Nancy Guthrie disappearance: FBI Director Kash Patel releases images, video of 'armed individual'

A major break in the Nancy Guthrie case. Authorities have released new videos showing this armed subject at her door around the time she was taken. The clips were recovered from a doorbell camera at her house. Now investigators hope the images generate new leads in this cold case. It is Tuesday afternoon. I'm Sarah Blindquist. And I'm Brian Taft. The big story on Action News today is that critical new evidence of the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie. The 84-year-old mother of today's show anchor Savannah Guthrie was taken from her home in Tucson, Arizona back on February 1st. Until today there have been no solid leads. ABC's Melissa Adan has more now on what the videos show and how authorities were finally able to access them. Chilling new video released by the FBI showing an armed person outside the Arizona home of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie in the very early hours of the morning the day she disappeared. FBI Director Kash Patel sharing these images on social media, posting these previously inaccessible images that show an armed individual appearing to have tampered with the camera. Investigators had previously said the camera was disconnected around 1.47 a.m. on February 1st. You can see a person wearing a backpack, a mask and gloves. The FBI saying this person is armed. You can see what appears to be a gun in this person's front waistband. In one video it appears this person tries to cover the camera with a plant. You can get a lot of information now not only from the gloves in front of the backpack but also his height, his weight, that he may have had the mustache, the color of his eyes potentially. Savannah Guthrie posting the photos to her Instagram saying, we believe she is still alive. Bring her home. Just yesterday, Guthrie posting this heart-wrenching video pleading for the public's help to find her mom, calling this an hour of desperation. We need your help. Law enforcement is working tirelessly around the clock trying to bring her home. Investigators say Nancy Guthrie was last seen alive the evening of Saturday, January 31st after coming home from her daughter Annie's home. Nancy was reported missing the next day. The FBI is offering a $50,000 reward for any information that leads to the whereabouts of Nancy Guthrie. In Los Angeles, Melissa Adan, Channel 6 Action News.