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Amy Robach
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In the middle of the night, Saskia awoke in a haze. Her husband Mike was on his laptop. What was on his screen would change Saskia's life forever.
Amy Robach
I said, I need you to tell me exactly what you're doing. And immediately the mask came off.
Narrator (Betrayal Podcast)
You're supposed to be safe. That's your home. That's your husband.
Listen to Betrayal Season 5 on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Menelik Lumumba
1969, Malcolm and Martin are gone. America is in crisis, and at Morehouse College, the students make their move.
Hans Charles
These students, including a young Samuel L. Jackson, locked up. The members of the board of trustees, including Martin Luther King Sr. It's the true story of protests and rebellion in black American history that you'll never forget.
T.J. Holmes
I'm Hans Charles, our menelik Lumumba.
Hans Charles
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Over the last couple years, didn't we learn that the folding chair was invented by black people because of what happened in Alabama? Montgomery Brawl this Black History Month, the podcast Selective Ignorance with Mandy B Unpacks black history and culture with comedy, clarity and conversations that shake the status quo. The Crown act in New York was signed in July of 2019, and that is a bill that was passed to prohibit discrimination based on hairstyles associated with race. To hear this and more, listen to Selective Ignorance with Mandy B. From the Black Effect Podcast Network on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Ben Higgins
You can scroll the headlines all day and still feel empty. I'm Ben Higgins, and if youf Can Hear Me is where culture meets the soul. Honest conversations about identity, loss, purpose, peace, faith, and everything in between. Celebrities, thinkers, everyday people. Some have answers. Most are still figuring it out. And if you've ever felt like there has to be more to the story, this show is for you. Listen if you can hear me on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
T.J. Holmes
Hey there, folks. It is Friday, February 13, and there is now a forensic artist sketch of the possible suspect in the Guthrie case. But police didn't ask for it. With that, welcome to this episode of Amy and tj. They didn't ask for it robes, but it's coming from a woman that we have to pay attention to. But let me before we get into her background, what did you think about this story to hear? There's a sketch first of all piques your interest. It's not from police, but it seems to add to the nature of this case to where there's nothing official and some things are just bizarre.
Amy Robach
Yes, you're right. This fits with the theme of the entire past 13 days where nothing can be explained and nothing can be anticipated. And yet you kind of have to consider it all because that's where we are. Look to have a sketch of a potential suspect based on what we see in the surveillance camera and what she knows, I guess based on her expertise, how to maybe kind of see through a ski mask. I don't know how she did it or how she does it. And I couldn't help but wondering after looking at it if this won't be a huge help or a massive distraction.
T.J. Holmes
There it is. That was my next thing because folks, as you're listening to us, it's early morning here on Friday. This sketch artist out of Houston put this together yesterday. It started getting a little pickup in the Houston area. But robes, I imagine one authorities might take a look at this or might comment on this. But robes, this is probably going to start making some rounds today.
Amy Robach
Oh yeah. She has a four decade long career and has some pretty incredible bona feeds like where you can say, wow, this isn't just some random person who says let me try to sketch something. This is someone who knows what she's doing and has been credited for solving cases and ropes.
T.J. Holmes
She has one at least line on her resume I didn't even know existed. We talk about it all the over the years. If you've worked in the industry or you just see randomly as a citizen, there are all kinds of Guinness records, Guinness record for a big waffle, A Guinness record for the tallest ladder, the most random things ever. This woman is the Guinness world record holder for the most successful forensic artists ever. That's kind of a legit title.
Amy Robach
It's impressive.
Hans Charles
Yeah.
Amy Robach
I don't know what the competition was like, but it seems like she was basically ahead of the rest. Like in a field of her own, in a class of her own, in a field of forensic sketch artists.
T.J. Holmes
So this is why, folks, a sketch is not just something random by some random someone. This is a woman with credentials and has convictions to back it up. We, we are talk, who we are talking about is a woman by the name of Lois Gibson. That's not some name a lot of people know. Certainly in the Houston area they do because she's been at it in the Houston area for four decades with the police department. She just retired in 2021. Her record here. Robes. More than 5,089 sketches.
Hans Charles
Excuse me.
T.J. Holmes
That's an exact number. When she retired, she said, I've done 5089 sketches. Approximately 1300 have been positively id'd in cases, and she has over a thousand convictions to her name. That is impressive. So when you hear that woman who has done all of that is a Guinness world record holder, and you hear that. You know what? Nobody asked me, but I want to help the Guthrie family, too. I looked at those surveillance images. Robes. And that's what she's basing it on.
