Images from Nancy Guthrie’s doorbell camera showing a suspect in her abduction suggest the suspect came to Guthrie’s Tucson home at least twice.
A law enforcement source acknowledged differences in the images — in one, the suspect is wearing a backpack and in others, he is not — when speaking with a KOLD reporter. The source could not say when either image was shot since the images have no date or time stamp.
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos dismissed discrepancies between the photos, saying that “any suggestion that the photographs were taken on different days is purely speculative.”
Like the unnamed source who spoke with KOLD, Nanos noted that there is no date or time stamp on the images in making his “speculative” determination.
“As with any investigation, conclusion will be guided by verifiable evidence and established facts,” he said. “Speculation, without factual support, does not advance the investigative process.”
The suspect is also not wearing the distinctive front gun holster he’s wearing in other images released by the FBI on February 10. He is wearing what appears to be the same jacket, ski mask, and gloves and similar pants and shoes.
The FBI said the images of the suspect wearing the backpack come from “the morning of [Guthrie’s] disappearance,” ABC News reported, but sources told the outlet the other image comes from sometime earlier.
According to Fox News, investigators have now asked neighbors to check video made by their home security systems for the entire month of January and especially the night of January 11. They did not ask neighbors for video for nearly two weeks after Guthrie was taken from her home on the night of January 31.
As CrimeOnline previously reported, Guthrie had dinner with her daughter Annie Guthrie and son-in-law Tomasso Cioni that night. Family reported her missing late the next day when she did not appear to watch an online church service.
Nanos, who has come under fire for some of his decisions — particularly his refusal to allow the FBI to conduct an analysis of possible DNA evidence found at the scene — told KOLD that the investigation was just getting started and that investigators are hitting speed bumps. In particular, he said, the DNA recovered from Guthrie’s home — where family members and friends frequently visited — comes from multiple people. He said it could take months for his private DNA firm in Florida to separate the samples so they can be added to law enforcement data bases.
Investigators are also working to identify the clothing the suspect was wearing in the doorbell videos and have been working with Walmart, where his Ozark Trail Hiker Pack is largely — but not exclusively, as Nanos has claimed — is sold. Ozark Trail is a house brand owned by Walmart, but the brand is also readily available on eBay and other outlets.
It’s not clear if law enforcement has looked into those sales outlets.
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[Featured image: Nancy Guthrie/Instagram]
