Authorities detained a man for questioning as the hunt for Nancy Guthrie continues.
One man was picked up Friday by a SWAT team with the Pima County Sheriffâs Department after they swarmed a home two miles from the 84-year-oldâs Tucson property, according to TMZ.
Law enforcement executed a search warrant for the home after receiving a tip, a local police source told Fox News Digital.
Law enforcement questioned the man but released him, believing him not to be the kidnapper, a law enforcement official told CNN Chief Law Enforcement and Intelligence Analyst John Miller. The man was said to be cooperative.
âWe may see a couple more of these as this goes on,â Miller added.
The Pima County Sheriffâs Department did not immediately respond to Page Sixâs request for comment.
The new development comes as agents were also seen towing away a silver SUV from a parking lot outside a Tucson restaurant Friday night, Fox News reported.
Prior to these potential breaks in the case, authorities detained a man named Carlos during a traffic stop in Rio Rico, Ariz., south of Tucson near the Mexico border on Feb. 10 in connection to the investigation, but he was released the following day.
He told local outlets he was âdetained for kidnappingâ while he was out DoorDashing.
âI asked, âThe kidnapping of who?â and they told me this lady ⊠I donât know her name,â he said of Savannah Guthrieâs 84-year-old mom.
Carlos explained he works for a delivery service in Tucson, but declared that he never kidnapped anyone and was released after questioning.
Authorities also performed a court-approved search of his home.
The latest news comes after Pima County Sheriffâs Department confirmed they recovered DNA from someone in the home who is not âcloseâ to Nancy.
âDNA other than Nancy Guthrieâs and those in close contact to her has been collected from the property. Investigators are working to identify who it belongs to,â they announced on Feb. 13, declining to share where in the home they collected the DNA from.
Earlier in the week, they also collected DNA samples from hired workers around Guthrieâs residence.
In addition to the DNA, cops confirmed they recovered âseveral items of evidenceâ this week, including black gloves that were discovered two miles away from the property.
FBI Phoenix on Feb. 12 provided a physical description of an âarmed individualâ who was seen on Nancyâs home security camera wearing a mask in the early morning hours of Feb. 1.
Via X, the agency said the suspect is a 5-foot-9 or 5-foot-10 male with an average build, who also carried a black 25-liter Ozark Trail Hiker Pack backpack.
They also announced theyâd be doubling the reward to $100,000 âfor information leading to the location of Nancy Guthrie and/or the arrest and conviction of anyone involved in her disappearance.â
Nancy was reported missing on Feb. 1 after she failed to attend church following an evening out with family members.
Several ransom notes have landed at news organizations including TMZ demanding bitcoin transactions by specific deadlines.
A small deposit was made into a bitcoin wallet associated to Nancyâs case on Tuesday.
A cryptocurrency expert told Page Six the deposit indicated the alleged captor lost âcontrolâ of the situation because âonce a transaction is made, they become the one being watched.â
Savannah and her siblings Annie and Camron Guthrie have continued to express hope for their motherâs return through various social media posts.
âOur lovely mom. đâ Savannah captioned throwback footage of her mother on Thursday. âwe will never give up on her. thank you for your prayers and hope.â
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