Amy Robach
Yeah. And you know what? So this is something that I think a lot of people are going to be clicking on today. They're going to be looking at this sketch as we did, and if it sparks one person to say, I think I know who that is, they can piece together perhaps what they know about this person. This could lead to a break in the case. People need to visualize stuff. They need to be able to see things for themselves, to be able to try to put certain clues in place. And that's what police have been asking neighbors, people who know people in the area, to be considering things they wouldn't have otherwise. They need someone to recognize this person, and what better way to do it than with a sketch?
T.J. Holmes
So here's the problem. Police are going to have to say something. They're gonna have to say, yes, keep an eye out for this guy or ignore this, because there is now an image out there that, quite frankly, robes looks a little general.
Amy Robach
Can I tell you what I think the sketch looked like? I think the sketch looked almost identical to Carlos, the door dash delivery driver.
T.J. Holmes
I'll be damned. It looks like sweetheart. But I heard a comment from someone, said it looks like Marco Rubio with a goatee. Like, it looks like such a general appearance of a brown skin, maybe Latino man. And look, there are some specific. And somebody might see that immediately go, wow, that's da, da, da. But they're gonna have to say, public, look out for this guy. Or don't. Because if they start getting calls, say, hey, I've seen the sketch, and I know this guy. You talk about tips. They're gonna be coming in from everywhere.
Amy Robach
Yes. Because I will say it's. It's interesting. Looking at the sketch. It does seem like someone who you would know. Like, it does. It's not it, actually. I know it does look like a lot of men of Latino descent, but there is something specific, and I would say it's in the eyes. And the cool thing about this sketch Is that is the one thing she actually could look at in this surveillance video. We do have a very good look at the suspect on the front porch of Nancy Guthrie. His eyes, and they are large, or at least they seemed large in the surveillance video. And the way she put it in his face, they are a distinct distinguishing feature. And you know. You know people through their eyes. You recognize people in their eyes. So that. That is the one thing that maybe gives me hope that she did have that to work off of. And they are an exceptional part of the sketch where if you know someone and you know those eyes, this could potentially lead to a break. And she's had that happen before in her past work. So it's kind of. It's exciting. Look, we haven't had a lot of things to go on. And to have something like this as a possibility could be perhaps an accelerant to figuring out this case.
T.J. Holmes
Shouldn't we assume that authorities already had. Like, they had to have been working on something like this behind the scenes. Maybe they didn't like it or think it was enough to put out there. They didn't want to maybe do something like this based on somebody's opinion of what someone looks like under a mask. I don't. I had to think they were going after an avenue like this.
Amy Robach
Possibly. But it's. And you pointed this out. It's not just somebody. This is the person. This is the sketch artist that you would lean on. It would appear if you were to lean on a sketch artist at all.
T.J. Holmes
And she absolutely did say, like you said, the features that you absolutely can see. She says she did base it on this. She did try to qualify and said. I guessed. She said this is in her Facebook statement. I guessed at the parts of the face covered with the ski mask. On the Nancy Guthrie kidnapping suspect. I use surveillance photo shown. I spent 43 years at a job training trying to help detectives with similar photos. Only things somewhat sure are eyes and part of the lips and mustache. I'll take the hit if I'm drastically wrong. Don't criticize. Do your own version. Is how she left it. But this is. I mean, robes. She's the re. I don't know if there's a random artist or a random. I don't know. Robes. Because it's her and her background that we have been back deep diving and researching. Because it's her. Her. How can we dismiss the photo? How can police dismiss the photo? But can this cause chaos? Because everybody in the country, if they start looking for a guy that police Say is not the guy. What does this do to the case?
Amy Robach
Yeah, I know that's the concern and I think that's why she put all of those qualifiers in her Facebook post. I appreciate the fact that she's trying to do something. She has a skill set that's been recognized, that's been effective, that has helped families. And you can tell based on we looked at some prior interviews she's done. She is a kind hearted person who wants to help. And so I do appreciate that she, she put, I guessed at parts of the face covered with the ski mask and she put guest in all caps like she just wants to make sure. Hey, I'm not saying this is the person, but this could be the person. And based on my experience, this could be the direction we should be headed in in terms of who we're looking for. But she, she, I like it. She's the only thing she's somewhat sure of. That's funny. That's a funny statement. But she's just being honest.
