Primary Menu Sections Search Email New York Post Edition CA NY Open US News navigation US News US News Metro Long Island Politics World News US News Metro Long Island Politics World News Search Search trending now in US News Skip to main content NYC professor sparks fury as she's caught on hot mic making... Sobbing school secretary admits to sex with student on... Mamdani makes 'tough' decision on whether to reopen NYC schools... Mom of 3 who vanished 24 years ago found alive, living new life Trump quietly got Mexico to hand over 100 cartel leaders —... Hunter College 'reviewing' tenured professor after she made... Horrific police report reveals different story behind fiery... Male prostitute who murdered neurosurgeon smiles and waves for... US News Masked suspect caught on Nancy Guthrie’s doorbell camera may have visited her home before abduction: reports By Caitlin McCormack Published Feb. 23, 2026, 9:03 p.m. ET The masked man who is suspected in Nancy Guthrie’s abduction may have approached her Tucson property before the morning she was snatched from her home, according to reports.
Sources close to the investigation told ABC News and NewsNation that they believe the masked intruder, featured in home surveillance video released by the FBI, went to Guthrie’s home before she was taken on Feb. 1.
The sources pointed to a piece of the home security footage, which shows the suspect at Guthrie’s front door — without a backpack in a still image released by the FBI.
That photo was reportedly taken on a day before the 84-year-old mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie was abducted.
The FBI had also released images of the suspect with the backpack from “the morning of [Guthrie’s] disappearance.”
One theory, the sources told ABC News, was that the suspect approached the door for the first time, but was scared off by the camera, only to return later, where he is seen tampering with the device and obscuring the lens with branches.
But others have also speculated that the man without the backpack is separate from the suspect who blocked the camera.
So far, officials haven’t identified a suspect linked to Guthrie’s disappearance.
The Post reached out to the FBI for more information. The Pima County Sheriff’s Department declined to comment.
The search for Guthrie entered its third week on Sunday.
A group of frustrated volunteers who decided to take matters into their own hands recovered a suspicious Swiss Gear-brand bag inside a storm drain that doubles as a homeless encampment near Guthrie’s home.
The backpack, though, didn’t appear to match the one worn by the masked perp, which investigators identified that backpack as a black Ozark Trail Hiker, sold exclusively at Walmart.
Savannah Guthrie and her siblings have made repeated attempts to reach the purported kidnappers, who may have sent ransom notes demanding billions in bitcoin for their mother’s safe return.
Each plea went unanswered. Still, a fourth ransom note was sent to TMZ last week — and the tabloid’s fed-up founder plainly told the sender to share the information with the FBI if they really want their cash.
While the investigation appears to be scaling back, with no real breakthroughs since early February, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department told The Post that between 300 and 400 personnel remain assigned to the case and that staffing levels are the same as when the investigation began.
There are still heaps of evidence that are being investigated, including traces of blood found at Guthrie’s home, but Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos warned that it could take “a year” to analyze the DNA.
