Man detained over US TV host's mum Nancy Guthrie's disappearance

The Pima County Sheriff’s Department Deputies, along with the FBI, have taken a man into custody for questioning in connection with the disappearance of an 84-year-old woman. This development, as confirmed by a source familiar with the situation, has been reported by several local media outlets, including CNN.

The man was apprehended in an area south of Tucson, Arizona. It is important to note that no charges have been filed against him at this time.

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Nancy Guthrie has been missing for 10 days. (NBC via CNN Newsource)

The missing woman, Nancy, was last seen at her Tucson residence on January 31, and she has now been missing for ten days. Her daughter, Savannah Guthrie, a journalist and long-time co-anchor of the “Today” show on US television, has been actively seeking help in the search for her mother. Guthrie has made multiple public appeals for information and has even offered a ransom to the unknown individuals involved in her mother’s disappearance.

This arrest follows the release of unsettling CCTV footage by the FBI, which shows a man at the doorstep of Nancy’s home. The footage has added a chilling dimension to the ongoing investigation.

Her daughter, journalist and long-term co-anchor of the Today US television news program Savannah Guthrie, has issued repeated pleas for information and even appealed to the unknown kidnappers, offering to pay a ransom.

The arrest comes after chilling CCTV footage of a man on the doorstep of her own was released by the FBI.

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Video shows a masked man on the doorstep of missing US woman Nancy Guthrie. (Kash Patel/FBI/X)

FBI Director Kash Patel posted the images online early today, saying they had been recovered “from residual data located in backend systems”.

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