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Deputies detained the person during a traffic stop south of Tucson on Tuesday, according to the Pima County Sheriff’s Department.
This combo image shows surveillance images at the home of Nancy Guthrie the night she went missing in Tucson, Ariz. FBI via AP
By The Associated Press
updated on February 10, 2026
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TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A person has been detained for questioning in the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, officials said Tuesday, offering another potential break in a case that has gripped the nation for more than a week.
Deputies detained the person during a traffic stop south of Tucson on Tuesday, according to the Pima County Sheriff’s Department.
The department did not immediately provide additional details. It wasn’t clear if the person being questioned is the person captured on surveillance video outside Guthrie’s house that was released earlier Tuesday.
The FBI referred all questions about a person being detained to the sheriff’s department.
The department, along with the FBI’s Evidence Response Team, was also conducting a court-authorized search in Rio Rico, about an hour south of Tucson, Tuesday night as part of the investigation, the department said in a statement. It was expected to take several hours.
The news came hours after the FBI released surveillance images of a masked person with a handgun holster outside Guthrie’s front door the night she vanished.
New images in the search for Nancy Guthrie:
Over the last eight days, the FBI and Pima County Sheriff’s Department have been working closely with our private sector partners to continue to recover any images or video footage from Nancy Guthrie’s home that may have been lost,… pic.twitter.com/z5WLgPtZpT
— FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) February 10, 2026
The person wearing a backpack and a ski mask can be seen in one of the videos tilting their head down and away from a doorbell camera while nearing an archway at the home of the mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie.
The footage shows the person holding a flashlight in their mouth and trying to cover the camera with a gloved hand and part of a plant ripped from Nancy Guthrie’s yard.
The videos — less than a combined minute in length — gave investigators and the public their first glimpse of who was outside Nancy Guthrie’s home just outside Tucson, but the images did not show what happened to her or help determine whether the 84-year-old is still alive.
FBI Director Kash Patel said the “armed individual” appeared to “have tampered with the camera.” It was not entirely clear whether there was a gun in the holster.
This image provided by the FBI shows surveillance images at the home of Nancy Guthrie the night she went missing in Tucson, » …