Nancy Guthrie newest: Mystery of Savannah’s lacking mother deepens after ‘detained subject’ launched
A person who was detained for questioning over the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of Today co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, has now been released, according to reports.
Sheriff Chris Nanos said the “detained subject” was picked up during a traffic stop Tuesday in Rio Rico – south of Tucson, Arizona, near the U.S.-Mexico border – based on investigative leads.
The development comes after police released new surveillance footage showing a masked and “armed” individual outside of the missing woman’s home.
Guthrie was last seen on January 31 and authorities believe she was abducted in the early hours of February 1.
The new video shows “an armed individual appearing to have tampered with the camera at Nancy Guthrie’s front door,” the Pima County Sheriff’s Department said.
Savannah Guthrie shared the footage on Instagram, writing: “We believe she is still alive. Bring her home.”
The FBI is meanwhile probing reports of a ransom note sent to media outlets demanding $6 million for Guthrie’s return, which included two payment deadlines that have since passed.
The bureau said it is “not aware of any continued communication” between the family and suspected kidnappers.
Detained man’s mother-in-law speaks out
An Arizona woman, who identified herself as Josefina, has told NewsNation about the circumstances in which her son-in-law was detained over the Nancy Guthrie investigation.
“My daughter and he, and the kids, my grandkids, were doing DoorDash when they got stopped here,” Josefina said.
“I told them you can go in and search my house, there is nobody there. I have nothing to hide.”
She told CNN her son-in-law had “nothing to do” with the disappearance but expressed her sorrow for the Guthrie family.
“I’m sorry what’s happened to them,” Josefina said.
“I don’t know her, I don’t know anything about their lives or what’s going on, but I’m so sorry – whoever took her, I hope she got back safe.”
Investigators complete search of Arizona property
Law enforcement has now completed its search of a property in Rio Rico, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department said.
A woman previously told CNN that the site in question was her home and that authorities were investigating her son-in-law.
Here’s more.
Patel says ‘substantial progress’ made in search for Nancy Guthrie
Appearing on Sean Hannity’s Fox News show last night, the FBI director said: “We have made substantial progress in the last 36-48 hours… I do believe we are looking at people who, as we say, are persons of interest.”
A night earlier, also on Hannity, Patel’s former deputy Dan Bongino, who stepped down to return to his past life as a Rumble podcaster, offered his own take on what may have happened to Nancy Guthrie, outlining three hypothetical scenarios:
FBI director thanks Phoenix agents for ‘working 24/7’ on Guthrie case
Kash Patel has issued this message of encouragement to his personnel attempting to track down Nancy Guthrie, 11 days on from her sudden disappearance.
Their movements are being closely observed on the ground by local media:
Man detained says he had never heard of Nancy Guthrie
A local journalist has interviewed the man detained and then released in the Guthrie investigation, who says he is a delivery driver and “didn’t even know who this woman was.”
“They told me I was being detained for kidnapping. I asked them, ‘kidnapping of who?’” the man told ABC15 reporter Ford Hatchett.
“I told them… I might have delivered a package to their house but I never kidnapped anybody.”
Breaking: Person detained for questioning has now been released
The person who was detained by police for questioning in the Nancy Guthrie case has now been released, CNN is reporting.
The person in question was pulled over by law enforcement yesterday at a traffic stop in Rio Rico – around an hour’s drive south of Tucson, close to the U.S.-Mexico border.
Their detention was based on investigative leads, a law enforcement official told CNN, but the person was not charged.
The Pima County Sheriff’s Department has meanwhile said this morning that investigators had completed their search of a property in Rio Rico.
Timeline of Guthrie siblings’ video messages to their mother’s purported abductors and the public
Today show host Savannah Guthrie and her siblings have posted a series of videos online since their mother, 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, went missing earlier this month in a mysterious case that has gripped the nation.
In the Instagram videos, Savannah, Camron and Annie Guthrie acknowledged media reports of a ransom letter. The family has pleaded for their mother’s return and requested proof of life and contact with whoever took their mother. In one, they said they would pay.
Individual detained in Nancy Guthrie kidnapping: What we know about the case and a ‘masked’ gunman at the door
Mother-in-law of detained man says FBI searched Rio Rico home
A woman who identified herself as the mother-in-law of the man detained for questioning in the Nancy Guthrie investigation said federal agents searched her home in Rio Rico, Arizona, after receiving a tip.
“They came out telling us that they had somebody gave a tip that the lady was in my house,” she told CNN. “They’re investigating my son-in-law. He’s not have nothing to do with that either.”
She said her son-in-law works as a delivery driver. “He’s a delivery guy. He does like FedEx or something like that,” she said.
Source: independent.co.uk
