Nancy Guthrie live updates as person of interest is released, home searched in Rio Rico, Arizona

The person of interest questioned in connection with the kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie has been released.

The man, who only wishes to be identified as Carlos, was arrested after a traffic stop.

He spoke to reporters early Wednesday outside his home in Rio Rico, Arizona:

Nancy Guthrie has still not been found, a spokesperson for the Pima County Sheriff’s Department told CBS News on Wednesday.

Angelica Carrillo made the statement as authorities prepared to conclude a search of a home in Rio Rico, Arizona, that followed the detention of a person of interest in the case during a traffic stop hours earlier.

Josephina Maddox told reporters outside the home that it was hers and that her son-in-law was the person of interest, but that he had nothing to do with Guthrie’s kidnapping — claims that authorities have not confirmed.

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos told CBS Tucson affiliate KOLD-TV Wednesday that there was no sign of Guthrie.

A woman from Rio Rico, Arizona, told reporters that her son-in-law was the person of interest in Nancy Guthrie’s kidnapping, but that he had “nothing to do with it.” There has been no confirmation of his claims.

Josefina Maddox told reporters outside a home authorities were searching for was hers.

“(Investigators told me) they had someone say the lady (Guthrie) was in the house,” Maddox said. “…I don’t know who she is. I don’t know anything about her. …I told them you can come in and check the house; there’s no one there. I have nothing to hide. …They’re investigating my son-in-law. …He had nothing to do with this.”

His son-in-law is a delivery driver who works in Tucson, Maddox said.

“…They’re just invading my property,” she said. “I told him (an investigator) that they were coming in and out of my house, taking a lot of pictures and everything. I mean, I told him we’re not hiding anything. I gave him permission. You can go search and there’s nothing in my house. You won’t find anything because we have nothing to hide.”

Maddox said that when she got home, her son was outside the house in handcuffs.

Maddox also said the silver vehicle authorities stopped when the person of interest was arrested was his daughter’s.

She said investigators showed her the surveillance videos from Guthrie’s home that were released Monday to see if she recognized the person there, but that her son-in-law does not own any of the clothing that person was wearing.

CBS Tucson affiliate KOLD-TV was among the media at the scene.

Local and federal authorities were searching the residence of the person of interest who was arrested in connection with the kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie, two sources familiar with the investigation told CBS News Tuesday evening.

The individual was taken into custody following a traffic stop in Rio Rico, a southern Arizona community near the Mexican border, according to the sources.

The search is being carried out under a warrant authorized by the court, the sources said.

An FBI spokesperson previously said the agency was assisting the Pima County Sheriff’s Department in the search of Rio Rico’s residence.

The search is expected to last several hours, the sheriff’s department said in a statement.

A spokesperson said the FBI Evidence Response Team was assisting the Pima County Sheriff’s Department with a court-authorized search of a location in Rio Rico, Arizona. They said the search was related to the Nancy Guthrie investigation and that law enforcement would be on scene for several hours.

Rio Rico is located south of Tucson and approximately 12 miles north of the US-Mexico border.

A senior Trump administration official told CBS News Tuesday evening that the White House was closely monitoring the situation in Tucson.

Earlier Tuesday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters that she and the president had reviewed the latest surveillance videos and photos and that Mr. Trump’s initial reaction to the situation had been “pure disgust.”

Deputies with the Pima County Sheriff’s Department “arrested a subject during a traffic stop south of Tucson,” and that person was being questioned in connection with the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the office said.

It was not clear whether the person arrested Tuesday evening was the same person seen in surveillance video released earlier in the day.

Details of the operation to arrest a person of interest in Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance were scarce, but the person was apparently quickly arrested Tuesday evening. It is unclear what exactly led law enforcement to attend the scene or the person of interest.

A person of interest has been arrested in the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the mother of “Today” show co-host Savannah Guthrie, two law enforcement sources told CBS News. They were arrested in a town south of Tucson, according to the sources.

It was not immediately clear whether the person arrested was the same person seen in surveillance video and images released by the FBI earlier Tuesday.

The whereabouts and health of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, who was missing for 10 days and did not have the medication her family told her to take daily, are also unknown.

Earlier Tuesday, FBI Director Kash Patel shared images and videos of a subject in the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie. The images, recovered from the home security camera, showed a person wearing a ski mask and gloves. The person was wearing a backpack and also appeared to have a gun holster on their belt.

The FBI and Sheriff’s Department said the footage was retrieved from “residual data located in back-end systems.” Two law enforcement sources told CBS News that the FBI worked with Google to obtain the Nest camera video.

After this footage was released, search and rescue teams, working with the FBI, began scouring the nearby neighborhood where Nancy Guthrie’s other daughter, Annie Guthrie, lives.

It was not immediately clear whether the subject seen in the videos was the person arrested Tuesday evening.

Members of regional SWAT were activated to work with the Pima County Sheriff’s Department Tuesday evening, Oro Valley Police told CBS News.