Mystery Car Spotted Near Nancy Guthrie’s Home Hours Before Disappearance Draws FBI Scrutiny

Detectives are reportedly once again investigating a suspicious vehicle that was seen around Nancy Guthrie’s home shortly before her alleged abduction. According to investigative reporter Dave Mack, the car was spotted near Tucson, Arizona, on January 31, at 10 a.m. About 16 hours later, Guthrie was allegedly taken from her home.

The vehicle was spotted on N Via Entrada road, which happens to be close to Guthrie’s Catalina Foothills property. The road lacks street lights and has been described as a ‘maze,’ where street signs are difficult to see at night. Investigators are reviewing surveillance and Ring camera footage across the neighborhood to gather more details about the car.

Speaking about the renewed focus on the vehicle, Mack said in an interview with Nancy Grace, “The FBI is looking for every possible surveillance camera, Ring doorbell camera that they can find pointing towards the road to get a shot of this suspicious vehicle and they're asking for a block of time [from 10] to 11:30 a.m., the morning before the kidnapping that took place later that night.”

This is not the first time that reports of a suspicious vehicle near Guthrie’s home have surfaced. Early in the investigation, police asked Nancy Guthrie's neighbors for Ring camera footage, citing a need to identify a vehicle of interest. It is not yet clear whether the same car is back in the spotlight or whether the investigators have found a new clue.

Apart from the vehicle of interest, the Pima County Sheriff’s Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are analyzing DNA evidence found at Guthrie’s house following her alleged abduction. The FBI has released a video of a masked individual as well, who was seen tampering with the camera outside Guthrie's home around the time of her disappearance.

However, none of these clues has produced a breakthrough. Guthrie continues to be missing, and her kidnapper remains at large. Experts warn that there could be more than one person involved in the kidnapping.

Explaining why, Kurt Dabb, a combat infantry veteran of Operation Desert Storm, said in an interview with Parade, “I believe there are anywhere between two to four accomplices. The logistics of something of this magnitude are too much for one person to handle, in my professional opinion, based on the facts as I know them right now.”

The case is investigated from multiple angles, including a burglary gone wrong and a targeted kidnapping. But Dabb maintains the incident was certainly targeted. “I see nothing different on the video than what is publicly known. That being said, burglars don’t go to burglarize a house with a full backpack. This was a kidnapping,” he said, referring to the video of the masked individual.

The probe has now entered its eighth week, and investigators and Guthrie’s family continue to request more clues from the public. The Guthrie family is offering a $1 million reward for information that could help solve the case and bring Guthrie back.