IDENтιтY FINALLY REVEALED! 🚨 Investigators in Arizona have officially zeroed in on a person of interest in the explosive case surrounding the mother of the famous morning show host.
Law enforcement officials in Arizona searching for Nancy Guthrie now have surveillance footage from a Circle K store that might have captured a “vehicle of interest” in the mystifying case, according to a report.
The car was supposedly at or near the convenience store in Tucson, according to NBC News.
Law enforcement visited their Oracle Road location Friday after “receiving a tip regarding a vehicle of interest,” a spokesperson for Circle K told the outlet.
Law enforcement officials in Arizona are searching for a vehicle that could be connected to the kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie, according to a report.
The car was supposedly at a local Circle K with the convenience store in Tucson turning over surveillance video to investigators on Friday, according to a report from NBC News.
“Our team has provided them access to the store’s surveillance video,” the spokesperson added.
A Circle K employee confirmed to The Post that investigators showed up on Friday at the gas station, which is just half a mile away from the home of Nancy’s daughter Anne and her husband Tommaso Cioni.
Cioni was the last person to see Nancy Guthrie, dropping her off at her home after dinner at their house on Saturday Jan. 31 at 9:48 p.m. — hours before her pacemaker app disconnected from her phone at 2:28 a.m.
The Circle K location is roughly seven miles — a fifteen-minute drive — from Nancy Guthrie’s Catalina Foothills home.
Officials have not elaborated on any definitive connection the vehicle has to any part of the crime.
The Pima County Sheriff’s office said on Saturday that there are still no suspects or persons of interest in the bewildering case.
Officials also stated that they will not be confirming or releasing additional details about evidence collected during the investigation, which is being analyzed.
“It is standard practice to seek any video available from nearby residences or businesses, that is part of the ongoing investigation,” the statement said.
The department also reiterated that they would not hold any more press conferences unless there was a break in the case.
Neighbors of Guthrie reported seeing a suspicious white van parked on their street in the days leading up to her disappearance.
The disappearance of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie continues to hold the nation’s attention — especially after multiple ransom notes surfaced demanding $6 million for her return.
But now, a former senior FBI official is questioning whether this case fits the profile of a kidnapping at all.
The frantic search for Nancy, the missing mother of “Today” co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, has entered its fourteenth day. Investigators were seen setting up a tent outside the Tucson-area crime scene early Thursday morning — just hours after Savannah shared an emotional video pleading for her mother’s safe return.
Authorities have canvassed the neighborhood and asked residents to hand over any home surveillance footage that might assist the investigation. Arizona officials say they’ve now received nearly 20,000 tips connected to the disappearance of the 84-year-old grandmother.
Amid the growing urgency, a new and troubling development emerged: a third ransom note, reportedly sent to TMZ. In the message, the sender claimed they were “not being taken seriously,” raising fresh questions about who is behind the communication — and whether it is credible.
Former FBI Assistant Director Chris Swecker says he is deeply skeptical.
“I just don’t think anything TMZ has brought forward has panned out,” Swecker said during an appearance on Fox News’ The Faulkner Focus. He suggested that such public platforms can become vehicles for opportunists. “It’s a good vehicle for people to come in and do this. TMZ gets some viewership, and it sort of ties up the investigative team trying to run this down. But I sense a scam here.”
Swecker was careful to add that he could be mistaken. “I may be absolutely wrong,” he acknowledged. “But bottom line, I’m very skeptical of it.”
His doubts go beyond the ransom letters themselves. In recent days, Swecker has openly questioned whether the case resembles a traditional kidnapping-for-ransom scenario at all.
“I’m very skeptical of this,” he told Fox News. “Is this really a kidnapping? Does somebody really have her, and is she really alive?”
According to Swecker, most kidnappers seeking ransom move quickly to establish credibility. They typically provide clear, verifiable proof of life — such as a current photo, video, or audio recording — to ensure payment.
“If this was a kidnapping, it would be a very simple matter to authenticate and provide proof of life,” he explained, noting that no confirmed image or recording has been released publicly to validate the claims.
That absence has fueled speculation that the Guthrie family may be dealing with opportunists rather than a coordinated abduction.
“I really think there’s a third party here that’s just playing with them,” Swecker said, suggesting that scammers could be exploiting the high-profile nature of the case.
