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A Range Rover SUV was seized overnight Friday-Saturday from a restaurant near the home of Nancy Guthrie, the missing mother of Today show host Savannah Guthrie.
Officials said Saturday that no arrests had been made following the activity overnight.
FBI agents and local law enforcement officers were seen carrying out the search in a parking lot of Culver’s restaurant in Tucson, Arizona, two weeks since the 84-year-old went missing. Officials have not confirmed whether or not the activity was linked to the search for 84-year-old Guthrie who has been missing for nearly two weeks.
Earlier, the local sheriff confirmed "Law enforcement activity is underway" at a separate location, a home near E Orange Grove Rd & N First Ave, about 2 miles from Nancy Guthrie's, the department said on X at 11:47 p.m. local time on Friday (1:47 a.m. Saturday ET). Photos showed law enforcement vehicles, including those from SWAT and forensics, were involved.
Newsweek contacted FBI Phoenix via email and the sheriff's office via contact form early on Saturday, outside of regular office hours.
A woman at the Culver’s immediately hung up when Newswek contacted the restaurant by phone about 6:40 a.m. (8:40 a.m ET).
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Feb 14, 2026 at 09:46 PM EST
Task Force Awaits Forensic Results After Search
A task force in Tucson, Arizona, is awaiting forensic results from a late-night operation Friday conducted miles from Nancy Guthrie's home, according to Fox News Digital.
Officials confirmed to the outlet on Saturday that the FBI executed a federal search warrant at a house in the Catalina foothills, with four people detained and later released.
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos, who was not at the scene during the search, told Fox News' Matt Finn there were no arrests and "no sign of Nancy was found."
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Feb 14, 2026 at 09:06 PM EST
Nancy Guthrie’s Friends Recall Vibrant Life Before Disappearance
Friends of Nancy Guthrie are sharing memories of the vibrant, active life the 84-year-old led before her disappearance from her Catalina Foothills home on February 1, according to AZ Central.
Those closest to Guthrie describe a woman who remained brilliant and engaged in her community through book clubs, church activities, Bible study classes, and monthly dinners with fellow media professionals.
Patricia Sturmon, who has known Guthrie for 20 years, emphasized that her friend's age has not diminished her mental acuity. "Yes, we're older, but we're not less brilliant," Sturmon told the outlet, noting that Guthrie is a voracious reader who stays current on events and plays mahjong.
Jacqueline Sharkey, Professor Emerita at the University of Arizona who first met Guthrie in the 1990s, described her as "completely devoted to her family, her faith, and her community," calling her a "quiet leader" who worked behind the scenes on issues ranging from education to public health.
Guthrie's faith has become a source of hope for friends praying for her safe return. The widow, who raised three children alone after her husband's sudden death in 1988, worked as a spokesperson for the University Medical Center and the University of Arizona. She played a pivotal role in saving the University of Arizona's Poison Information Center in the pre-internet era, helping collect more than 20,000 signatures that were delivered to the governor.
Friends last saw her before Christmas and had plans to meet again in February, AZ Central reported.
Feb 14, 2026 at 06:15 PM EST
Law Enforcement Activity to be Expected Every Day in Guthrie Case, Sheriff Says
Law enforcement activity is expected in the Tucson area every day as agencies continue to investigate the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, Pima County Sheriff Nanos told Fox News Saturday.
"Everyday moving forward there will be a lot of police activity throughout the community," Nanos told the outlet, according to a post on X from reporter Matt Finn.
"As to what level of activity that is depends on what lead they chase and how it develops," the sheriff continued.
"These leads start in the command post and move to the field as needed," he explained, adding, "That is one reason you’re seeing activity build up as the day goes on that can ultimately lead to a search warrant looking for Nancy and any suspect involved."
Nanos also told Fox News that the detainee at Culver's was cooperative and released. As for other detainees at the separate scene of a warrant execution at a residence, the sheriff said that there was "no sign of Nancy."
"I’m guessing anyone at the residence was 'detained' but that is standard procedure to allow investigators serving a search warrant freedom to conduct their search," Nanos told the outlet, adding, "I was not at the scene and I’m sure people were detained but no one was arrested."
