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Several cars were seen driving nearby the Tucson, Arizona, home of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of TODAY Show host Savannah Guthrie, on the night of her disappearance.
The footage, which was captured on a street-facing Ring camera and obtained by FOX News Digital, was captured about seven minutes away from Guthrie's property between 12:30 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. local time on February 1, around the time investigators believe she was abducted. Twelve cars were reported to have passed the Ring camera during that span, though it's unclear if any were seen more than once.
Neighbors in the Catalina Hills community claimed to have seen a suspicious man on the street near Guthrie's home in the weeks leading up to her disappearance.
“He didn’t have your typical walking gear on, and he had his hat pulled really far over his eyes,” said neighbor Aldine Meister via FOX News Digital.
“He was kind of younger, and he just didn’t look like he was going out for a walk,” she added. “He just didn’t fit.”
The FBI reportedly conducted one more sweep of evidence at Guthrie's home on Wednesday (February 25) before making a decision on whether her family can return to the property, a sign that the investigation has hit a standstill, sources with knowledge of the situation confirmed to the New York Post. No suspects nor leads have been determined in the case as Guthrie has now been missing for 26 days.
A parking ban was set to go into effect in the area surrounding Guthrie's Tucson, Arizona, home on Thursday (February 26) in an effort "protect public safety and relieve area residents from chaotic conditions caused by a large media and social media streamer presence in the area," the Pima County Sheriff's Department announced one day prior.
Savannah Guthrie acknowledged that her mother "may already be gone" while offering a reward "of up to $1 million for any information" leading to her recovery in a video shared on her Instagram account Tuesday (February 24) morning.
“I’m coming on to say it is Day 24 since our mom was taken in the dark of night from her bed, and every hour and minute and second and every long night has been agony since then. Worrying about her, and fearing for her, aching for her, and most of all just missing her," Savannah said. "Just missing her. We know that millions of you have been praying, so many people have been praying — of every faith and no faith at all — praying for her return, and we feel those prayers. Please keep praying without ceasing. We still believe. We still believe in a miracle. We still believe that she can come home. Hope begets hope, as my sisters says. We are blowing on the embers of hope.”
“We also know that she may be lost, she may already be gone. She may already have gone home to the Lord that she loves and is dancing in Heaven with her mom and her dad and with her beloved brother, Piers, and with our daddy. If this is what is to be, then we will accept it, but we need to know where she is. We need her to come home. For that reason, we are offering a family reward of up to $1 million for any information that leads us to her recovery. All of the information about this reward and the details is in the caption below. You can call the 1-800 tipline, you can be anonymous if you want. Someone out there knows something that can bring her home. Somebody knows, and we are begging you to please come forward now.”
“We also know that we are not alone in our loss. We know there are millions of families that have suffered with this kind of uncertainty, and for that reason, today, we also are donating $500,000 to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children for their work in helping families who are coping with loss and actively looking for those who are lost. We are hoping that the attention that has been given to our mom and our family will extend to all the families like ours who are in need and need prayers and need support. So please, if you hear this message, if you’ve been waiting and you haven’t been sure, let this be your sign to please come forward, tell what you know and help us bring our beloved mom home so that we can either celebrate a glorious, miraculous homecoming or celebrate the beautiful, brave and courageous and noble life that she has lived. Please me the light in the dark. Thank you.”
Nancy Guthrie was last seen on January 31 when she was dropped off at her home by her daughter, Annie, and son-in-law, Tommaso Cioni, after having dinner with the couple. Authorities were notified about her disappearance after she didn't attend a church service the following morning.
A blood trail was found on Nancy's front porch during a probe into her disappearance and the FBI released home security camera photos showing an armed masked person outside her door on the night she went missing.