Meanwhile, the emotional toll on the family is evident. Savannah Guthrie and her relatives have publicly acknowledged the ransom demands and signaled they are prepared to comply if it means bringing Nancy home safely. The family’s desperation has been palpable, with Savannah directly appealing to the suspected abductor in recent statements.
Authorities have intensified their efforts. The reward for information leading to an arrest has now doubled to $100,000. The FBI’s Phoenix division also announced that a forensic review of doorbell camera footage conducted by its Operational Technology Division uncovered new “identifying details” about the potential suspect.
Officials describe the individual seen in the footage as a man standing approximately 5 feet 9 inches to 5 feet 10 inches tall, with an average build. Investigators have also identified the backpack worn by the suspect: a black, 25-liter “Ozark Trail Hiker Pack.”
The evolving details — from ransom notes to surveillance analysis — have only added layers of complexity to an already unsettling case.
Whether this is a carefully orchestrated kidnapping, a cruel hoax, or something else entirely remains unclear. But one thing is certain: as days pass without confirmed proof of Nancy Guthrie’s condition, uncertainty continues to deepen — and the questions grow louder than the answers.
Top DHS Special Agent And His Wife Found Dead
A Department of Homeland Security special agent and his wife were found dead in their New Jersey home in what appears to be a murder-suicide, prosecutors said.
Police in Sayreville responded to the couple’s home on Glynn Court around 8 p.m. July 3 and found Kelly Latauro, 46, dead inside the residence, the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office said.
Her husband, 52-year-old Christopher Latauro, was discovered dead in the backyard.
Both appear to have been shot.
Authorities said Christopher is believed to be the shooter and the case is being investigated as a murder-suicide.
Police told residents to keep away from Glynn Court, from Deerfield Road to Scarlet Drive, briefly because of police activity.
The area was reopened about 40 minutes later, but police remained on scene.
According to NJ101.5, citing DHS records from 2019 and 2020, Christopher was a special agent for the Department of Homeland Security.
Authorities have not said what may have sparked the violence.
Kelly’s sister-in-law Robyn Perlman-Spencer confirmed her death in a Facebook post on July 7, remembering her in a heartbreaking tribute.
“As many of you may now know, my beautiful sister in law Kelly Iatauro was senselessly and suddenly taken from us on Friday. Kelly was a bright light- kind, thoughtful, hysterical, inappropriate, and just one of the most amazing people I’ve ever known. She left a lasting impression on anyone that was lucky enough to know her,” Robyn wrote in part.
Sayreville police confirmed officers responded to the Glynn Court residence on July 3 and found both people dead of gunshot wounds.
The incident is being treated as a murder-suicide, and Christopher is suspected to be the shooter, the spokesperson said.
The Department of Homeland Security and Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office did not immediately respond to additional requests for comment on the case.
What began as a heavy police response to a deadly scene left two people dead and the quiet Middlesex County neighborhood stunned.
Investigators are still trying to piece together what happened inside the home leading up to the gunfire.
Separately, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin made headlines last week with an election-related announcement.
Mullin on Friday said officials who don’t cooperate with the administration’s election security efforts may be slapped with fines — and potentially prison time.
“If the election officials, once we gave them the information they need to secure their elections — and they chose not to — then those individuals can also be held accountable by fines, by penalties, and even, depending on how far it goes, prison time,” Mullin said during a press conference at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.
Mullin also promised DHS would work to “speed up our security enhancements” for states.
He vowed to hold up federal election security grants until state officials took steps the administration demanded, including running their voter registration lists through a system that checks for non-citizen voters on the rolls.
Mullin made his comments after President Donald Trump’s primetime address on election security Thursday night, when he repeated already known concerns about the security of voting systems, alleged Chinese efforts to get into voter rolls, and aired old gripes about the results of the 2020 election, which he lost to Joe Biden.
In his remarks on Friday, the DHS secretary focused on DHS’s work with states to secure election systems and scrub voter registration rolls for fraud and concerns about noncitizen voting.
The Justice Department also sent letters this month threatening prosecution to election officials across the country if they don’t remove noncitizens from their voter rolls.
On Friday, Mullin seemed to suggest that the agency was able to estimate the numbers using the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) system at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and said 23 states are already working with DHS to analyze voter rolls.
And he criticized the legal challenges that are hindering the administration’s efforts: Last month, a judge blocked the Trump administration from creating a database of information about Americans, including Social Security numbers and citizenship status.
