Savannah Guthrie’s ex-husband Mark Orchard is the talk of social media just as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released video and images from the doorbell of Nancy Guthrie’s Arizona home as she remains missing for 10 straight days.
Nancy Guthrie is the 84-year-old mother of TV host Savannah, who went missing from her residence on February 1st.
After the images were released, several social media users claimed that the person seen in the footage resembled Mark Orchard.
“Without a doubt,” one said, bringing back memories of Savannah’s interview where she talked about her “horrible” divorce. Some just quietly shared Mark Orchard’s pictures and the pictures released by the FBI.
Another said: “When I saw the cctv video I immediately thought of Savannah Guthrie’s ex-husband Mark Orchard.” Also read | Google to the rescue? Tech giant’s key role in surveillance video recovery explained
The video showed a man wearing Ski Mark, gloves and carrying a backpack and a gun in a holster. They approach Nancy Guthrie’s front door in the early hours of February 1, around the time she was abducted.
The video showed the masked figure trying to cover the camera with leaves he picked up nearby, then appearing to damage the camera. He kept his head down the entire time, indicating he was aware of the camera’s location, law enforcement sources said.
Facial hair is visible through a ski mask cut around the man’s mouth.
When Savannah talked about her messy divorce
When Savannah Guthrie appeared on the Reclaiming podcast with Monica Lewinsky, she talked about her “horrific” divorce and claimed she didn’t want to talk about it. Guthrie was married to Orchard from 2005 to 2009.
“Some of it was too personal and too embarrassing… It was horrible and sad and broke my heart and took me years to recover from,” she told People. Also read | Nancy Guthrie, missing for 10 days: Is the FBI close to finding her? What has been revealed so far
Who is Mark Orchard?
Mark Orchard is a journalist and television news producer. He currently lives in Washington DC, according to his LinkedIn profile. Mark Orchard currently serves as executive producer for Sinclair’s ‘Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson’.
His CV includes stints at BBC News as Senior Field Producer and Al Jazeera English as Senior News Editor. In 2013, he continued to work for Al Jazeera America as an executive producer.
In his LinkedIn bio, he writes: “I’ve been lucky enough to work with some of the best TV journalists in the business. I trained in London at ITN and then spent about ten years overseas with the BBC before deciding to settle in the United States. I was part of the start-up teams at Al Jazeera English and later Al Jazeera America and I’m very proud of what I’ve achieved at these S2G networks.”