A masked and gloved prowler has been seen in the neighborhood of Nancy Guthrie, as authorities persist in their search for the grandmother’s alleged abductor, who was last seen in similar attire. The unsettling presence has ignited fresh concerns within the community.
According to footage captured by a Ring camera and reported by News 4 Tucson, the mysterious figure arrived last Wednesday night in a grey pickup truck at a residence near Guthrie’s neighborhood in Tucson. The prowler was seen stealing plants from the porch before making a swift getaway.
This troubling event occurs a mere three months following the disappearance of the 79-year-old mother of Savannah Guthrie, a host on the “Today” show. Nancy Guthrie was last seen at her home in the Catalina Foothills neighborhood, and her absence has since cast a shadow over the community.
The latest footage has rapidly spread among the residents, a typically peaceful community now on edge. Neighbors have expressed their unease, pointing out the disturbing resemblance between this prowler and the man suspected of kidnapping Guthrie, who was similarly captured on doorbell cameras clad in a mask and gloves, according to locals speaking to News 4.
The footage was feverishly circulated among the normally safe, quiet community, with neighbors noting chilling similarities between the prowler and Guthrie’s suspected kidnapper, locals told News 4.
That suspect was also caught on doorbell camera footage wearing a mask and gloves.
Police also seemed to be on the lookout for a large, grey vehicle in the hunt for Guthrie. Pima County Sheriff’s deputies pulled over two suspicious vehicles in their initial search, and detectives seized a grey Range Rover from one neighbor’s garage.
Catalina Foothills had a reputation as a safe, secure community even before law enforcement began patrolling every street and cul-de-sac — making the recent prowling incident all the more troubling.
“It is someone walking on your property late at night, uninvited, it might be a small crime but committing a crime, and it is disturbing,” Jeff Lamie told News 4.
Catalina Foothills is full of secluded homes connected by winding, desert roads, making it particularly difficult to track the movements of Guthrie’s kidnapper.
In the first weeks of the investigation — which will hit its 90th day on Friday — authorities went door-to-door looking for security camera footage that may have caught a glimpse of the kidnapper.
They also rounded up at least 16 black gloves to test for genetic evidence, but most of them turned out to be discarded by the searchers themselves, and none yielded a DNA match to a suspect.
