The man who was detained and released after being questioned in connection with the abduction of “Today” show anchor Savannah Guthrie’s mother says it was \u201cterrifying.\u201d<\/p>\n
The man, who said he works in Tucson and delivers packages for a living, said he was detained in a traffic stop in Rio Rico, according to ABC Phoenix affiliate station KNXV<\/a>, which spoke to him after his encounter with law enforcement.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Pima County Sheriff’s Department said on Tuesday they had detained a “subject” in connection with the investigation.\u00a0<\/p>\n The FBI updated their missing person poster for Nancy Guthrie, Feb. 10, 2026.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n FBI<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n When asked about what happened, the man who spoke with KNXV said it was a \u201cterrifying\u201d experience and that authorities \u201cdidn\u2019t tell me anything at the beginning.\u201d<\/p>\n When asked if he delivered a package to Nancy Guthrie’s home, the man said, \u201cI don’t know. Might have been a possibility. I don’t know.”<\/p>\n \u201cI was detained the whole time,\u201d he told KNXV. \u201cI was being questioned, but they only asked me for my first name, my last name, my date of birth and my social.<\/p>\n The man whom officials detained had been on the radar of the FBI and Pima County Sheriff\u2019s Department regarding Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance prior to the public release on Tuesday of the images of a masked subject<\/a> at Guthrie’s front door, law enforcement sources told ABC News.<\/p>\n The individual, who identified himself as Carlos, was detained for questioning in Rio Rico after the FBI identified him using a series of electronic investigative tools, including cell phone usage information and traffic data, the sources said, without specifying the exact techniques.\u00a0<\/p>\n A local judge from Santa Cruz County, AZ, signed the warrant for the search of the man’s house, which was carried out overnight.\u00a0He was questioned for several hours before being released without charge and is under no law enforcement restrictions, according to the sources.<\/p>\n Security camera images show what the FBI describes as an armed individual appearing to have tampered with the camera at Nancy Guthrie’s front door the morning of her disappearance at her home in Tucson, Arizona, February 1, 2026.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n FBI via Reuters<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Separately, investigators are studying every pixel of the new video the FBI released publicly on Tuesday to try to find any identifying feature, including the apparent weapon and characteristics of what the subject was wearing, according to the sources.<\/p>\n![\"America\"](\"https:\/\/i.abcnewsfe.com\/a\/daaf41e6-385f-41f5-8ec4-8e8ae1ef2c79\/guthrie-12-ht-gmh-260210_1770751857267_hpEmbed_20x13.jpg?w=375 "\\"America\\"")
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