Overview
- The FBI released images and short clips that show a masked individual with a holstered handgun tampering with Guthrie’s front-door camera, including efforts to cover the lens with vegetation.
- Officials say the material was recovered from residual backend data with help from private-sector partners after the home’s doorbell system was disconnected early Feb. 1.
- Authorities have not identified suspects or persons of interest and are running a 24-hour command post in Tucson while digital billboards and outreach in multiple states seek tips.
- Agents are analyzing purported ransom communications that demanded bitcoin, but they have not authenticated the messages and report no confirmed ongoing contact with any captors.
- Forensic testing confirmed blood found on the porch is Guthrie’s, and device logs show her door camera went offline at 1:47 a.m., movement was detected at 2:12 a.m., and her pacemaker app disconnected at 2:28 a.m., fueling urgency given her medical needs.