The Pima County Sheriff’s Department, with assistance from the FBI, has detained an individual for questioning in connection with the abduction of Nancy Guthrie, a law enforcement official briefed on the investigation told ABC News.
The individual was detained in a location south of Tucson, the source said, and law enforcement is preparing to search a location associated with the individual.
The development followed the first images released of a masked man approaching Nancy Guthrie’s front door and as investigators continued to search in her neighborhood.
TUCSON, ARIZONA – FEBRUARY 10: In an aerial view, law enforcement and news broadcasters are stationed outside of Nancy Guthrie’s residence on February 10, 2026 in Tucson, Arizona. Searches continues for Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of U.S. journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie, after she went missing from her home on the morning of February 1st. Guthrie’s possible abductors had set a deadline of 5pm on February 9 for a…
Brandon Bell/Getty Images
However, there’s no indication that the person who was detained is the figure seen in the newly released video footage.
Earlier Tuesday, FBI Director Kash Patel released images and video of an “armed individual” in connection with the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie.
FBI Director Kash Patel released a surveillance photo, Feb. 10, 2026 showing a potential subject in investigation of the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie in Tucson, AZ.
@FBIDirectorKash/X
New Guthrie video can help law enforcement build a profile of armed individual, former agents say
The images showed someone wearing a mask, gloves, a backpack and armed with a holstered handgun at the front door of Nancy Guthrie’s Tucson-area home around the time investigators suspect she was abducted on Feb. 1.
“[L]aw enforcement has uncovered these previously inaccessible new images showing an armed individual appearing to have tampered with the camera at Nancy Guthrie’s front door the morning of her disappearance,” Patel said in his post.
FBI Director Kash Patel released a surveillance photo, Feb. 10, 2026 showing a potential subject in investigation of the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie in Tucson, Az.
@FBIDirectorKash/X
As Nancy Guthrie ransom deadline passes, investigators appear uncertain if it’s real: Experts
The Guthrie family was shown the images before their public release, law enforcement sources told ABC News.
Savannah Guthrie posted the images to her Instagram account, with the message, “We believe she is still alive. Bring her home.”
In a second Instagram post on Tuesday afternoon, Savannah Guthrie wrote, “Someone out there recognizes this person. We believe she is still out there. Bring her home.”
Nancy Guthrie was taken from her home on Sunday, Feb. 1, according to authorities. A Monday ransom deadline by persons claiming to be Guthrie’s abductors passed as the search for her continues.
Patel said the FBI and the Pima County Sheriff’s office worked with “private sector partners” in recent days to recover the video footage, which Patel said had been “lost, corrupted, or inaccessible due to a variety of factors, including the removal of recording devices.”
This image provided by the FBI Feb. 5, 2026, shows a missing person Nancy Guthrie.
FBI
“The video was recovered from residual data located in the backend systems,” Patel said. “Working with four partners — as 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’s front door the morning of her disappearance.”
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said President Donald Trump was briefed on the latest details in the case and was reviewing the video footage posted online by Patel.
“We’re just praying for the safety of Nancy Guthrie and that she will return home soon. And the president directed me to please encourage all Americans with any information to call the FBI, and we hope that this case will come to a positive resolution as soon as possible,” Leavitt said.
The latest development in the case came a day after Savannah Guthrie made an impassioned plea to the public to help solve her mother’s disappearance.
“We are at an hour of desperation, and we need your help,” Savannah Guthrie said in an Instagram video, speaking directly to the camera. It was the fourth video that Guthrie and her two siblings had released on social media since their mother vanished.
The exact time of Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance is unclear. Her doorbell camera disconnected at 1:47 a.m., on Feb. 1, according to Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos. At 2:12 a.m., the camera software detected a person, and at 2:28 a.m., Nancy Guthrie’s pacemaker app disconnected from her phone, which was left behind at her house, Nanos said.
Over the weekend, the Guthrie family received a demand for a bitcoin ransom by a Monday deadline by a party claiming to be Nancy Guthrie’s kidnapper. Savannah Guthrie and her siblings said they’d pay for their mother’s return.
