The FBI has confirmed it obtained video from inside the Uber that took 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie to her daughter Annie's home on January 31 - hours before she vanished. Investigators reviewed everything: her words, her demeanor, her interaction with the driver. The Uber driver fully cooperated, and authorities found nothing irregular about the ride. It was, by all accounts, an ordinary evening.
But a new development has shifted where investigators are now looking - and it's inside Nancy's own front door.
The security gate on Guthrie's front entrance would be nearly impossible to break through from the outside, leading law enforcement experts to believe a second suspect was already inside the home when the now-infamous masked individual was captured on surveillance video at her front porch. The working theory: the masked individual outside was waiting to help an accomplice move Guthrie out through the front door.
As that theory develops, the FBI has returned to Guthrie's neighborhood with new questions - asking residents about a vacant property nearby that investigators believe may have been used as a staging location, giving suspects a cover story to monitor the neighborhood's routines, comings, and goings before the abduction. Agents have also asked about former neighbors who moved out shortly before Nancy disappeared, and requested the names of contractors working on a house under construction in the area.
Investigators are still awaiting results from a "mixed" DNA sample collected at the scene, with Sheriff Chris Nanos saying he believes investigators are "definitely closer" to identifying a suspect. Attorney Chad D. Cummings, in a statement to The Mirror US, suggested the FBI may have already identified a suspect but is withholding details to avoid alerting the target while building a federal case. Law enforcement has not confirmed that publicly.
Nancy was first reported missing on February 1 after she failed to show up to watch a church service livestream at a friend's home - a Sunday ritual those closest to her knew she never missed. Outside her Tucson home, a neighbor has left handpainted canvases with a single message: "Nancy, all of us are praying for you to come home now."
The family's reward for information leading to Nancy's recovery stands at $1 million. Anyone with information is urged to contact the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI or the Pima County Sheriff's Department at 520-351-4900.
