Police have released a man hours after they detained him in connection to the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the mother of US news anchor Savannah Guthrie, CBS News reports.
After taking the man into custody at a traffic stop, police searched his home in Rio Rico, south of Tucson, Arizona, sources familiar with the investigation told CBS News.
After his release, the man, identified only as Carlos, told reporters outside his home that he did not know who Nancy Guthrie was. I don't follow the news, he said.
Guthrie, 84, was abducted from her home near Tucson more than a week ago, prompting a widespread search and desperate appeals from her family.
Authorities are investigating a series of ransom notes believed to be from her abductors, including specific deadlines on February 5 and 9.
In a new development, authorities released surveillance footage showing a masked individual tampering with a camera at Nancy Guthrie's doorstep on the night she disappeared. The FBI is offering a $50,000 reward for information related to the case.
Savannah Guthrie has made several public appeals for help in locating her mother, highlighting her mother's urgent health needs and the emotional distress caused by the kidnapping.
