By Hadas Gold,Brian Stelter
Publication Date: 2026-02-11 01:11:00
A major breakthrough in the Nancy Guthrie case largely came down to Google’s technical expertise, a person familiar with the investigation told CNN.
The mother of “Today” host Savannah Guthrie disappeared over a week ago in Arizona. But on Tuesday, authorities revealed footage of a masked and armed person outside her door on the day she went missing after initially saying the video was not able to be recovered. Engineers at Google, which owns Nest, were able to recover data after several days.
The task was so technically complex that investigators didn’t know if it would be successful, the source said. An FBI official said on X that the bureau released the images within hours of obtaining them.
CNN reached out to Nest and Google for comment.
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos initially said there was “no video available” because Guthrie “had no…
