The quiet of the Catalina Foothills neighborhood was shattered February 1st, the night 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie vanished from her home. Now, a homeowner’s Ring camera has revealed a stream of twelve vehicles passing by in the early morning hours, a silent procession coinciding with the last known signal from Guthrie’s pacemaker.
Elias and Danielle Stratigouleas, whose home sits on a secluded back road just 2.5 miles from the Guthrie residence, shared the footage with authorities. What’s unsettling is that, despite the potential significance of these passing cars, police haven’t canvassed their neighborhood in the weeks since the suspected abduction. The timing is particularly poignant – one vehicle was recorded at 2:36 a.m., a mere eight minutes after Guthrie’s pacemaker last connected to her iPhone.
The Stratigouleas’s street offers a discreet escape route, bypassing major intersections and the wider net of a neighborhood Ring alert. It’s a route another neighbor flagged as potentially relevant, recalling a suspicious man seen walking near an abandoned, dark red Honda SUV on February 2nd – the day after Guthrie’s disappearance.
Fearful for her children’s safety, the neighbor described the man as Hispanic, approximately 5’9” with a neatly trimmed beard and a silver bracelet, casually smoking a cigarette. He appeared out of place, his hat obscuring his face, and didn’t seem to be simply enjoying a walk. She hadn’t seen him before, or since.
While deputies were observed searching a local wash near Skyline Drive, the Stratigouleas’s believe a more secluded route, Camino Escuela, would have been ideal for someone attempting to remain unseen. This road, they say, is rarely patrolled and virtually deserted.
More than three weeks have passed since Guthrie was believed to have been taken during a home invasion, yet investigators have not publicly named any suspects. Several individuals were briefly detained and released, and numerous vehicles were towed, but no charges have been filed. The investigation remains shrouded in uncertainty.
The FBI, working with Google, managed to recover footage from Guthrie’s Nest doorbell camera, even without a cloud subscription or the physical device itself. The recovered video shows a masked figure, gloved and lurking on the front porch. However, one image stands apart – a potential glimpse of the same intruder on a different date, without the backpack and pistol seen in other footage.
Sheriff Chris Nanos has cautioned against interpreting the timeline of these images as definitive, labeling it speculation. But for those closest to the case, and for Guthrie’s daughter, Savannah, the search for answers continues, fueled by every potential clue and a desperate hope for her mother’s safe return.