Feb 14, 2026 at 05:04 PM EST
No Shooting During Friday Search Warrant Execution
There was no shooting or suicide that occurred in connection with the execution of a federal search warrant in the Nancy Guthrie case, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos told KTVK/KPHO.
Mac Colson, an executive producer for the station, reported the update in a post on X Saturday, saying that the sheriff denied any shooting or suicide occurred when authorities executed a search warrant on a home and made a traffic stop in a Culver's parking lot.
There were reports circulating on social media that said there had been a shooting or possible suicide during operations in Tucson Friday night connected to the case.
The outlet also reported that there were no signs of Nancy Guthrie at the home that was searched.
A person who was involved in the traffic stop at Culver's was released after cooperating with investigators, Colson reported in the post on X.
Feb 14, 2026 at 02:47 PM EST
Sheriff Gives Update on Friday Search Operations
The Pima County Sheriff's Department issued an updated statement on the searches that were executed near the home of missing Nancy Guthrie Friday night
The search at the residence near E. Orange Grove Rd. And N. First Ave was a result of "a federal court-ordered search warrant," the sheriff's department said in the statement, noting that "no arrests were made."
The statement also addressed the traffic stop, saying, "a person was questioned but no arrests resulted from that incident."
Officials said they have no other details to provide as they "work together around the clock on this investigation tracking all leads.
There are no press briefings scheduled.
Feb 14, 2026 at 01:06 PM EST
Neighbors of Nancy Guthrie Speak Out
As the community awaits any updates in the Nancy Guthrie disappearance case, her neighbors have spoken out about the investigation.
One neighbor, Steve Lippman, told CNN that he wished "they were giving more information.”
“I think the sheriff is a very experienced veteran of law enforcement," he said, noting "but that doesn’t necessarily mean he’s experienced with what this case is all about.”
“They invited the FBI in, or the FBI came in pretty quickly. But maybe it wasn’t quite quickly enough,” Lippman continued.
Another neighbor, retired attorney David Curl, spoke with the New York Times about the search of a neighbor's home.
He said that the woman and sheriff's deputies knocked on his door when her home was being searched and she spent the night at the Curl's home.
Curl said after the woman's home was searched, he went with her to lock up her home and saw a federal warrant in the living room that said it was connected to the Nancy Guthrie case.
“She had no idea what they were asking about,” Curl explained to NYT, adding, “She had no information about the disappearance or any idea why they were focusing on their house.”
He said the woman was "really distraught" following the search.
Feb 14, 2026 at 12:03 PM EST
Nancy Guthrie Investigation Timeline
It has been 14 days since Nancy Guthrie was initially reported missing.
February 1
A doorbell camera at Guthrie's home was disconnected in the early hours of the morning and data from her pacemaker app showed the app was disconnected from her phone.
Local police were called to her home after friends expressed concerns that she hadn't attended church. Upon arriving at her home, police officials realized she was missing, prompting an urgent search.
February 2
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos called a press conference, declaring that Guthrie's home was a "crime scene" and called on the community to help with their investigation. He said that he believed Guthrie was abducted and did not leave her home willingly.
Nanos also said Guthrie needs daily medication, and it could be fatal if she did not take this every 24 hours.
February 3
Local Arizona outlet 13 News and TMZ said they received alleged ransom notes about Guthrie. Investigators investigated their veracity and more ransom notes were reported in the days that followed, with deadlines to respond to them passing.
February 5
Nanos said at a press conference that blood was found on the porch of Guthrie's home. He confirmed it belonged to Guthrie and said investigators were awaiting results from further samples.
February 6
FBI officials removed a camera from the roof of Nancy Guthrie's home and towed a car from her garage as part of their continued investigation, according to multiple reports.
February 7
Having previously called for support and help from the public, Savannah Guthrie and her siblings posted a video on Instagram, directly addressing those believed to be holding her mother amid the reports of unverified ransom notes. She indicated she would pay a ransom to secure the safe release of her mother.
"We received your message and we understand," she said. "We beg you now to return our mother to us so we can celebrate with her. This is the only way we will have peace. This is very valuable to us and we will pay."
February 10
The FBI released video and still images recovered from a camera outside Guthrie's front door in the early morning hours on the day of her disappearance in a bid to help the invesitgation.
February 11
Local police searched the house of a man who was detained in connection with Guthrie's disappearance and released images from this search operation. He was later released and was not charged, according to multiple reports.
