{"id":2277291,"date":"2026-02-11T13:22:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T13:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2277291"},"modified":"2026-02-11T13:22:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T13:22:12","slug":"man-detained-in-nancy-guthrie-disappearance-is-released-as-he-maintains-innocence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/man-detained-in-nancy-guthrie-disappearance-is-released-as-he-maintains-innocence\/","title":{"rendered":"Man detained in Nancy Guthrie disappearance is released as he maintains innocence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A man maintained his innocence after he was released from being <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/10\/celebrity-news\/person-detained-for-questioning-in-nancy-guthrie-case\/\">detained for questioning<\/a> in the disappearance of Savannah Guthrie\u2019s mom, Nancy Guthrie.<\/p>\n<p>The individual, who identified himself only as Carlos,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc15.com\/news\/local-news\/region-central-southern-az\/exclusive-man-detained-by-police-in-nancy-guthrie-search-speaks-to-abc15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told ABC15 Arizona<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0Ford Hatchett that he was pulled over while DoorDashing in Rio Rico, Ariz., on Tuesday and was being \u201cdetained for kidnapping.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI asked, \u2018The kidnapping of who?\u2019 and they told me this lady \u2026 I don\u2019t know her name,\u201d he said as Hatchett helped Carlos identify the woman as Savannah Guthrie\u2019s 84-year-old mom.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The man who was detained for questioning in Nancy Guthrie\u2019s disappearance was released. <span class=\"credit\">CBS News<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The individual, who went by Carlos, told reporters he didn\u2019t know who the Guthries were.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI told [officers], \u2018I work in Tucson for GLS. I might have delivered a package to your house, but I never kidnapped anybody,\u2019\u201d Carlos declared.<\/p>\n<p>He said officials told him he was \u201cfree to go\u201d after answering their questions about Nancy\u2019s disappearance. <\/p>\n<p>Carlos told reporters that he allegedly wasn\u2019t read his Miranda rights until \u201ctwo hours\u201d after they detained him and that his wrists were swollen from how tight the handcuffs were on him.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, the Pima County Sheriff\u2019s Department revealed they detained someone for questioning in connection with\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/02\/celebrity-news\/savannah-guthries-mom-84-reported-missing-in-southern-arizona-homicide-detectives-involved\/\">Nancy\u2019s disappearance<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cI asked, \u2018The kidnapping of who?\u2019 and they told me this lady \u2026 I don\u2019t know her name,\u201d he told reporters. <span class=\"credit\">CBS News<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cI never kidnapped anybody,\u201d Carlos declared. <span class=\"credit\">CBS News<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis operation is expected to last several hours. No further details at this time,\u201d they said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities also said they obtained a search warrant for a location in Rio Rico related to the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The update came hours after the FBI <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/10\/celebrity-news\/photo-of-potential-subject-in-nancy-guthrie-kidnapping-released-by-cops\/\">released horrifying home security camera photos<\/a> of an armed masked person outside of Nancy\u2019s door the night she disappeared. <\/p>\n<p>In the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/10\/celebrity-news\/watch-disturbing-video-of-armed-nancy-guthrie-suspect-breaking-in\/\">videos and photos<\/a>, the individual stood on Nancy\u2019s front porch, wearing gloves, as the person tampered with her door camera.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI said the video was \u201crecovered from residual data located in backend systems.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>A persons of interest was detained hours after the FBI released chilling images of an armed suspect at Nancy\u2019s home. <span class=\"credit\">FBI<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The person wore a mask and gloves. <span class=\"credit\">FBI<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWorking with our partners \u2014 as of this morning, law enforcement has uncovered these previously inaccessible new images showing an armed individual appearing to have tampered with the\u00a0camera at Nancy Guthrie\u2019s front door the morning of her disappearance,\u201d they said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Page Six spoke with longtime private investigator Andy Kay, who told us the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/10\/celebrity-news\/rookie-nancy-guthrie-suspect-made-grave-error-on-night-of-kidnapping-expert\/\">surveillance videos came from Nest<\/a> and that the \u201ccameras will record to the servers as long as they have internet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Once images of the suspect were released, Savannah, 54, posted them on Instagram, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/10\/celebrity-news\/savannah-guthrie-shares-message-after-footage-of-moms-kidnapping-suspect-is-released\/\">pleading for the safe return of her mother<\/a>. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Savannah posted the suspect\u2019s images to her Instagram, pleading for the safe return of her mom. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/savannahguthrie<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The \u201cToday\u201d show host and her family members did not meet the ransom note\u2019s deadline of $6 million in a bitcoin account by 5 p.m.\/7 p.m. ET MT Monday. <span class=\"credit\">Savannah Guthrie\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe believe she is still alive. Bring her home,\u201d she captioned one of her posts, with a second caption reading, \u201cSomeone out there recognizes this person. We believe she is still out there. Bring her home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cToday\u201d show host and her relatives were <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/09\/celebrity-news\/nancy-guthries-second-ransom-deadline-passes-as-desperate-search-for-savannahs-mother-continues\/\">instructed to place $6 million in a bitcoin account<\/a> by 5 p.m.\/7 p.m. ET MT Monday as a second ransom deadline.<\/p>\n<p>Though they did not pay the ransom before the deadline expired, Page Six confirmed that activity was recently shown in the bitcoin account.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Nancy was last seen on Jan. 31. <span class=\"credit\">Courtesy NBC Universal<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>She was reported missing when she didn\u2019t attend church the following day. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/savannahguthrie<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Nancy was last seen on Jan. 31 after she was dropped off at her Tucson, Ariz., home by her daughter Annie and her son-in-law Tommaso Cioni <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/04\/us-news\/savannah-guthries-brother-in-law-was-the-last-person-to-see-mom-nancy-before-she-vanished\/\">following a daily dinner<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Police were notified that the elder was missing when she didn\u2019t attend church the following morning.<\/p>\n<p>During the investigation into her disappearance, authorities <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/03\/celebrity-news\/new-video-shows-apparent-blood-trail-outside-savannah-guthries-moms-home\/\">found a trail of blood<\/a> at the home that belonged to Nancy.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man maintained his innocence after he was released from being detained for questioning in the disappearance of Savannah Guthrie\u2019s mom, Nancy Guthrie. The individual, who identified himself only as Carlos,\u00a0told ABC15 Arizona\u2019s\u00a0Ford Hatchett that he was pulled over while DoorDashing in Rio Rico, Ariz., on Tuesday and was being \u201cdetained for kidnapping.\u201d \u201cI asked, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2277292,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[22385,30055,24003,370735,351221,351836,21913],"class_list":["post-2277291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-arizona","tag-celebrity-moms","tag-celebrity-news","tag-kidnappings","tag-missing-persons","tag-savannah-guthrie","tag-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Man-detained-in-Nancy-Guthrie-disappearance-is-released-as-he.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2277291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2277291"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2277291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2277293,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2277291\/revisions\/2277293"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2277292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2277291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2277291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2277291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}