T.J. Holmes
And this is stuff she's had to work on before. And usually she says robes and forensics and artists is what they do. They go on people's memories. So she actually has more to go on, at least visually, than she's used to doing. It is so impressive. And the reason she's doing this. There are a lot of people in this country who wish they could just pick up the phone and make the Guthrie family pain go away and Nancy Guthrie be back home. Everybody wants to help. Her comment here was that I did this because I couldn't stop myself. I just couldn't stop myself. I wanted to help. I felt the pain. And that word there, I felt the pain. That statement is more real than you can imagine. Stay here. We'll explain now the backstory on this Guinness World Record holder for forensic artists and why she is so good at her job. It comes from a painful experience decades ago. Stay here.
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Narrator (Betrayal Podcast)
In the middle of the night, Saskia awoke in a haze. Her husband Mike was on his laptop. What was on his screen would change Saskia's life forever.
Amy Robach
I said, I need you to tell me exactly what you're doing. And immediately the mask came off.
Narrator (Betrayal Podcast)
You're supposed to be safe. That's your home. That's your husband.
To keep this secret for so many years.
Amy Robach
He's like a seasoned pro.
Narrator (Betrayal Podcast)
This is a story about the end of a marriage, but it's also the story of one woman who was done living in the dark.
Amy Robach
You're a dangerous person who preys on vulnerable and trusting people. Your creditor, Michael Levengood.
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Hans Charles
Welcome to the A building. I'm Hans Charles.
Menelik Lumumba
I'm inalec Lumumba. It's 1969. Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr have both been assassinated, and black America was at a breaking point. Rioting and protest broke out on an.
Hans Charles
Unprecedented scale in Atlanta, Georgia. At Martin's alma mater, Morehouse College, the students had their own protest. It featured two prominent figures in black history, Martin Luther King's senior and a young student, Samuel L. Jackson.
Menelik Lumumba
To be in what we really thought was a revolution. I mean, people were dying.
T.J. Holmes
1968, the murder of Dr. King, which traumatized everyone. The FBI had a role in the murder of a Black Panther leader in Chicago.
Menelik Lumumba
This story is about protest. It echoes in today's world far more than it should, and it will blow your mind.
Hans Charles
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T.J. Holmes
I'm Brandon Kyle Goodman, the host of the Tell me something Messy podcast. I wanted to create a safe, comfy place for all of us to talk about sex, relationships and what it means to be human. And baby, my fantastic Guests are bringing their mess to share with the class, like singer songwriter Duran Bernard, suggesting we reinstate adult sleepovers with friends. Here's the thing.
Hans Charles
Get a group that's mature enough not.
T.J. Holmes
To be putting your hand in warm.
Hans Charles
Water and tickling you. You know what I'm saying?
T.J. Holmes
Like, I mean, I don't like, I.
Hans Charles
Mean, I mean, granted, I might be doing.
T.J. Holmes
But, you know, like, and I think.
Hans Charles
It'S important for those examples of that, of us just being gentle with one another because the world and the people in it already finding brand new ways to whip our ass Every single day 1,000%. So the least we could do is make strides to handle each other in a way that is. Yeah, with that's, that's with care and a bit more mindful listen to Tell.
T.J. Holmes
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Hans Charles
All right.
T.J. Holmes
We continue here on Amy and TJ on this Friday, February 13th, an artist sketch is floating around of a potential suspect in the Nancy Guthrie case. But robes. This is not an official sketch, but I believe it's gonna get around today. And people are already trying to piece things together. They looking at the sketch and then comparing it to surveillance videos that have been shown around the area, Tucson and say, oh, it kind of looks like that guy. And then you saw it and said it kind of looks like the doordash guy who got arrested or, excuse me, detained and released.
Amy Robach
Yes, it will, actually, because I happened to just see the sketch and then he was in an adjacent article and I looked at the two of them side by side and thought she, if she were trying to sketch him, she kind of nailed it. But no, it does look like the person they detained briefly. And it was reported that part of the reason why that doordash driver was detained was because his eyes matched the eyes in that surveillance video. And that is the one thing you can see clearly. You can see the suspect's eyes. You can see his lips, and you can see he has a mustache. Don't know if it's a goatee. Don't know if it's a full beard. She took some obvious liberties she had to take with his hair and his facial hair, but she knows his build and weight, so to speak. So she can kind of fill out his face a certain way. And with the eyes, look, it's possible that she could spark some, some tip that could lead to the guy. You never know and certainly it's happened before. But I did appreciate her talking about. And you could tell when she was speaking about why she did this, why she stepped up and decided to draw this sketch without police asking her to. She has not only spent almost four decades with people who have survived or have been a part of violent crimes, trying to help solve cases, she herself has been at the center of one.
