INVESTIGATORS are likely working behind the scenes on digital forensics – including AI chat logs – that could nail Nancy Guthrie’s kidnapper, an expert has claimed. Today Show host Savannah Guthrie’s mom Nancy, 84, was taken from her Arizona home in the early morning hours of February 1.
She has been missing ever since and authorities are struggling to identify a masked, armed man seen on disturbing doorbell footage on the night of the kidnapping. Heather Barnhart, Senior Director of Forensic Research at Cellebrite, feels not all hope is lost when it comes to finding Nancy’s kidnapper[s].She previously worked on the case against Bryan Kohberger in the 2022 killings of four University of Idaho students.
Her role focused on analyzing cellphone and device data, including location history and phone activity patterns, to help reconstruct Kohberger’s movements before and after the murders .She has since been following the Nancy Guthrie case and feels digital data could solve the case. Speaking exclusively to The U.S. Sun, she said, “I believe there are [data] forensic experts involved and helping out.



