Useful Camera Footage in Guthrie Case Proves Elusive

Cameras, now common across society, have often been key tools for solving crimes — from the search for Luigi Mangione to identifying suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing and the 2022 University of Idaho killings. That ubiquity has prompted questions about why more footage has not helped investigators in the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of “Today” anchor Savannah Guthrie, from her Tucson home.

Authorities say they have sifted through thousands of tips, reviewed purported ransom notes, viewed thousands of videos and recovered footage from Ms. Guthrie’s doorbell camera that showed a masked individual with gloves on the porch shortly before her disappearance.

Still, after fruitless searches and interviews with at least two people in the past week who were later released, there were no known leads as of Sunday. The Pima County Sheriff’s Office has requested more recordings, specifically those taken between Jan. 1 and Feb.

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