The stunning doorbell footage of Nancy Guthrie’s assumed kidnapper reveals crucial information about the masked suspect, including key physical and behavioral traits that could help authorities identify him, according to a body language expert.
The previously unreleased Google Nest camera photos and video released by authorities on Tuesday — 10 days after Guthrie is assumed to have been abducted and held for ransom — shows a man in a ski mask armed with a gun outside of the 84-year-old grandma’s Tucson home.
“Even with the mask on, we can still see his eyes, his body structure, his proportions and his gait,” Susan Constantine told Fox News. “All of those things are identifiable.”
Constantine, who reviewed the newly recovered images, said that the fiend’s jawline seems to bulge out— which could indicate a beard beneath the mask. The suspect’s head shape and lack of visible hair also suggest the man could be bald, she said.
The expert also noted the suspect had a backpack which appeared full — potentially showing he was well-prepared for the kidnapping.
He seemed to have a flashlight in his mouth as he fumbled with the camera, one point grabbing nearby flowers and placing them in front of the lens.
There’s “no signs of anxiety,” Constantine said.
The black-and-white footage, which appears to show the suspect tampering with the camera the morning Guthrie vanished, shows a man who seems physically fit, with brown eyes and olive-toned skin, Constantine said.
The clip does not suggest a botched robbery, which typically involves more than one individual, she noted. Police have only released images of the man seen in the doorbell video.
“Someone is going to notice something,” Constantine said. “The clothing, the gloves, the backpack — those are linkable details.”
FBI Director Kash Patel announced Tuesday that the footage was finally recovered using residual data from backend systems after her security camera was missing and the grandmother didn’t subscribe to the camera’s backup storage plan.
“Over the last eight days, the FBI and Pima County Sheriff’s Department have been working closely with our private sector partners to recover any images or video footage from Nancy Guthrie’s home that may have been lost, corrupted, or inaccessible,” Patel said in a statement.
Police in Arizona detained a delivery driver on Tuesday, but released him without charge hours later.