any video they haven’t yet provided.
This week, Savannah Guthrie announced that her family has raised the reward for her mother’s return to $1 million. She has been absent from “Today” since the disappearance.
Two sources close to NBC told CNN Thursday that she plans to return at some point, though the timing will be entirely up to her.
The Pima County Sheriff’s Office referred inquiries from The Independent about the FBI’s dismissal of the video to federal authorities. The news outlet has reached out to the FBI and NBC News for comment.
“This remains an active investigation and will continue until Nancy Guthrie is located or all leads have been exhausted. The Pima County Sheriff’s Department is refocusing resources to detectives specifically assigned to this case. As leads are developed and resolved, resource allocation may fluctuate. PCSD will maintain a patrol presence in the Guthrie neighborhood,” the sheriff’s office said Friday.
Hours after authorities reportedly allowed Nancy Guthrie’s family into her home Thursday, following weeks of treating it as a crime scene, police arrested 34-year-old Antonio De Jesus Pena-Campos in front of Guthrie’s house on misdemeanor DUI charges, though the PSCD confirmed Friday that this arrest is not related to the Guthrie investigation.
Hours after authorities reportedly allowed Nancy Guthrie’s family into her home Thursday, after weeks of treating it as a crime scene, police arrested 34-year-old Antonio De Jesus Pena-Campos outside the house on misdemeanor DUI charges. Pena-Campos’ arrest is unrelated to the Guthrie investigation, PSCD officials confirmed Friday.
Earlier, NewsNation’s Brian Entin reported that the man allegedly drove past Guthrie’s house “50 to 100 times” while viewing a photo of Nancy Guthrie on his phone.
Source: independent.co.uk