What to know about the search for Nancy Guthrie

The Pima County Sheriff’s Department in Arizona has detained a person of interest in connection with the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie. The person was detained “during a traffic stop south of Tucson” and was being questioned.
Two law enforcement sources told CBS News that the residence of the person of interest, located in Rio Rico, Arizona — about 12 miles from the Mexican border — was being searched by local and federal authorities under a court order.
Nancy Guthrie, 84, the mother of “Today” show co-host Savannah Guthrie, has been missing since Feb. 1. Authorities believe she was abducted from her home in Tucson in the middle of the night.
The FBI on Tuesday released images and video of a person in a ski mask and gloves at Nancy Guthrie’s door the night she went missing.
A deadline from an apparent ransom note that demanded payment in bitcoin had passed on Monday, and an FBI spokesperson told CBS News investigators weren’t aware of any continued communication.
Savannah Guthrie and her siblings have released several videos pleading for their mother’s return and urging the public to share any tips with law enforcement.

Authorities searching home of person of interest in Rio Rico, Arizona, sources say

Local and federal authorities were searching the residence of the person of interest who has been detained in connection with the abduction of Nancy Guthrie, two sources familiar with the investigation told CBS News late Tuesday night.

The person was taken into custody following a traffic stop in Rio Rico, a community in southern Arizona located near the Mexican border, the sources said.

The search is under a court authorized warrant, the sources said.

An FBI spokesperson had previously said the agency was assisting the Pima County Sheriff’s Department with the search of the Rio Rico residence.

The search was expected to take several hours, the sheriff’s department said in a statement.

FBI assisting in search in Rio Rico, Arizona

A spokesperson says the FBI’s Evidence Response Team is assisting the Pima County Sheriff’s Department with a court-authorized search of a location in Rio Rico, Arizona. They said the search is related to the Nancy Guthrie investigation and that law enforcement will be at the location for several hours.

Rio Rico is located south of Tucson and about 12 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border.

White House closely monitoring situation in Tucson, Trump official says

A senior Trump administration official told CBS News late Tuesday night that the White House is monitoring the situation in Tucson closely.

Earlier Tuesday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt had told reporters that she and President had been reviewing the latest surveillance video and photos, and that Mr. Trump’s initial reaction to the situation was “pure disgust.”

Subject detained during traffic stop

Deputies from the Pima County Sheriff’s Department “detained a subject during a traffic stop south of Tucson,” and that person was being questioned in connection with Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance, the office said.

It did not specify if the person detained Tuesday night was the same subject seen in the surveillance video released earlier in the day.

Person of interest taken into custody quickly

Details of the operation to detain a person of interest in the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie were scant, but the person was apparently taken into custody quickly on Tuesday night. It was not clear what brought law enforcement to the location or the person of interest.

Person of interest detained in connection with Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance

A person of interest has been detained in connection with the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the mother of “Today” show co-host Savannah Guthrie, two law enforcement sources told CBS News. The were detained in a city south of Tucson, the sources said.

It was not immediately clear if the person detained was the same person seen in surveillance video and images released by the FBI earlier Tuesday.

There was also no immediate word on the whereabouts or condition of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, who has been missing for 10 days and was without medication her family said she needed to take daily.

FBI released photos, videos of subject in Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance

Earlier Tuesday, FBI Director Kash Patel shared images and videos of a subject in the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie. The images, which were recovered from the home security carmera, showed a person wearing a ski mask and gloves. The person was carrying a backpack and appeared to also possibly have a gun holstered on their belt.
fbi-guthrie-pics.jpg Two of the images released by the FBI of a subject seen on surveillance video in the Nancy Guthrie case.FBI
The FBI and the sheriff’s department said the images were recovered from “residual data located in backend systems.” Two law enforcement sources told CBS News the FBI worked with Google to get the Nest camera video

After those images were released, search and rescue teams, along with the FBI, began canvassing the nearby neighborhood where Nancy Guthrie’s other daughter, Annie Guthrie, lives.

It was not immediately clear if the subject seen in the videos was the person who was detained Tuesday night.

Members of SWAT team activated

Members of the regional SWAT were activated to work with the Pima County Sheriff’s Department on Tuesday night, Oro Valley Police told CBS News.