NEW: Skilled Reveals ‘Grave Error’ Made By Nancy Guthrie Suspect In Video Caught On Doorbell Cam
Nancy Guthrie’s suspected kidnapper may have made a critical mistake during the break-in at the 84-year-old’s Tucson home, according to an exclusive report from Page Six and its private investigator source, Andy Kay.
Page Six reported that newly released images and video from a Nest camera mounted near Guthrie’s front door captured a masked suspect tampering with the device in the early morning hours of Feb. 1 before disconnecting and removing it. The FBI and the Pima County Sheriff’s Department released the footage on Tuesday.
According to Page Six, investigators believe the suspect assumed any footage would be erased once the camera was disconnected. That assumption appears to have been wrong.
Kay, a longtime private investigator and founder of Kay & Associates, told Page Six that footage could still be recovered even though Guthrie did not have an active Nest subscription.
“The cameras will record to the servers as long as they have internet. According to Nest, without a subscription, usually they are quickly overwritten by next images. But if the camera is disconnected, there should be nothing to overwrite on the server,” Kay told the outlet.
Page Six reported that, without a subscription, the system effectively functions like a livestream, with new images replacing older ones. But because the suspect disconnected the camera immediately after triggering it, the final images remained stored on the server and were later recovered.
Kay also criticized the suspect’s apparent lack of experience, telling Page Six that the improperly holstered weapon visible in the footage marked the individual as a “rookie.”
According to Page Six, representatives for Nest did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The images and clips released by authorities show an unknown, masked individual armed with a gun and carrying a backpack as they approach Guthrie’s front door. Page Six reported that the suspect is seen fumbling with the camera before turning back to grab foliage from the ground in an apparent attempt to cover the lens.
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“Over the last eight days, the FBI and Pima County Sheriff’s Department have been working closely with our private sector partners to continue to recover any images or video footage from Nancy Guthrie’s home that may have been lost, corrupted or inaccessible due to a variety of factors — including the removal of recording devices,” authorities said in a statement cited by Page Six.
The statement noted that the footage “was recovered from residual data located in backend systems.”
“Working with our partners — as of this morning, law enforcement has uncovered these previously inaccessible new images showing an armed individual appearing to have tampered with the camera at Nancy Guthrie’s front door the morning of her disappearance.”
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