The Nancy Guthrie case remains unresolved more than three months after the 84-year-old was reported missing from her home near Tucson, Arizona.
An ex‑FBI profiler has claimed the kidnapper in the Nancy Guthrie case 'made mistakes that will directly lead to his capture', as investigators in Arizona continue to search for the 84‑year‑old mother of Today anchor Savannah Guthrie more than three months after she vanished from her Catalina Foothills home near Tucson.
The most detailed outside assessment of the Nancy Guthrie case so far has come fromretired FBI supervisory special agent Jim Clemente, who spent 22 years with the Bureau. Speaking to Fox News Digital, Clemente said thedoorbell video of the suspectis 'full of clues' and paints a picture of an offender who is far from the criminal mastermind some might imagine.
In the footage, the man is dressed in dark clothing, wearing gloves and carrying a black Ozark Trail backpack. The FBI has described him as a white male, around 5ft 9in to 5ft 10in tall, with an average build. He appears at Guthrie's door on the night she disappeared, his face obscured by a ski mask.
According to Clemente, the suspect's efforts to disable Guthrie's Nest camera were telling. Rather than calmly neutralising the device, he reportedly resorted to stuffing foliage in front of the lens, suggesting he had either failed to scout the property properly or panicked when he encountered the camera.
'In the process of doing that, I believe he revealed what looked like a tattoo on his wrist, which would not have been revealed had he adequately prepared for that camera being there,' Clemente said. 'So it tells me that he is not a sophisticated offender. He was sort of bumbling his way through this, and he made other mistakes, and I believe those mistakes will directly lead to his capture.'
Investigators have not publicly confirmed the tattoo detail, nor have they elaborated on what other 'mistakes' they are pursuing. As of writing, nothing in the record so far proves Clemente's analysis correct.
The Nancy Guthrie investigation has been grinding forward in the laboratory and the incident room rather than in front of cameras. Law enforcement officials have confirmed several key pieces of evidence.
Blood found on the porch has been matched to Guthrie. Inside the home, investigators located DNA that did not belong to her or to those close to her. A pair of black gloves, similar to those seen on the man in the video, were recovered and tested against the FBI's national DNA database, CODIS. Neither the gloves nor the unknown DNA profile from the property produced a match.
On 10 February, the FBI released the doorbell footage to the public, describing the suspect in a short notice and asking for help in identifying him. Thousands of tips have reportedly come in, though the agencies involved have not detailed how many remain actionable.
Source: International Business Times UK
