The search for Nancy Guthrie is far from over after the FBI released chilling dashcam footage showing masked individual in front of the front door the night she disappeared.
Ten days into the investigation, the focus of law enforcement has likely shifted from a frantic “race against the clock” to a security expert. Dan Donovan described as a “controlled operation,” he said exclusively Us Weekly.
“The role of the family is discipline, and the role of the FBI is pressure, quiet pressure,” Donovan, who is the founder and managing partner of Stratoscope funda security and risk management company, explained a we.
Authorities made the discovery in the Guthrie neighborhood on Tuesday, Feb. 10, just hours before officials announced an “extensive search” along several roads in the Catalina Foothills area near the million-dollar Tucson, Arizona home. today host Savannah Guthriethe missing mother.
An FBI official said NBC news that tips have “increased dramatically” since the release of images and photographs from the Nancy’s Nest camera on Tuesday, showing the first glimpse of a potential subject.
The six black and white images showed a person walking towards the property, wearing a mask and gloves while carrying a rucksack. The person tried to cover the camera with his hand, also using plants taken from the front yard to hide his identity. At least one of the videos shows the masked individual with a holstered gun.
Nancy was left at home on the night of January 31 and was reported missing around noon the following day, February 1.
“At this stage, investigators should be working the case as a search for signs: reprocessing evidencebuilding timelines, tracking vehicles and fingerprints, and tracking inconsistencies,” Donovan said. we.
As a nationally recognized expert in high-risk security operations, protection strategy and threat mitigation, Donovan noted that “the fact that searches are repeated is not unusual; it often means that law enforcement has developed a new theory and is testing it.”
A few days ago, authorities were seen looking for a septic tank behind Nancy’s house as the desperate search for clues continues.
TMZ founder Harvey Levin shared details of an alleged ransom note related to the disappearance of Savannah Guthrie’s mother, Nancy Guthrie. Earlier this week, Levin, 75, received one of the two reported ransom notes by email, he said during an interview with CNN on Thursday, February 5, which he immediately sent to the Pima County Sheriff’s Department (…)
Donovan said we“Septic tanks are searched because perpetrators sometimes use them to get evidence.” He clarified: “It doesn’t automatically mean the investigators believe she’s there, it means they believe something important could have been hidden there.”
In another recent development, a man arrested in connection with Nancy’s disappearance maintained his innocence after being questioned and later released by police on February 10. The man said that after speaking with authorities, officials told him it was “released.”
Activity was also recently detected on a bitcoin account mentioned in ransom notes allegedly linked to Nancy’s disappearance, according to multiple outlets. On February 5, the FBI confirmed two ransom deadlines mentioned in the unverified letters, the first of which was 5 pm local time that Thursday, and the second set for the same time on Monday, February 9.
“Usually deadlines don’t mean the threat is over,” Donovan said we. “Ransom demands should still be treated as credible until they are definitively debunked.”