Nancy Guthrie Update: Former FBI Agent Shares New Theory on Disappearance [View all]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/nancy-guthrie-former-fbi-agent-162700147.html

Going off public information only, the longtime investigator and published author hypothesized that an unknown "personal grievance" may be the explanation for the kidnapping of Today co-host Savannah Guthrie's mother.

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"The first thing he does is with his glove, and with his glove, it doesn't look like he's trying to take [the camera] off," Grusing said. "It looks like he's trying to cover it with his right hand.And then he looks down, he looks around, and he gets the branches, and he puts the branches up in front of it."

"Is there a chance, since we don't have audio, that he is either knocking on the door loudly or that he has pressed the ring doorbell, [that] he's trying to get Nancy to answer the door, and he's shielding himself from being seen as a masked person, so she will, in her confusion, open the door?" Grusing continued.

If this is the case, Grusing said the situation would not fit the home robbery gone wrong theory, since the suspect seemingly wanted to lure Nancy Guthrie onto the porch for a confrontation.