The FBI is reviewing up to 10,000 hours of surveillance footage in the search for Nancy Guthrie, who has been missing from Tucson for close to four weeks.
This development comes amid reports that her daughter, “Today” co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, intends to return to work.
One piece of footage, obtained Thursday by Fox News Digital, comes from a Ring doorbell camera in a neighborhood surrounding Guthrie’s home.
The video shows a car driving down a nearby street at about 2:30 a.m. on the night of her disappearance, which is a timeframe that aligns with when investigators believe the abduction occurred.
The street captured in the footage is about two-and-a-half miles from Guthrie’s home, placing it just outside the two-mile radius where authorities had initially asked residents to check their security camera footage and submit relevant video.
Because of its location, the area had not been part of the original canvas requested by investigators. Both the Pima County Sheriff’s Office and the FBI are aware of the video.
However, a source connected to the investigation told TMZ that the FBI has reviewed the footage and determined it does not provide useful leads.
Agents concluded it was a dead end after analyzing the area where the vehicles were driving and the possible routes in and out of the neighborhood. Investigators believe the cars seen in the video are not connected to the kidnapping.
This week, Savannah Guthrie announced that her family has raised the reward for her mother’s return to $1 million. She has been absent from “Today” since the disappearance.
Two sources close to NBC told CNN Thursday that she plans to return at some point, though the timing will be entirely up to her.
The Pima County Sheriff’s Office referred inquiries from The Independent about the FBI’s dismissal of the video to federal authorities. The news outlet has reached out to the FBI and NBC News for comment.
Hours after authorities reportedly allowed Nancy Guthrie’s family into her home Thursday, following weeks of treating it as a crime scene, a man was arrested on a DUI charge after repeatedly driving past the property late at night while apparently looking at a photo of the missing woman on his phone, according to NewsNation’s Brian Entin.
Media reported that the unidentified driver circled the area “50 to 100 times,” slowing near a memorial outside the home and drawing attention for his unusual behavior, Entin said in a post on TikTok.
Deputies stopped and questioned him before arresting him on suspicion of DUI after he failed a sobriety test, according to the reporter.
