Creepy stranger arrested for driving previous Nancy Guthrie’s house as much as a HUNDRED occasions whereas looking at photograph of Savannah’s kidnapped mother on his cellphone
A man is said to have been arrested after he allegedly drove past Nancy Guthrie‘s home ‘100 times’ while staring at an image of the missing woman on his phone.
The unidentified stranger was stopped by law enforcement after reporters spotted him driving ‘very slowly’ past the property in Tucson, Arizona, late Thursday night, according to NewsNation.
Correspondent Brian Entin said the man drove his blue SUV up to the memorial outside the 84-year-old’s home and ‘just kept stopping,’ passing between ’50 and 100 times.’
A media photographer who approached the individual reportedly noticed he had a photo of Today host Savannah Guthrie‘s missing mother on his phone.
Officers with the Pima County Sheriff’s Department (PCSD) then stopped him outside the home and questioned him for about 20 minutes, according to Entin, who said he believed police were ‘trying to get a translator’ to communicate with the driver.
The man was handcuffed on a DUI charge after he failed a sobriety test, Entin alleged in a follow-up video.
‘It is weird. There’s some just like creepy people that come by,’ the journalist said.
The Daily Mail contacted the PCSD and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for comment on the mysterious man as the search for Nancy nears its fourth week.
An unidentified man was nabbed by police after he was allegedly caught circling Nancy Guthrie’s home ’50 to 100 times,’ while staring at an image of the 84-year-old on his phone
Nancy, Savannah Guthrie’s mother, was last seen by her family on January 31. She was reported missing the following morning and has not been seen or heard from since
The search for Nancy, who disappeared from her home in Tucson, Arizona, is nearing its fourth week, as authorities have followed a few leads to no avail
Nancy was last seen on January 31, after attending a dinner and game night at her eldest daughter Annie’s home.
She was reported missing the following morning, after she failed to show up for a church service.
Authorities have been on the case ever since but the few leads they have received have led nowhere, as Nancy’s whereabouts still remain unknown.
Her Today show host daughter and her siblings have made several pleas online to their beloved mother’s captor, begging them to come forward and tell them where she is.
On Tuesday, Savannah shared her most emotional plea yet as she teared up on camera and acknowledged for the first time that her mother might not be alive. She also announced that the family is now offering a $1 million reward for her kidnapped mother.
‘We need to know where she is, we need her to come home,’ she said in a video posted to her Instagram account.
‘We also know that she may be lost, she may already be gone. She may have already gone home to the lord that she loves,’ Savannah said through tears.
The journalist added that if Nancy has died, they will ‘accept it’ but the family still needs closure.
NewsNation reporter Brian Entin said he saw the man driving around her home and that he ‘just kept stopping’ at the memorial
‘But we need to know where she is. We need her to come home. For that reason, we are offering a family reward of up to $1 million for any information that leads us to her recovery,’ Savannah said.
She pleaded directly with Nancy’s kidnapper and anyone with information about her whereabouts, saying: ‘If you’ve been waiting and you haven’t been sure, let this be your sign to please come forward.
‘Tell what you know and help us bring our beloved mom home so that we can either celebrate a glorious, miraculous homecoming or celebrate the beautiful, brave, noble and courageous life that she has lived. Please be the light in the dark.’
The Guthrie family, acknowledging that there are millions of families in their exact situation, has also donated $500,000 to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Savannah revealed.
The FBI recently announced that the agency would be scaling back its now nearly month-long search for Nancy, with agents moving to a new command post more than 100 miles away from Phoenix, sources with knowledge of the investigation told ABC News.
Some agents will also stay behind in Tucson, they said.
The move does not indicate investigators are giving up in the search, the sources claimed.
Agents were seen outside the residence on Wednesday, combing through portions of the home and lawn that had already been searched.
Agents were seen outside the residence on Wednesday, combing through portions of the home and lawn that had already been searched
The flurry of activity was related to an FBI effort to turn the home back over to the Guthrie family, officials told NBC News.
Sources told ABC News on Thursday there was no more work to be done at the home, hence the relocation. Phoenix has the largest FBI headquarters in the state.
Investigators are under the impression that Nancy was taken against her will after drops of Nancy’s blood were found on her porch.
Footage recovered from the elderly woman’s Nest doorbell camera showed an unidentified suspect in a ski mask in front of her door early on February 1, before Nancy’s pacemaker suddenly stopped transmitting data to her iPhone and Apple watch.
PCSD deputies are still searching Tucson with help from an unspecified number of feds.
Agents in Phoenix, meanwhile, will work the case from there, sources said.
