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Nancy Guthrie case: Expert reveals what could ‘directly lead to’ abductor's capture, ‘He made other mistakes…’
A retired FBI profiler has claimed that the masked man who was caught on surveillance video is “not a sophisticated offender.”
A retired FBI profiler has claimed that Nancy Guthrie’s abductor has likely made mistakes that will “directly lead to his capture.” Jim Clemente, who spent 22 years in the bureau, said that the “Porch Guy,” the masked man who was caught on surveillance video, is “not a sophisticated offender.”
The man is described as above average height and build. He wore a black Ozark Trail backpack, long sleeves, gloves and a ski mask. He remains unidentified.
Clemente told Fox News Digital that the video is full of clues.
‘He is not a sophisticated offender’
The suspect is believed to have scouted the location before the kidnapping, but he still resorted to using foliage to block the Nest camera lens and had the potential to shed facial hair through his ski mask, Clemente said.
“In the process of doing that, I believe he revealed what looked like a tattoo on his wrist, which would not have been revealed had he adequately prepared for that camera being there,” he said. “So it tells me that he is not a sophisticated offender. He was sort of bumbling his way through this, and he made other mistakes, and I believe those mistakes will directly lead to his capture.”
Investigators have kept significant details about the inside of the home close. However, some details have been leaked, and they paint a story, Clemente said.
“I believe that what it means is he threatened her with his gun when he was at her bedside,” he said. “He got her to come down, and at the front door is where she realized he’s going to take me and this is very dangerous and I should fight. And she did.”
The doorbell video does not show Nancy being taken. When deputies arrived the next morning, the camera was missing. Clemente said that the kidnapper may have been shocked that authorities were still able to recover the video.
“Because of all the mistakes this guy made, because of his ineptness and non-professional behavior in this, I believe that he exhibited a great degree of stress when the images were first released,” Clemente said. “Anybody around him should have noticed that change in behavior and potentially be able to identify him because of that.”
An unidentified hair sample was also recovered from the home. The sheriff’s department initially sent it to a private lab in Florida, and 11 weeks later, the lab sent it to the FBI for more advanced analysis.
“If it is a hair from the offender, then it will lead to his identification,” Clemente said. “They will have his name.”
Currently, there is a combined reward of more than $1.2 million for information that successfully cracks the case.
