A person is in custody and being questioned in relation to Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance, according to the Pima County Sheriff’s Department.
“Earlier today, Pima County Sheriff’s Department deputies detained a subject during a traffic stop south of Tucson,” said Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos in a statement posted on X. “The subject is currently being questioned in connection to the Nancy Guthrie investigation. Additional information will be released as it becomes available.”
The person was apprehended during a traffic stop in Rio Rico, Arizona, south of Tucson, according to two law enforcement sources. Rio Rico is close to the border with Mexico. Furthermore, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department, with assistance by the FBI’s Evidence Response Team, is conducting a search in Rio Rico related to the investigation.
The news comes just hours after law enforcement officials released images of a masked person outside Guthrie’s Arizona home earlier on Tuesday that appear to have been captured by a home surveillance camera.
The images mark a significant development in the disappearance of Guthrie, mother of “Today” show co-host Savannah Guthrie.
“Over the last eight days, the FBI and Pima County Sheriff’s Department have been working closely with our private sector partners to continue to recover any images or video footage from Nancy Guthrie’s home that may have been lost, corrupted, or inaccessible due to a variety of factors — including the removal of recording devices,” FBI Director Kash Patel said in a statement.
The agencies discovered those images as recently as Tuesday morning, Patel added, “showing an armed individual appearing to have tampered with the camera at Nancy Guthrie’s front door the morning of her disappearance.”
The images show a person in a ski mask, wearing a jacket and a backpack, with dark gloves on.
Patel also posted videos of the person seemingly fiddling with the camera.
Guthrie was reported missing Feb. 1 after she did not show up to a virtual Sunday church service viewing with friends. Pima County sheriff’s deputies found blood on the front door that was later confirmed to be hers.
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Clarissa-Jan Lim is a breaking news reporter for MS NOW. She was previously a senior reporter and editor at BuzzFeed News.
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