The FBI has released disturbing surveillance images showing a masked, armed man tampering with a home security camera on the morning 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie vanished — marking the first major break in the case more than a week after her disappearance.

The black-and-white footage, taken from a Nest camera at the front door of Guthrie’s Tucson, Arizona home, shows a man wearing a ski mask and gloves staring directly into the lens while apparently attempting to disable it. At one point, the suspect tries to block the camera with his gloved hand, then pulls flowers from Guthrie’s garden to obscure the view.

The man appears to have a flashlight in his mouth and is seen walking around the patio wearing sneakers, a fleece jacket, and a backpack. A handgun is clearly visible tucked into the front of his pants.

This is the first time authorities have released visual evidence of a potential suspect since Guthrie — the mother of Today show anchor Savannah Guthrie — disappeared 10 days ago.

“Law enforcement has uncovered previously inaccessible images showing an armed individual who appears to have tampered with the camera at Nancy Guthrie’s front door the morning of her disappearance,” FBI Director Kash Patel wrote while sharing the images on X.

According to Patel, the footage was recovered Tuesday morning with assistance from Arizona law enforcement, FBI specialists, and private-sector partners. Although Guthrie had multiple Nest cameras on her property, she did not have an active subscription, meaning video footage from that night was not automatically saved.

FBI and Google specialists were nevertheless able to recover the data from residual backend systems — footage investigators initially feared had been lost forever.

Authorities believe the images came from a camera that was later removed from the home. Police previously revealed that the front-door camera was disconnected at 1:47 a.m. on Feb. 1. At 2:12 a.m., motion was detected, but footage was missing due to the inactive subscription. At 2:28 a.m., Guthrie’s pacemaker disconnected from her phone, suggesting she had been taken from the home while her phone was left behind.

Nancy Guthrie was last seen alive around 9:45 p.m. on Jan. 31, when she was dropped off at home after dinner with her daughter Annie and son-in-law Tommaso Cioni. She was reported missing the following day after failing to appear for a planned church livestream with a friend.

The case was officially declared a criminal investigation on Feb. 2. Shortly afterward, media outlets received a ransom note demanding $6 million in bitcoin, though no proof of life was provided. A deadline included in the message passed earlier this week without any developments.

Investigators have acknowledged they previously had no suspects or solid leads. DNA evidence has since been recovered from the home, and samples have reportedly been collected from individuals including Guthrie’s landscaper and pool cleaner.

The search continues as authorities race against time, noting that Guthrie requires daily medication for ongoing health conditions.