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<\/p>\n30 minutes ago: Camron Guthrie’s son claims he knows the identity suspect…See more<\/p>\n
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A man who was detained during a traffic stop by investigators looking into the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie has been released after questioning.<\/p>\n
In an interview early Wednesday, the man said he had not heard about Nancy Guthrie but hopes that she is found safe. \u201cI hope they get the suspect, because I\u2019m not it,\u201d he said, speaking on the doorstep of his wife and mother-in-law\u2019s home in Rio Rico, Ariz.<\/p>\n
The F.B.I. and the Pima County, Ariz., Sheriff\u2019s Department on Tuesday had carried out a \u201ccourt-authorized search\u201d related to the investigation in Rio Rico, Ariz., about an hour\u2019s drive south of Tucson, Ariz., the county sheriff, Chris Nanos, said in a statement.<\/p>\n
As of 1:20 a.m. local time on Wednesday, the department had not yet confirmed that it had released the person it had detained for questioning. But a spokeswoman, Angelica Carrillo, said investigators had \u201ccompleted their search of a property in Rio Rico.\u201d<\/p>\n
Investigators questioned the man after he was detained during a traffic stop south of Tucson, more than 10 days into the search for the 84-year-old mother of the \u201cToday\u201d host Savannah Guthrie.<\/p>\n
Outside a home in Rio Rico, a woman said the man was her son-in-law and that investigators had broken down her door and were searching the house. She said her son-in-law had been delivering food when he was stopped by the police. She insisted that the masked figure in a newly released surveillance video was not him.<\/p>\n
The footage, released earlier, shows a masked person on Nancy Guthrie\u2019s porch around the time that she is believed to have vanished from her neighborhood near Tucson early on Feb. 1. The person is wearing a ski mask, gloves and a backpack, and appears to be armed with a pistol.<\/p>\n
Cable news pundits and true crime enthusiasts have spent more than a week analyzing the scant details of Ms. Guthrie\u2019s case as they have trickled out. The authorities said early on that they were investigating the disappearance as a kidnapping, and Savannah Guthrie and her siblings have released a series of videos pleading with whoever is involved to reach out to them. They said they were prepared to listen to ransom demands.<\/p>\n
It was not yet clear whether the authorities believe the person being questioned is the same person in the video, according to a second law enforcement official familiar with the case. Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to share details.<\/p>\n
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Chilling video:<\/strong>\u00a0The 44 seconds of silent black-and-white surveillance footage released on Tuesday shows a masked figure approaching Ms. Guthrie\u2019s house and raising a gloved hand to block a Nest doorbell camera. The camera was eventually disabled.\u00a0Read more\u00a0\u203a<\/p>\n Footage delay:<\/strong>\u00a0Federal authorities said the doorbell video released on Tuesday had been \u201cpreviously inaccessible,\u201d but declined to explain why. Experts said it likely took longer to find the video because Ms. Guthrie did not pay for a subscription to the Nest service.\u00a0Read more \u203a<\/p>\n Rio Rico:\u00a0<\/strong>The town where officials detained a person for questioning has long been a key transit point for smugglers because of its location near Interstate 19 and the wild desert hills that stretch across the border with Mexico. A Border Patrol agent, Brian Terry, was killed near the town of about 20,500 in a\u00a0shootout with armed bandits\u00a0in 2010.<\/p>\n Timeline:<\/strong>\u00a0Ms. Guthrie\u2019s older daughter, Annie, and her son-in-law, Tommaso Cioni, were the last people to see her before she vanished. Mr. Cioni drove Ms. Guthrie home from dinner. Hours later, at about 1:47 a.m., her front door camera was disconnected. Investigators believe that she was most likely taken soon after.\u00a0Read more \u203a<\/p>\n Ransom demand:<\/strong>\u00a0The authorities had said last week that they were reviewing a message sent to a Tucson television station, but did not confirm that it was related to a purported ransom note sent earlier, which demanded millions of dollars in Bitcoin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 30 minutes ago: Camron Guthrie’s son claims he knows the identity suspect…See more A man who was detained during a traffic stop by investigators looking into the disappearance of … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13832,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n