Former FBI agent Jennifer Coffindaffer has suggested that the moon could explain the difference in lighting in the surveillance images that have been released in the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the mother of Today show co-host Savannah Guthrie.
On February 10, the FBI released video from a doorbell camera showing a man wearing a ski mask, a jacket, long pants, gloves and a handgun holster on Nancy Guthrie’s porch on the night she disappeared. Reports later said the masked man seen in the footage was spotted at Nancy Guthrie’s house at an earlier date.
Referring to unconfirmed reports on NewsNation that the FBI is seeking security footage from January 11 and January 24 from Nancy Guthrie’s neighbors, Coffindaffer suggested that one of the images could have been captured on those days.
“A neighbor says the FBI asked her for video footage on 1/11 and 1/24 and reviewed it there. 1/11 was a waning crescent moon (1% -49% illumination), 1/24 was a waxing crescent (1% to 49%) and 2/1 was a full moon (100% moonlight) Could this explain lighting differences in the background in these 2 photos?” Coffindaffer wrote on X.
The Pima County Sheriff’s Department last month said it was aware of differences in the masked person’s clothing depicted in various images that were released, namely with and without a backpack.
But it said that there was no date or time stamp associated with the images and that “any suggestion that the photographs were taken on different days is purely speculative.”
Nancy Guthrie has been missing for more than six weeks. She was last seen at her home on January 31 in Tucson, Arizona, and was reported missing the following day. Authorities believe she was kidnapped and said drops of her blood were found on the front porch.
Since the first days of her disappearance, authorities have expressed concern about her health because she needs vital daily medication.
Authorities have not publicly identified the person, but the FBI described the suspect as a male about 5-foot-9 or 5-foot-10 with an average build and said he was carrying a 25-liter Ozark Trail Hiker Pack backpack.
This is a developing story. More to follow.
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