Authorities investigating the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie released the first surveillance images Tuesday showing a masked person on the porch of her Arizona home. day withhe disappeared, while police and her family intensified appeals for public help in more than a week of searching.

The police are looking for the mother Today Show co-host Savannah Guthrie has not identified any suspects or interests and it is unclear if she is still alive. FBI Director Kash Patel posted the images on X.

“The video was recovered from residual data found in backend systems,” Patel wrote, saying the images show “an armed person tampering with Nancy Guthrie’s front door camera the morning of her disappearance.”

A video released by the FBI shows a person wearing a backpack, long sleeves and pants walking up to the door and trying to hide the camera with a glove before turning around, grabbing some plants and placing them in front of the camera.

Investigators had hoped cameras inside the home would reveal some evidence of how she disappeared, but the doorbell camera was turned off early Sunday.

And while software data captured movement in the home minutes later, Nancy Guthrie did not have an active subscription, so none of the footage could be retrieved, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said.

The announcement comes as heartbreaking messages from Savannah Guthrie and her family have turned from hope to despair as they plead with the alleged kidnappers to hand over their mother.

It is also unclear whether the ransom messages demanding money with deadlines that have already passed are authentic or whether the Guthrie family had any contact with the kidnappers.

Family videos

Guthrie and her family have released a series of videos over the past week, each with a different tone. Savannah Guthrie’s latest message, in which she appeared alone, was darker. “We are in a moment of desperation,” she said Monday, telling the public: “We need your help.”

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Savannah Guthrie made a new video appeal to the public: ‘We need your help’

Today show co-host Savannah Guthrie appealed for the public’s help in a new video Monday, more than a week after her mother, Nancy, was allegedly kidnapped in Arizona. “We believe our mom is still there,” she said in a video posted on her Instagram page just hours before the apparent ransom deadline.

Authorities believe Nancy Guthrie was taken against her will from her home near Tucson. She was last seen there on January 31 and was reported missing the next day after she failed to attend church.

DNA tests showed the blood on Nancy Guthrie’s porch matched her, and the doorbell camera was turned off early Sunday morning, the sheriff said.

Authorities say Nancy Guthrie needs daily medication because she has high blood pressure and heart problems, including a pacemaker.

Investigators have been in her neighborhood several times over the past few days and plan to continue their work Tuesday as they expand their search and follow new leads, the sheriff’s department said.

Three days after the search began, Savannah Guthrie and her two siblings sent their first public appeal to the kidnappers, telling them that “we want to hear your opinion and we are ready to listen to you.” In the recorded video, Guthrie said her family was aware of media reports about the ransom letter, but first they wanted proof their mother was alive.

“Please contact us,” they said.

Law enforcement officials declined to say whether the letters sent to several media outlets were credible, but said all tips were being seriously investigated.

The next day, Savannah Guthrie’s brother again told the kidnappers to lend a hand “so we can move forward.”

“Whoever is out there holding our mother, we want to hear from you. We haven’t heard anything directly,” Camron Guthrie said.

Then, this past weekend, the family released another video — one that was more cryptic and sparked even more speculation about Nancy Guthrie’s fate. “We received your message and we understand. Now we are asking you to bring our mother back to us so we can celebrate with her,” said Savannah Guthrie, flanked by her siblings.

“This is the only way we will have peace. This is very valuable to us and we will pay.”

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Savannah Guthrie says the family is willing to pay the would-be kidnappers a ransom for her mom’s return

NBC anchor Savannah Guthrie told the would-be kidnappers of her mother, Nancy Guthrie, on Saturday that the family is willing to pay for her safe return.

Up to that point, the family’s first three videos addressed the kidnappers directly. But shortly before the Monday deadline set forth in the alleged note, Savannah Guthrie urged people across the country to be vigilant “no matter where you are, even if you’re far from Tucson, if you see anything, if you hear anything.”

Her turn in the public eye comes as much of the country is closely following the dramatic upheaval involving the longtime NBC morning show host.

The FBI this week began installing digital billboards in major cities from Texas to California.

Connor Hagan, a spokesman for the FBI, said Monday that the agency was not aware of ongoing communications between Guthrie’s family and the suspected kidnappers.

Authorities also have not identified any suspects or persons of interest, he said.

“Someone has that one piece of information that can help us bring Nancy home.”