The stunning doorbell footage of Nancy Guthrie’s assumed kidnapper reveals crucial information about the masked suspect, including key physical and behavioral traits that could help authorities identify him, according to a body language expert.
The previously unreleased Google Nest camera photos and video released by authorities on Tuesday — 10 days after Guthrie is assumed to have been abducted and held for ransom — shows a man in a ski mask armed with a gun outside the 84-year-old grandma’s Tucson home.
These images provided by the FBI show surveillance footage at the home of Nancy Guthrie the night she went missing in Tucson. APEven though the mask hides most of his face, his dark-colored eyes, jawline, height, physique and gait are all identifiable, body-language expert Susan Constantine told The Post.
“Everybody is designed differently. We have our own body language, DNA, how we walk, and whether you’re pigeon-toed or whether you’re bow-legged or what, one foot, that kind of goes out further than the other one,” she said.
“These are characteristics because when they do find a person of interest, these are the things they can measure them by.”
Constantine said the man appeared to have a beard underneath his mask, which he could easily shave off.
“But you can’t change his height, his body structure … his shoe size.” she said, noting he appears to be about 5’10” or 5’11” and in “physically good shape.”
The suspect’s head shape and lack of visible hair also suggest the man could be bald, she told Fox News in a separate interview.
The expert also noted the suspect had a backpack that appeared full — potentially showing he was well-prepared for the kidnapping.
He seemed to have a flashlight in his mouth as he fumbled with the camera, at one point grabbing nearby flowers and placing them in front of the lens.
There’s “no signs of anxiety,” Constantine said.
The black-and-white footage, which appears to show the suspect tampering with the camera the morning Guthrie vanished, shows a man who seems physically fit, with brown eyes and olive-toned skin, Constantine said.
The clip does not suggest a botched robbery, which typically involves more than one individual, she noted. Police have only released images of the man seen in the doorbell video.
“I do not believe that this was a robbery. And the reason being is because the backpack was already full,” Constantine said.
“Just logic will tell you if you’re going to go in and you’re going to kidnap somebody and also maybe harm them, you’re going to have a backpack that is somewhat full, but not fully, because you’re expecting to take things out and put some things in it.”
Nancy Guthrie, mother of “Today” show anchor Savannah Guthrie, disappeared from her Arizona home on Feb. 1. Courtesy NBC Universal
Experts say distinct traits seen in the footage could help authorities identify the suspect. FBIThere’s “no signs of anxiety,” Constantine told Fox said.
The black-and-white footage appears to show the suspect tampering with the camera the morning Guthrie vanished.
“Someone is going to notice something,” Constantine said. “The clothing, the gloves, the backpack — those are linkable details.”
FBI Director Kash Patel announced Tuesday that the footage was finally recovered using residual data from backend systems after her security camera was missing and the grandmother didn’t subscribe to the camera’s backup storage plan.
“Over the last eight days, the FBI and Pima County Sheriff’s Department have been working closely with our private sector partners to recover any images or video footage from Nancy Guthrie’s home that may have been lost, corrupted, or inaccessible,” Patel said in a statement.
Police in Arizona detained a delivery driver on Tuesday, but released him without charge hours later.