“We received your message and we understand,” Savannah Guthrie said in an Instagram video over the weekend. “We beg you now to return our mother to us so we can celebrate with her. This is the only way we will have peace. This is very valuable to us, and we will pay.”
After the ransom deadline passed Monday evening, the FBI released a statement, saying its agents continued to work around the clock on the case and that more were being sent to Arizona to assist in the investigation.
“The FBI is not aware of any continued communication between the Guthrie family and suspected kidnappers, nor have we identified a suspect or person of interest in this case at this time,” the FBI said in its statement.
The bureau added that additional personnel from FBI field offices nationwide would continue to be deployed to the Tucson area to work on the case
“We are currently operating a 24-hour command post that includes crisis management experts, analytic support, and investigative teams. But we still need the public’s help,” the FBI’s statement said. “Someone has that one piece of information that can help us bring Nancy home.”
News
LATEST: A witness has been found in the case of a husband pushing his wife into the sea in the Bahamas amid desperate cries for help, holding a 33-minute-43-second video as evidence
LATEST: Witness Emerges in Shocking Bahamas Case, Claims Husband Pushed Wife Into the Sea as She Screamed — 33-Minute Video Evidence Surfaces A disturbing new development has emerged in a case that is rapidly gaining international attention, as authorities confirm that a key witness has come forward claiming to have seen a husband push his […]
LATEST: A witness has surfaced in the case of a husband pushing his wife into the sea in the Bahamas despite her panicked screams, with a 33-minute-43-second video identified as key evidence
LATEST: Witness Emerges in Shocking Bahamas Case, Claims Husband Pushed Wife Into the Sea as She Screamed — 33-Minute Video Evidence Surfaces A disturbing new development has emerged in a case that is rapidly gaining international attention, as authorities confirm that a key witness has come forward claiming to have seen a husband push his […]
LATEST: A WITNESS has been found who saw the HUSBAND PUSH HIS WIFE INTO THE SEA in the BAHAMAS despite her SCREAMS; the witness possesses EVIDENCE in the form of a 33-MINUTE-43-SECOND VIDEO
LATEST: Witness Emerges in Shocking Bahamas Case, Claims Husband Pushed Wife Into the Sea as She Screamed — 33-Minute Video Evidence Surfaces A disturbing new development has emerged in a case that is rapidly gaining international attention, as authorities confirm that a key witness has come forward claiming to have seen a husband push his […]
LATEST: The mysterious disappearance of an American woman in the Bahamas intensifies after a phone containing a 33-second DISTURBING video is found — is the investigation changing direction?
LATEST: Search for Missing American Woman in the Bahamas Takes Dramatic Turn After Discovery of 33-Second Scream-Filled Video The search for an American woman believed to have fallen into the sea in the Bahamas has entered a critical new phase after investigators uncovered a chilling piece of evidence: a mobile phone containing a 33-second video […]
LATEST: The case of an American woman believed to have fallen into the sea in the Bahamas sees a NEW DEVELOPMENT after a phone with a 33-second HORRIFYING video is discovered — is the investigation shifting?
LATEST: Search for Missing American Woman in the Bahamas Takes Dramatic Turn After Discovery of 33-Second Scream-Filled Video The search for an American woman believed to have fallen into the sea in the Bahamas has entered a critical new phase after investigators uncovered a chilling piece of evidence: a mobile phone containing a 33-second video […]
LATEST: The SEARCH for an American woman believed to have FALLEN INTO THE SEA in the Bahamas has taken a DRAMATIC TURN after a MOBILE PHONE was discovered containing a 33-SECOND VIDEO filled with SCREAMS — has a NEW CLUE shifted the direction of the INVESTIGATION?
LATEST: Search for Missing American Woman in the Bahamas Takes Dramatic Turn After Discovery of 33-Second Scream-Filled Video The search for an American woman believed to have fallen into the sea in the Bahamas has entered a critical new phase after investigators uncovered a chilling piece of evidence: a mobile phone containing a 33-second video […]
End of content
No more pages to load
