The development comes just hours after the FBI released the first images of a masked man outside of Nancy Guthrie’s home.
WASHINGTON — A person has been detained for questioning in connection with the disappearance of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, according to multiple media outlets.
A law enforcement official told ABC News and CNN on Tuesday that the Pima County Sheriff’s Department, with the FBI’s assistance, has detained a person for questioning in a location south of Tucson. Fox News also reports two sources confirming a person was detained for questioning.
The official stressed to CNN that the person has not been charged.
The development comes just hours after the FBI released the first images of a masked man outside of Nancy Guthrie’s home.
Earlier on Tuesday, authorities were back near Nancy Guthrie’s neighborhood, using vehicles to block her driveway. A few miles away, law enforcement was going door-to-door in the area where daughter Annie Guthrie lives, talking with neighbors as well as walking through a drainage area and examining the inside of a culvert with a flashlight.
Investigators have said, for more than a week, that they believe Nancy Guthrie was taken against her will. She was last seen at home Jan. 31 and reported missing the next day. DNA tests showed blood on her porch was hers, authorities said.
Timeline of Nancy’s disappearance
Investigators had previously released a timeline of Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance.
After going to a family member’s house for dinner and games, Nancy returned home via a rideshare driver around 9:45 p.m. local time on Saturday. Her garage door opened and closed a few minutes later, and it’s believed she got inside her home without issue.
Around 1:45 a.m., the doorbell camera attached to Nancy’s home was disconnected, officials said. Doorbell cameras are often hardwired into the home’s electrical supply, and a disconnect could mean the camera began operating on its battery backup.
At 2:12 p.m., the camera’s built-in software detected something in frame, but the device did not save footage. Law enforcement said it could be a person or even an animal that triggered the device.
By 2:28 p.m., the pacemaker app on Nancy’s phone indicated it had disconnected from the device. Most pacemaker apps connect with in-body devices through a wireless connection that requires them to be close to the device.
Sheriff’s officials say that the window indicates when Nancy was most likely taken.
