There’s a new development in the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie. The major news comes hours after the FBI released footage of a potential suspect.

A person was reportedly detained in connection to Nancy Guthrie’s case (Image: Savannah Guthrie/Instagram)
An individual has reportedly been detained in relation to the Nancy Guthrie case.
A law enforcement official told ABC News that the Pima County Sheriff’s Department, with assistance from the FBI, has an individual in custody for questioning in connection with the abduction of the 84-year-old. The source told the outlet that the individual was detained in a location south of Tucson, Arizona, and that police are preparing to search the location associated with the individual.
This breaking news update follows as the FBI released surveillance footage of a masked person approaching Nancy’s front door and tampering with her front door camera on Tuesday, February 10. It comes after an ex-FBI agent revealed the hidden codeword that Savannah used in her message to the kidnappers.
The outlet noted that there’s been no indication that the detained individual is the same figure in the newly released video footage.

Earlier on Tuesday, the FBI released videos and images of a potential suspect (Image: FBIDirectorKash/X)
Earlier on Tuesday, FBI Director Kash Patel released videos and photos of a masked and “armed” person. “Law enforcement has uncovered these previously inaccessible new images showing an armed individual appearing to have tampered with the camera at Nancy Guthrie’s front door the morning of her disappearance,” he wrote in a post on X, formerly Twitter.
The videos and images revealed a figure wearing a mask, gloves, a zipped-up jacket, pants, and sneakers. The individual also had a backpack and a holstered handgun. They were also at Nancy’s home around the time that investigators believe she was taken on February 1.
Authorities have previously given a timeline for Nancy’s disappearance, and at 1:47 a.m., the 84-year-old woman’s doorbell camera disconnected. Then, at 2:12 a.m., the camera detected a person. Prior to the release on Tuesday, officials stated they were unable to retrieve the footage. Last week, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said in a press conference that the footage was not available and that the camera software company had “run out of ways to recover” the video.