One detail from Nancy Guthrie’s home surveillance footage could reveal the identity of a suspect as her disappearance enters its 10th day.
“I think the way[the suspect]walks is interesting,” former CIA officer and FBI special agent Tracy Walder exclusively told Page Six about the photos and videos released by authorities on Tuesday.
“(Their) way of walking is not very distinctive, but I think it might be of interest to the FBI.”
The NewsNation contributor also noted how the suspects’ eyes were exposed despite wearing masks, saying, “I’m shocked that (they) didn’t have night vision glasses to block their eyes.”
Now that authorities have images of suspects, the FBI can “build a physical profile” by looking at everything from “shoe labels” to “shoe size, gender, height and weight,” Walder said.
The former FBI special agent also details how the video proved the kidnapping was “highly planned.”
“This is someone who came with a backpack and a weapon. They’re not here to steal anything. That’s why they had the bag.[Nancy]was targeted, and this video shows that very well,” Walder explains to Page Six.
“I think there’s a difference between having experience and this being planned. I don’t know if this is a professional kidnapper who’s been around for decades. I don’t think this is a professional kidnapping ring. I think this person had a target. They planned everything in their power to do this.”
In addition to the suspect’s distinctive characteristics, a second expert previously told Page Six about key mistakes made by the suspect that could lead authorities to the kidnapper.
Andy Kay, a longtime private investigator, explained that the suspect’s stealing of the Nest doorbell footage actually helped authorities obtain the footage.
“As long as there is internet, cameras will record to the server,” said the founder of Kay & Associates. “Nest says that without a subscription, it will usually be quickly overwritten by the next image. However, if the camera is disconnected, there should be nothing on the server to overwrite it.”
Kei branded the suspected kidnapper a “rookie.”
Authorities released photos and video Tuesday of a masked person wearing gloves and a backpack. The video showed the person fidgeting with the doorbell camera and turning around to grab a leaf on the ground.
The suspect concealed and used the camera before stealing it.
“Over the past eight days, the FBI and Pima County Sheriff’s Office have been working closely with our private sector partners to recover images and video footage from Nancy Guthrie’s home that may have been lost, destroyed, or otherwise inaccessible due to a variety of factors. The removal of recording devices was recovered from residual data in back-end systems,” a statement released to the press said.
“As of this morning, law enforcement, working with our partners, has discovered these new, previously inaccessible images of Nancy Guthrie that appear to show an armed person tampering with her front door camera the morning she disappeared.”
Nancy Guthrie’s daughter, Savannah Guthrie, posted photos and videos on her Instagram saying, “Someone recognizes this person. We believe she’s still out there. Take her home. We believe she’s still alive.”
Nancy was reported missing by a friend on February 1st after she failed to show up for a viral church service.
Investigators believed she had been abducted and “harmed” in her sleep after bloodstains that authorities confirmed were hers were found outside her front door.
A ransom note was sent to media outlets demanding the Guthrie family pay $6 million in Bitcoin by a deadline of Monday, February 9th at 5pm (Montana).
After the deadline, an FBI spokesperson said in a statement that the Guthrie family had no “ongoing communication” with the kidnappers.
According to Fox News Digital, authorities are currently collecting DNA from the hired workers.
