Man says he was questioned about Nancy Guthrie's disappearance before being released [View all]

Source: AP

By TY ONEIL, JOHN SEEWER and HALLIE GOLDEN
Updated 8:50 AM CST, February 11, 2026

RIO RICO, Ariz. (AP) — Soon after the FBI released images of a masked person on Nancy Guthrie’s porch the night she went missing in Arizona, authorities detained a man who said he was questioned for hours Tuesday night and later released.

The man, who was detained during a traffic stop south of Tucson according to the Pima County Sheriff’s Department, told several media outlets that he had nothing to do with last week’s disappearance of Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie.

Authorities have not said what led them to stop the man and had not confirmed he was released. The sheriff’s department said its deputies and FBI agents also searched a location Tuesday night in Rio Rico, a city where the man lives near U.S.-Mexico border.

It was the latest twist in an investigation that has gripped the nation since Nancy Guthrie disappeared on Feb. 1. Until Tuesday, it seemed authorities were making little headway in determining what happened to her or finding who was responsible.



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