Authorities detained a man for questioning as the hunt for Nancy Guthrie continues.
The man was picked up Friday by a SWAT team with the Pima County Sheriff’s Department after they swarmed both a home and vehicle two miles from the 84-year-old’s 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.
The FBI also conducted a traffic stop on a gray Range Rover sport in the parking lot of a Culver’s restaurant. The unidentified man was pictured in handcuffs with a hoodie partially covering his face.
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.
The Pima County Sheriff’s Department did not immediately respond to Page Six’s request for comment.
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 “detained for kidnapping” while he was out DoorDashing.
“I asked, ‘The kidnapping of who?’ and they told me this lady … I don’t know her name,” he said of Savannah Guthrie’s 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 Sheriff’s Department confirmed they recovered DNA from someone in the home who is not “close” to Nancy.
“DNA other than Nancy Guthrie’s and those in close contact to her has been collected from the property. Investigators are working to identify who it belongs to,” 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 Guthrie’s residence.
In addition to the DNA, cops confirmed they recovered “several items of evidence” 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 “armed individual” who was seen on Nancy’s 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 they’d be doubling the reward to $100,000 “for information leading to the location of Nancy Guthrie and/or the arrest and conviction of anyone involved in her disappearance.”
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 Nancy’s case on Tuesday.
A cryptocurrency expert told Page Six the deposit indicated the alleged captor lost “control” of the situation because “once a transaction is made, they become the one being watched.”
Savannah and her siblings Annie and Camron Guthrie have continued to express hope for their mother’s return through various social media posts.
“Our lovely mom. 💛” Savannah captioned throwback footage of her mother on Thursday. “we will never give up on her. thank you for your prayers and hope.”
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