No Arrests Made After Three People Detained in Nancy Guthrie Case

Three people were detained Friday night in Tucson, Arizona following a SWAT team operation in connection to the kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie, but authorities said Saturday that no arrests were made.

The Pima County Sheriff’s Department descended on the Tucson home less than two miles from Guthrie’s house with a search warrant and detained a man and a woman, possibly a mother and a son, NewsNation reported. A second man was pulled over at a traffic stop and detained while he was en route to the house that was searched.

“Law enforcement activity is underway at a residence near E Orange Grove Rd & N First Ave related to the Guthrie case. Because this is a joint investigation, at the request of the FBI – no additional information is currently available,” the Pima County Sheriff’s Office said on social media late Friday night.

However, on Saturday morning, the sheriff’s department told local news affiliate KOLD, “Nothing more than a lead tracked down that led to a search warrant and no arrest.” Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos similarly told NewsNation’s Brian Entin, “Just tracking down leads. No arrests. And no signs of Nancy.”

Authorities did not elaborate on the specifics of the lead that led the SWAT operation. Earlier in the week, the sheriff’s department conducted a similar operation, briefly detaining a person of interest — later revealed as a deliveryman named Carlos — before ultimately releasing him without charges hours later.

The 84-year-old Nancy, mother of NBC news anchor Savannah Guthrie, has been missing for nearly two weeks and is believed to have been taken from her home against her will by a masked man, doorbell camera footage revealed. She was last seen on Jan. 31 and has been without the medication she is required to take daily.

The FBI announced earlier this week that it increased the reward for any information leading to Nancy’s location to $100,000.