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A former FBI profiler on the Nancy Guthrie case
17 minutes Posted Feb 19, 2026 at 3:00 pm.
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It’s a case that’s captivated America and grabbed headlines around the world. The disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the mother of Australian-born US Today show host Savannah Guthrie.
The 84-year-old has been missing for more than three weeks and the mystery only deepened with the release of eerie doorbell footage showing a masked person at her door.
Today, we speak to former FBI profiler, Mary Ellen O’Toole, who spent her career studying the criminal mind.  
She tells us why it’s not likely a burglary gone wrong and what she sees in the demeanour of the masked figure. 
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Mary Ellen O’Toole, former FBI profiler and currently director of the forensic science program at George Mason University