The FBI has names and photos of people who could possibly be the suspect seen in surveillance video at Nancy Guthrie’s home on the night she was abducted, and they are checking local businesses to see if anyone recognizes them.
CBS News reported the latest from sources, but there is no confirmation from law enforcement.
The FBI now has photos and names of people they believe may be the suspect seen on the surveillance video outside Nancy Guthrie’s front door with what appears to be a gun in a holster. They are talking to employees at local businesses and gun shops, asking them if they recognize… pic.twitter.com/Ahur94oceO
— CBS News (@CBSNews) February 19, 2026
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos, who has slow-walked sharing information with the FBI, told Fox News that reports investigators have a group of names of possible suspects are “false.”
But a gun shop owner in the Tucson area told CBS that authorities brought driver’s license photos and pictures from social media to inquire.
Another single, unnamed source told NewsNation that the FBI has contacted Mexican authorities. Again, officials have not confirmed the information.
Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie, disappeared from her home overnight on January 31, as CrimeOnline reported. Media outlets, but not the Guthrie family, received two ransom notes demanding millions in Bitcoin for her release. Savannah Guthrie and her siblings have released several videos responding to the kidnappers, asking for proof their mother is still alive. It’s not known if any proof of life has been provided.
The co-owner of an area gun shop told KOLD that an FBI agent showed him a packet of “between 18 and 24” images and names, asking if any of them had purchased a weapon at his store. Philip Martin said he didn’t recognize the names and faces and found no links in his records.
Meanwhile, DNA found in a glove — which resembled the pair worn by the suspect — didn’t match anyone when Pima County finally shared its private DNA analysis with the FBI. Source say the FBI is now using genetic genealogy to try to narrow down a suspect.
Nanos said that the doorbell camera video appeared to show the glove-wearing suspect wearing ring, so investigators are trying to use that learn more about him.
“I look at the same photo you look at and I get, I see it,” Nanos told NBC News.
Nanos also said that investigators are searching Walmart databases to try to find purchasers of the Ozark Trail Hiker Pack the suspect was wearing, wrongly saying that only Walmart sells the pack. The pack is also available on eBay and other, smaller resellers, although it is available primarily through the giant retailer.
Investigators are also trying to track Guthrie’s pacemaker.
And, Nanos said this week, all of Guthrie’s immediate family — her children and their spouses — have been “cleared” as suspects.
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[Featured image: Is that a ring?/FBI]