{"id":2473466,"date":"2026-06-24T12:13:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T12:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2473466"},"modified":"2026-06-24T12:13:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T12:13:11","slug":"nancy-guthrie-investigators-closing-in-on-porch-guy-could-soon-make-arrest-ex-fbi-agent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/nancy-guthrie-investigators-closing-in-on-porch-guy-could-soon-make-arrest-ex-fbi-agent\/","title":{"rendered":"Nancy Guthrie investigators closing in on &#8216;porch guy,&#8217; could soon make arrest: ex-FBI agent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Officials investigating <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/02\/celebrity-news\/savannah-guthries-mom-84-reported-missing-in-southern-arizona-homicide-detectives-involved\/\">Nancy Guthrie\u2019s disappearance<\/a> are closing in on \u201cporch guy\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/10\/celebrity-news\/watch-disturbing-video-of-armed-nancy-guthrie-suspect-breaking-in\/\">spotted on the missing 84-year-old\u2019s security camera<\/a>, according to a former FBI agent.<\/p>\n<p>Maureen O\u2019Connell <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/YVbp5QeDfmM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told \u201cMegyn Kelly Show\u201d listeners<\/a> Tuesday that she is \u201c75 percent\u201d certain authorities are \u201cgetting close to\u201d the individual seen on Savannah Guthrie\u2019s mom\u2019s porch the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/05\/celebrity-news\/cops-lay-out-exact-timeline-of-nancy-guthries-disappearance-confirm-blood-was-hers-in-day-5-presser\/\">night she disappeared<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Connell predicted that, when the person is detained, the \u201cfloodgates shall swing open.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Officials searching for Savannah Guthrie\u2019s mom, Nancy Guthrie, could soon make an arrest, according to a former FBI agent. <span class=\"credit\">savannahguthrie\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Maureen O\u2019Connell claimed to \u201cMegyn Kelly Show\u201d listeners Tuesday that authorities are closing in on \u201cporch guy.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">FBI<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Megyn Kelly replied, \u201cThat\u2019s big news. That\u2019s huge \u2014 big if true, as the kids say.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Connell did not elaborate further on her claim, via sources, that officials are \u201cclose to pulling this case together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She did, however, cryptically say, \u201cThings are happening.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>She is \u201c75 percent\u201d certain of this. <span class=\"credit\">YouTube \/ Megyn Kelly<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cThings are happening,\u201d O\u2019Connell said, calling investigators \u201cclose to pulled the case together.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">YouTube \/ Megyn Kelly<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As for what has taken more than five months to make an arrest, O\u2019Connell explained, \u201cYour\u2019e gonna have the greatest defense attorney in the world handling this case, whoever takes [it]. So you have to operate under the assumption that a couple big chunks of your evidence may get tossed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nancy was <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/04\/celebrity-news\/timeline-of-savannah-guthries-moms-disappearance\/\">abducted from her Tucson, Arizona, residence<\/a> in the middle of the night on Feb. 1.<\/p>\n<p>Ten days later, the FBI and the Pima County Sheriff\u2019s Department <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/10\/celebrity-news\/photo-of-potential-subject-in-nancy-guthrie-kidnapping-released-by-cops\/\">released footage of a masked and armed individual<\/a> on Nancy\u2019s porch.<\/p>\n<p>The person appeared to tamper with the doorbell camera in the chilling footage.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The night she disappeared, a masked and armed individual was caught on her doorbell camera. <span class=\"credit\">FBI<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nancy was reported missing from her home in February. <span class=\"credit\">Facebook\/Savanah Guthrie<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Savanah, 54, dubbed the \u201cabsolutely terrifying\u201d video \u201cunbearable\u201d to watch in her first <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/03\/25\/celebrity-news\/today-shows-savannah-guthrie-sobs-in-agony-during-first-interview-since-mom-nancys-unbearable-disappearance\/\">sitdown interview on the family tragedy<\/a> in March.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t imagine that is who she saw standing over her bed. I can\u2019t,\u201d the journalist told colleague Hoda Kotb. \u201cI wake up every night in the middle of the night. And in the darkness, I imagine her terror. And it is unthinkable, but those thoughts demand to be thought.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Savannah, who has <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/24\/celebrity-news\/savannah-guthrie-cries-she-may-already-be-gone-in-new-video-offers-1m-reward-for-missing-nancys-return\/\">acknowledged that Nancy may already be \u201cgone,\u201d<\/a> has continued to beg for the return of her mom.<\/p>\n<p>Most recently, she tearfully told \u201cToday\u201d show viewers about her \u201cagony\u201d and said, \u201cWe cannot be at peace [until she is found]. \u2026 Please do the right thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Savannah (pictured above on Tuesday) has called the footage \u201cunbearable\u201d to watch. <span class=\"credit\">Roger Wong\/INSTARimages<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/savannahguthrie<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The NBC personality also <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/23\/entertainment\/savannah-guthrie-cries-on-today-addressing-mom-nancys-suspected-death-in-ransom-note\/\">addressed recent reports<\/a> that a ransom note, believed to be credible, allegedly <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/22\/celebrity-news\/nancy-guthrie-ransom-note-apologizes-for-kidnapping-death-demands-millions-for-body-report\/\">alerted authorities to Nancy\u2019s inadvertent death<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A message from the same I.P. address has previously referred to the matriarch as \u201csafe but scared.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Savannah said she had \u201cno comment,\u201d emphasizing that she is \u201cnot involved\u201d in the networks\u2019 coverage of her missing mom.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Officials investigating Nancy Guthrie\u2019s disappearance are closing in on \u201cporch guy\u201d spotted on the missing 84-year-old\u2019s security camera, according to a former FBI agent. Maureen O\u2019Connell told \u201cMegyn Kelly Show\u201d listeners Tuesday that she is \u201c75 percent\u201d certain authorities are \u201cgetting close to\u201d the individual seen on Savannah Guthrie\u2019s mom\u2019s porch the night she disappeared. 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