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Tucson, Arizona: A person has been detained for questioning in the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, officials said, offering another potential break in a case that has gripped the nation for more than a week.<\/p>\n
Deputies detained the person during a traffic stop south of Tucson on Tuesday (Arizona time), according to the Pima County Sheriff\u2019s Department.<\/p>\n
The department did not immediately provide additional details. It wasn\u2019t clear if the person being questioned is the person captured on surveillance video outside Guthrie\u2019s house that was released earlier Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The FBI referred all questions about a person being detained to the sheriff\u2019s department.<\/p>\n
The department, along with the FBI\u2019s Evidence Response Team, was also conducting a court-authorised search in Rio Rico, about an hour south of Tucson, as part of the investigation, the department said in a statement. It was expected to take several hours.<\/p>\n
The people were not authorised to discuss details of an ongoing investigation and spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n
Earlier, the FBI released video and images of a masked intruder appearing to tamper with a surveillance camera at Nancy Guthrie\u2019s home early on the morning of her disappearance, providing significant new evidence in a mystery that has gripped the nation and the world.<\/p>\n
FBI director Kash Patel posted four images from a video he said was recovered from \u201cresidual data located in backend systems\u201d, after eight days of attempting to recover lost or inaccessible data from cameras at Nancy Guthrie\u2019s home.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs of this morning, law enforcement has uncovered these previously inaccessible new images showing an armed individual appearing to have tampered with the camera at Nancy Guthrie\u2019s front door the morning of her disappearance,\u201d Patel said.<\/p>\n
The black-and-white images show the person wearing a mask, dark gloves, a sweater, pants and a backpack. Patel subsequently posted a 27-second video that showed the person loitering outside the front door, and a 14-second video of the person appearing to cover the door\u2019s camera with foliage.<\/p>\n
It was previously known that a security camera at Guthrie\u2019s home detected a \u201cperson on camera\u201d at 2.12am on February 1, but there was no video to show what triggered that alert.<\/p>\n
Savannah Guthrie, who was born in Melbourne, has posted numerous videos<\/a> since her mother\u2019s disappearance, including one that acknowledged a \u201cmessage\u201d from a purported kidnapper and offered to pay a ransom.<\/p>\n Authorities believe Nancy Guthrie was taken against her will from her house, though police are yet to verify the authenticity of purported ransom notes that were sent to some US media outlets. The deadlines set in the notes have now passed.<\/p>\n They have refocused their search efforts near Nancy Guthrie\u2019s neighbourhood, using vehicles to block her driveway. A few miles away, law enforcement was going door-to-door in the area where daughter Annie Guthrie lives, talking to neighbours as well as walking through a drainage area and examining the inside of a culvert with a flashlight.<\/p>\n DNA tests showed blood on Guthrie\u2019s front porch was a match to her, and a doorbell camera was disconnected in the early hours of Sunday morning, police have said.<\/p>\n \u201cInvestigators have not identified any suspects, persons of interest, or vehicles connected to Nancy Guthrie,\u201d the Pima County Sheriff\u2019s Department said Monday.<\/p>\n Savannah Guthrie shared several of the new surveillance images and video<\/a> on social media with the caption: \u201cSomeone out there recognises this person. We believe she is still out there. Bring her home,\u201d along with numbers for the FBI and county sheriff. Within minutes, the posts had thousands of comments.<\/p>\n The family has posted a series of videos over the past week, each striking a different tone. The latest video from Savannah on Monday, in which she appeared alone, was more bleak.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are at an hour of desperation,\u201d she said. \u201cWe believe our mum is still out there. She was taken, and we don\u2019t know where, and we need your help.\u201d<\/p>\n Authorities say Nancy Guthrie needs daily medication because she is said to have high blood pressure and heart issues, including a pacemaker. She also has limited mobility, and it is believed she could not have left the home independently.<\/p>\n At a briefing, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said she and President Donald Trump had reviewed the new images released by the FBI, and Trump encouraged anyone with information to come forward.<\/p>\n Related Article \u201cThe prayers of this entire White House are with Savannah and her family at this time, and we hope this person is found soon and that her mother is brought home safely,\u201d Leavitt said.<\/p>\n The FBI has offered a $US50,000 ($71,000) reward for information leading to Guthrie\u2019s recovery or the arrest of anyone involved in her disappearance. The bureau this week began posting digital billboards in major cities from Texas to California.<\/p>\n Earlier, FBI spokesperson Connor Hagan said the bureau was not aware of ongoing communication between Guthrie\u2019s family and the suspected kidnappers. He also confirmed authorities had not identified any suspects or persons of interest.<\/p>\n \u201cSomeone has that one piece of information that can help us bring Nancy home,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Save<\/p>\n You have reached your maximum number of saved items.<\/p>\n Remove items from your saved list<\/a> to add more.<\/p>\n From our partners![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/afa9910f80741a5cebd37aac1be4b5cf1726a1cd67a19f674f0b98cb39e0c0ef.jpeg\")
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