T.J. Holmes
You know, you make a good point that I read so many of her comments and then you see video of her making those comments. She does. She comes across totally different, like a. Like her heart is in it, like a very sweet lady. And two, yes, your point, Robes is because it comes from a place. In her 20s, 21 years old, living out in LA, wanting to be a dancer, wanting to be an actress. She was raped, beaten, tortured, left for dead by a guy who was later caught and was a serial rapist and murderer out there in California. She survived that, moved back to Texas, started working as an artist on the street drawing sketches for, like, tourists and things like that. And then she said she forced herself onto the Houston pd She said they there was resistance and like, how can you help us? But she did a sketch that was a crappy sketch. It was her first case. Crappy sketch that caught a murderer. And when she realized the power she had and she spent the next 40 years robes getting back at the guy who raped and beat her is what she said. 40 years getting back at him with a sketch at a time by putting them behind scenes when she called him. These aren't the greatest pieces of art in the world. And I. She said, when I realized that I was addicted. I'm addicted to putting people behind bars.
Amy Robach
I just got chills. Yes. You know, when you have something personal like that that's so transformational, and then you can use that for good. And that's what she realized she could do. That's just such a cool story. And you know what? I think you found this story this morning, and we've been Googling it. I am with you. I think this is going to. This sketch that she has created is going to catch fire today. I think if you're waking up and you're listening to this, go look at this sketch and you can start to see because it's not just, oh, some random person put out a sketch. It's the country's most accomplished forensic artist is revealing what the mass concealed. Like those are going to be the headlines because it's just now kind of percolating out of Houston. It's it. All it takes is one national outlet to pick this up and boom, it's going to be everywhere. And let's hope that it helps. Let's hope that it doesn't distract. Let's hope that this maybe leads folks into the correct direction. But we have to lean on her expertise. We have to lean on her 40 years of effective history with finding perpetrators and putting them behind bars.
T.J. Holmes
I am so curious to hear from police and I just what they will say. Will they say, look, we can't rely on this, or will they say, you know what? Call us if you think you see the guy. They've got to say something because now the public needs a direction to go. Are we looking for this guy or not? And this robes. There is nobody better. The other note about this lady, you everybody remembers. I can't remember the name. I apologize. But the very famous World War II Times Square kiss.
Amy Robach
Yes.
T.J. Holmes
The sailor. Right. Is dipping the woman and kissing. Can't remember that. That sailors. It was sailor, not a soldier. I believe. I believe it was a sailor. Most famous, one of the most famous photos of the war. She later on did the work to help confirm who it was in that picture through forensics over the. This happened in recent years because she had to match up who that person was with faces and features and whatnot. She was a part of that case. I'm saying this woman is legit. Every show you can think of, America's Most Wanted, all that stuff. Been there, done that. She's done it all.
Amy Robach
And yeah, so with that history, with that resume, why shouldn't we listen to this? You'd have to think that the FBI and police there in Tucson are going to welcome her stepping in and welcome her expertise. And maybe you know what? They have had 13,000 tips come in since February 1st. This is day 13 of the search. They've been a little distracted in the. In the sense that they have been chasing down, hunting down tips. Maybe they haven't had the time or the wherewithal or the resources necessarily to even consider bringing in a sketch artist. Yes, they've been doing forensics with the surveillance video in terms of determining his height and his build and those sorts of things, but maybe it just hadn't been something on their mind.
T.J. Holmes
Well, they say it's not reliable. Right. It's one thing to go from somebody's memory, you saw somebody. Tell me what you saw, I'll draw it. But this woman, if they might come out and say, yeah, look, we know this is not a reliable way to go about putting and that's why we haven't done it. But they've got to say something. Robes they can't leave guys in the country who look like this hanging. Yeah. Because it's a bunch of dudes that could fit that description.
Amy Robach
Yes. And I'm wondering, too, like, she chose to make him. It's interesting. Looks like he could be in his 30s, maybe 40s, but he looks like a younger man. And maybe that would be the idea just by the way he was moving. She was trying to put an age on him. But look, it's a very specific sketch. It's. Sometimes you see sketches and they're. They're very basic. They're kind of rudimentary. They're almost like an outline of a face with a. This is a very detailed. This looks like a portrait where someone sat down in perfect lighting and she drew. I mean, it's. You said that she claims she's not that great of an artist. This looks like an unbelievable portrait of somebody.
