Person Detained in Connection to Nancy Guthrie’s Disappearance

The Pima County Sheriff’s Department said on Feb. 10 that a person believed to be connected to Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance has been detained for questioning.

The sheriff’s department said in a statement posted on X that “deputies detained a subject during a traffic stop” south of Tucson, Arizona.

Police did not say how the person is linked to the Guthrie case or disclose their identity.

Local news station ABC15 interviewed a man identified as Carlos, who said he was detained during a traffic stop in connection with Guthrie’s case before being released several hours later. The man said he delivers packages and might have delivered one to Guthrie’s address.

“They told me I was being detained for kidnapping. And I asked him, ‘kidnapping of who?’ And they told me this lady, I don’t know her name,” he said. “I might have delivered a package to her house, but I never kidnapped anybody.”

The Pima County Sheriff’s Department has not confirmed whether the person authorities detained during a traffic stop had been released.

Guthrie, 84, was last seen on the evening of Jan. 31 at her home near East Skyline Drive and North Campbell Avenue in Catalina Foothills, Arizona—a Tucson suburb—and investigators believe she may have been abducted.

The FBI on Feb. 10 released new images and videos showing a masked person tampering a door camera outside of Guthrie’s home.

The footage, labeled as from a Nest camera, shows a person approaching the front door of Guthrie’s residence and moving their hand around close to the camera.

The FBI said the video had been inaccessible and was recovered from “residual data located in backend systems.”

“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,” the FBI said on X.

Savannah Guthrie, daughter of Nancy Guthrie and host of NBC’s “Today” show, shared pictures from the video on social media, asking anyone who recognizes the person to reach out.

“Someone out there recognizes this person. We believe she is still out there. Bring her home,” Savannah wrote in an Instagram post on Feb. 10.

The FBI said on Feb. 5 it was working with the Pima County Sheriff’s Department to solve the case and announced a $50,000 reward for information that leads to the recovery of Nancy Guthrie or the arrest and conviction of anyone involved in her disappearance.

Ransom notes purportedly demanding millions of dollars for Guthrie’s return were sent to multiple news outlets last week. The FBI said the notes contained two deadlines. The first passed on Feb. 5 and the second passed on Feb. 9.

Guthrie’s children, in a video released Feb. 4, acknowledged reports of a ransom letter connected to their mother’s disappearance and said they were ready for communication with possible captors.

Meanwhile, the FBI said on Feb. 9 it was not aware of any ongoing communication between the Guthrie family and any suspected kidnappers.

Zachary Stieber contributed to this report.

An earlier version of the story mischaracterized the person detained. The Epoch Times regrets the error.