Jamie Siminoff talks Nancy Guthrie case after FBI doorbell video recovered
Ring founder Jamie Siminoff discusses how the FBI found Nest camera footage and more in the search for Nancy Guthrie on ‘The Bottom Line.’
Ring founder Jamie Siminoff said Tuesday that Ring does not store deleted images without registration, as questions continue about how law enforcement obtained previously inaccessible video evidence of Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance.
Siminoff addressed the issue during an appearance on “The Bottom Line,” where hosts Dagen McDowell and Brian Brenberg asked about subscription retention, privacy concerns and the discovery of doorbell video by federal authorities.
“I know about Ring directly, if you delete a recording or if you don’t want to be recorded, you don’t have a subscription. We don’t keep it. I know that because I built the systems with my team,” said Siminoff.
Siminoff cautioned against speculating about the details of Guthrie’s investigation and noted that different companies build their plans differently.
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Jamie Siminoff, founder of Ring, did an interview with FOX Business’ The Bottom Line on Tuesday about the access to the doorbell camera video in the case of Nancy Guthrie. (Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile for Web Summit via Getty Images)
“I wouldn’t want to guess,” he said. “Maybe with them, maybe we’re wrong, and that he had some kind of registration. You know, and, we find a lot, with these types of situations, I found that a lot of things we hear are not always right, and we find out later what really happened.”
He also emphasized that Ring does not store deleted photos without an active subscription.
“If you delete a recording or if you don’t want to be recorded, you don’t have a subscription. We don’t keep it,” Siminoff said.
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FBI Director Kash Patel shared still images obtained from a doorbell camera outside Nancy Guthrie’s home. (@FBIDirectorKashPatel via X)
Federal officials said Tuesday that the video was obtained from “residual data found in background programs,” according to a statement posted to X by FBI Director Kash Patel.
Google is working with the FBI to retrieve the video, a government source confirmed to Fox News Digital.
Asked how investigators might have been able to obtain photos of the doorbell in Guthrie’s case, Siminoff again cautioned against speculation and stressed that companies build their systems differently.
“I mean, it’s really hard to predict something like this because, you know, everybody builds their plans differently,” he said.
He also refused to make a conclusion about what happened in this case.
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A doorbell device with a built-in camera made by home security company Ring. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/Getty)
“Also, I don’t want to speculate exactly what happened or whether they had a registry or anything,” Siminoff said. “I think there’s probably a lot of information that we don’t know.”
Siminoff said the video evidence is not important to investigators.
“It looks like this video might be the best evidence so far,” he said, “and it shows why it’s so important to have these cameras.”
While avoiding details of the investigation, Siminoff said he was encouraged that authorities were able to recover the video evidence.
“But again, I’m glad to see here that, you know, for whatever reason they were able to with this camera, you know, they found this,” he said. “Because I think this evidence will hopefully lead to a solution to this, this really bad case.”
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During the interview, Siminoff also responded to comments from Ring’s Super Bowl “Search Party” ad, which focuses on a feature designed to help find lost pets.
“It’s actually like completely built in privacy,” he said. “So what we do is we want a dog, someone sends a dog, we find it, we say you know Jamie, this lost dog in your area is like the dog in front of your camera. Do you want to contact your neighbor?”
He said users retain full control over whether or not contacts are available.
“If you say no, your privacy is protected. You’re fine,” Siminoff said. “If you say yes, as I think most people would, help bring the dog back.”
He added that this feature helped bring pets and their owners together.
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“We’ll be back with the dog in a day,” Siminoff said. “And we do it by maintaining confidentiality and trust because that is very important.”
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Fox News Digital’s Emma Bussey contributed to this report.