T.J. Holmes
And she does it usually from memory, sitting down with someone, but this time she had images to work with and wrote. She is a victim herself. She said that's also helps her be good at her job. She usually has to sit across from someone in pain, recalling one of the most traumatic things in their life. She said that pain that she feels, she relates to, and it makes her good at her job. She's doing it once again. I can't wait to see how this works out.
Menelik Lumumba
Rose.
Amy Robach
Yes, it'll be very interesting to hear if and when the police comment on this sketch, which again, is going to be everywhere today. So we will keep you updated on any new developments in the Guthrie case and certainly any breaking news throughout the day. You can always count on us. You can hit subscribe there on the top right corner of your podcast. But we are always here looking at the news and doing our best to try and bring it to you when we can. But we thank you as always for listening to us. I'm Amy Robach alongside T.J. holmes. We will talk to you very soon.
Narrator (Betrayal Podcast)
In the middle of the night, Saskia awoke in a haze. Her husband Mike was on his laptop. What was on his screen would change Saskia's life forever.
Amy Robach
I said, I need you to tell me exactly what you're doing. And immediately, the mask came off.
Narrator (Betrayal Podcast)
You're supposed to be safe. That's your home. That's your husband.
Listen to betrayal season five on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Menelik Lumumba
1969. Malcolm and Martin are gone. America is in crisis. And at Morehouse College, the students make their move.
Hans Charles
These students, including a young Samuel L. Jackson locked up the members of the Board of trustees, including Martin Luther King Sr. Is the true story of protests and rebellion in Black American history that you'll never forget.
T.J. Holmes
I'm Hans Charles Our Menelik Lumumba.
Hans Charles
Listen to the A Building on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.
Narrator (Betrayal Podcast)
Over the last couple years, didn't we learn that the folding chair was invented by black people because of what happened in Alabama? This Black History Month, the podcast Selective Ignorance with Mandy B Unpacks black history and culture with comedy, clarity and conversations that shake the status quote. The Crown act in New York was signed in July of 2019, and that is a bill that was passed to prohibit discrimination based on hairstyles associated with race. To hear this and more, listen to Selective Ignorance with Mandy B. From the Black Effect Podcast Network on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcast, you can scroll.
Ben Higgins
The headlines all day and still feel empty. I'm Ben Higgins and if youf Can Hear Me is Where culture meets the Soul. Honest conversations about identity, loss, purpose, peace, faith and everything in between. Celebrities, thinkers, everyday people. Some have answers. Most are still figuring it out. And if you've ever felt like there has to be more to the story, this show is for you. Listen to if youf Can Hear me on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Episode: UPDATE: Did a Guinness World Record Holder Just Help Crack the Guthrie Case?
Date: February 13, 2026
Hosts: Amy Robach, T.J. Holmes
In this episode, Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes discuss the newly emerged forensic sketch of a potential suspect in the Nancy Guthrie kidnapping case. Remarkably, the sketch was not commissioned by law enforcement but created by Lois Gibson, a renowned, Guinness World Record–holding forensic artist. The conversation explores the artist’s credentials, the possible impact of the sketch on the high-profile case, and the nuances—including risks—of public-led investigation. The hosts also delve into Gibson’s personal backstory and what makes her work credible and emotionally resonant.
On the Sketch's Value:
On Lois Gibson’s Method:
On Gibson's Motivation:
On Gibson’s Past:
On the Sketch’s Power and Limits:
On Police Response:
On Gibson's Credibility:
The episode is conversational, candid, and empathetic, blending journalistic curiosity with a real sense of wanting to see justice. The hosts often inject light humor and personal asides that make complex issues accessible, but never lose sight of the weight of the case and Lois Gibson's deeply human story. They balance skepticism with hope, and their language underscores both the urgency and uncertainty surrounding the case and the new lead.
This episode is a gripping, nuanced exploration of a potentially pivotal development in the Guthrie case. The hosts detail how a world-renowned forensic artist has stepped in independently, injecting both hope and complexity into an investigation mired in confusion. Gibson’s sketch, created from her unmatched experience and fueled by personal pain and empathy, is already causing a stir. But it also raises pressing questions about the intersection of unofficial evidence, public identification, and law enforcement responsibility—which the community, investigators, and listeners will be watching closely as the case unfolds.