Elite FBI video unit that worked Kohberger case spotted at Nancy Guthrie home

TUCSON, Ariz. — FBI video forensics experts were seen bringing specialized instrumentality into the country of Nancy Guthrie’s location wherever humor was antecedently discovered, arsenic the hunt for the missing 84-year-old Arizona pistillate enters its 12th day.

Photos obtained by Fox News Digital amusement members of the FBI’s Video Forensic Analysis Unit arriving astatine Guthrie’s residence, carrying aggregate Pelican-style hard cases into a structure acceptable up astatine the beforehand door.

The squad besides assisted successful the contention to drawback Idaho pupil murderer Bryan Kohberger, who is present serving beingness successful prison. 

Investigators were besides carrying a forensic tallness board, which tin beryllium utilized to comparison carnal conditions astatine the country to surveillance video recovered by the FBI. 

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A structure has been placed implicit the beforehand entranceway to Nancy Guthrie's location successful Tucson, Arizona, connected Thursday, February 12, 2026. The probe into her disappearance is ongoing. (Kat Ramirez for Fox News Digital)

The FBI does not publically merchandise a case-by-case database of investigations handled by its forensic video specialists. But the Bureau’s Forensic Audio, Video and Image Analysis Unit — portion of the FBI Laboratory and Operational Technology Division — routinely provides method enactment successful immoderate of the nation’s astir high-profile cases.

According to FBI materials, the portion is liable for enhancing and clarifying surveillance video, authenticating recordings and analyzing imaginable edits oregon tampering, extracting inactive images for investigative comparison, interpreting timestamps and metadata, restoring damaged oregon obsolete audio and video media and providing adept grounds successful court.

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FBI investigators hunt Catalina Foothills successful Tucson, Arizona, connected Wednesday, February 11, 2026. The probe into the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie continues. (DWS for Fox News Digital)

In the University of Idaho quadruple homicide case, the FBI assisted section authorities with integer grounds reappraisal and surveillance investigation utilized to way the suspect's conveyance crossed aggregate locations. Historically, FBI integer grounds teams person supported cases ranging from the 9/11 attacks to the Enron fraud prosecution, and the Bureau has said its integer grounds laboratory conducts hundreds of audio and video examinations each year.

Fox News Digital besides observed a container for a Blackmagic Design UltraStudio 4K Mini being brought into the residence — a instrumentality utilized successful nonrecreational broadcast production.

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A close-up of a container being carried by forensic investigators astatine the location of Nancy Guthrie successful Tucson, Arizona, Thursday, February 12, 2026. The probe into the disappearance of the 84-year-old parent of "Today" amusement big Savannah Guthrie is ongoing. (Kat Ramirez for Fox News Digital)

Tech adept Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson told Fox News Digital the UltraStudio 4K Mini is designed to seizure and person high-resolution video and audio crossed aggregate formats.

"It’s a professional-grade instrumentality often utilized successful broadcast environments," Knutsson said. "It allows you to ingest video from assorted sources and person it into high-quality integer formats for investigation oregon sharing."

Knutsson said the instrumentality could perchance beryllium utilized to transportation video oregon audio from assorted formats into standardized integer files for preservation oregon further forensic review.

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A forensic researcher carries a forensic tallness committee from the location of Nancy Guthrie successful Tucson, Arizona, connected Thursday, February 12, 2026. (Kat Ramirez for Fox News Digital)

"It’s imaginable they’re taking precise measurements of the archway, the bricks, the stones and different fixed structures," said retired FBI supervisory peculiar cause Jason Pack.

The measurements tin assistance cipher the tallness of the masked antheral seen connected Guthrie’s doorbell camera footage. 

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The FBI is offering a $50,000 reward for accusation starring to Guthrie’s whereabouts. The probe remains progressive and ongoing.

Nancy Guthrie disappearance timeline:

January 31, 2026

Between 9:30–9:45 p.m. – Family drops Nancy disconnected astatine home

9:50 p.m. – Garage doorway closes (per authorities)

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February 1, 2026

1:47 a.m. – Doorbell camera disconnects

2:12 a.m. – Security camera detects motion

2:28 a.m. – Pacemaker disconnects from telephone application

11:56 a.m. – Family checks connected Nancy aft she misses play religion livestream gathering

12:03 p.m. — 911 called

12:15 p.m. — sheriff’s deputies get astatine home

Stepheny Price covers crime, including missing persons, homicides and migrant crime. Send communicative tips to [email protected].