TUCSON, Ariz. — A retired FBI special agent is calling for a nationwide push to publicize images of a masked figure captured on security footage the night Nancy Guthrie disappeared, arguing that a more aggressive media campaign, including targeted outreach to Spanish-speaking communities, may be essential to solving the case as it stretches into its fifth month without a named suspect.

Retired FBI agent Jennifer Coffindaffer, who has closely followed the investigation into the disappearance of the 84-year-old mother of "Today" show co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, said keeping the case visible in the public eye remains critical to generating the tips investigators need. "I think it is so important that her name stay out there and that somebody who knows something continues to see this," Coffindaffer said in a recent televised interview. "Everybody thinks because we're newsies or love crime and follow, that everybody knows about it. But the fact of the matter is, people really don't know about these cases. So, keeping it in the media is critical."

At the center of Coffindaffer's proposed strategy is the masked individual known online as "porch guy," the only confirmed visual evidence tied to a suspected abductor. The figure was captured on Guthrie's video doorbell camera on the night of her disappearance, apparently armed and attempting to gain entry to her home. Coffindaffer is calling for what she described as a full-scale blitz campaign built around that footage, urging the FBI and the Pima County Sheriff's Department to distribute stills from the video across local and national........

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