The FBI may have quietly identified a suspect in the abduction of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie weeks ago, a US legal analyst has claimed, even as investigators continue to insist no one has yet been named in connection with her disappearance from her Arizona home in early February. Nancy Guthrie, mother of 'Today' show anchor Savannah Guthrie, was reported missing on 1 February after she was last seen the previous evening at her property in Arizona. Her case has attracted significant public attention because of her daughter's profile, and has become a test of public trust in federal law enforcement as weeks pass with no arrest and no named suspect.
Shortly after Guthrie vanished, doorbell footage emerged showing a masked, armed figure outside her front door on the day she disappeared. The FBI later retrieved additional surveillance video from cameras around her home, reportedly capturing several people near the property in the days leading up to the abduction. A pair of gloves found near the house was subsequently ruled out as being connected to the case. Despite the volume of material in federal hands, officials have released very little — and it is that information gap that legal analyst Chad D Cummings says is not accidental but strategic.