The man, Carlos Palazuelos, identified himself while speaking to reporters outside his home in Rio Rico. Palazuelos told Fox News that he was a local delivery driver who works in Tucson and that he was innocent.
Investigators recovered a black glove on a dirt or walking path near Guthrie’s home.
Meanwhile, TMZ reported that it had received another note in connection with the case demanding one Bitcoin (estimated value: $67,000) be paid for information on the possible abductor.
February 12
Nanos blocked the FBI from accessing key evidence in the case, Reuters reported on Thursday, citing a U.S. law enforcement official with knowledge of the case. But Nanos hit back and said this claim was "not even close to the truth."
Later, the FBI released new details about the potential suspect in the case and identifying details and said it was doubling the reward to $100,000 for information leading to Guthrie's location.
"The suspect is described as a male, approximately 5’9” - 5’10” tall, with an average build. In the video, he is wearing a black, 25-liter ‘Ozark Trail Hiker Pack’ backpack," the FBI said in its X post in part.
February 13
FBI agents and SWAT units were seen carrying out operations about 2 miles from Guthrie’s home.
Officers were first seen at the junction of E Orange Grove Rd & N First Ave shortly before midnight on Friday night.
"Law enforcement activity is underway at a residence," Pima the sheriff's department said on X shortly at 11:47 p.m. local time (1:47 a.m. ET Friday). It said the operation was a joint investigation with the FBI.
FBI agents and local law enforcement officers were later seen carrying out the search in a parking lot of Culver’s restaurant, a few miles south of Guthrie's home in Tucson, Arizona.
One image shows FBI agents observing as a vehicle is towed from a restaurant parking lot.
According to a photographer on the scene, the Range Rover SUV was searched and its trunk sealed before being removed.
Three people were detained at the scene, according to local and national news outlets.
February 14
Officials say that no one is in custody, and no arrests have been made despite the law enforcement activity Friday night.
The Pima County Sheriff's Office told local news outlet KOLD that the activity in the Culver's parking lot was "nothing more than a lead tracked down that led to a search warrant and no arrest."
Feb 14, 2026 at 11:15 AM EST
Law enforcement activity Friday prompted by “lead”
The Pima County Sheriff's Office told local news outlet KOLD Saturday that the activity in the Culver's parking lot Friday night was "nothing more than a lead tracked down that led to a search warrant and no arrest."
They did not elaborate on what that lead was or what the search warrant was for.
Multiple law enforcement officers from the sheriff's office and the FBI searched a vehicle, took custody of a Range Rover and detained three people.
However, none of those people are still in custody.
Feb 14, 2026 at 10:45 AM EST
Sheriff: No one in custody after Friday operations
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos told Matt Finn with Fox News Saturday that there have been no arrests, and no one is in custody in the Nancy Guthrie case after activity last night in a restaurant parking lot near the missing grandmother's home.
Nancy Guthrie has been missing for 14 days after authorities say she was abducted from her Tucson-area home.
Friday night saw a flurry of law enforcement activity at a Culver's, with members of the Pima County Sheriff's Office and FBI taking possession of a Range Rover while detaining at least three people, pictures show.
Feb 14, 2026 at 10:22 AM EST
No news conference planned after Friday’s activity
CNN has reported that the Pima County Sheriff’s Department said there is currently no press conference planned, as of Saturday morning, despite the law enforcement activity that took place on Friday night.
The public will only be updated when there are significant developments, the department said.
Feb 14, 2026 at 09:47 AM EST
Man questioned but no arrests in ops—law enforcement
The two law enforcement operations near Nancy Guthrie’s home last night concluded without any arrests, a law enforcement official has told CNN.
One man was questioned and cooperative before being released, the official said, according to CNN's chief law enforcement and intelligence analyst John Miller.
Feb 14, 2026 at 09:38 AM EST
Photos show Range Rover inspection
More photos show the scene as the silver/grey Range Rover SUV was seized just a few miles from Nancy Guthrie's home in Tucson, Arizona, earlier.
Images show an FBI agent, assisted by a Pima Sheriff's Department deputy carry out tests in a parking lot at a Culver's restaurant.
One image shows the vehicle being transported on to a truck before it was carried away.
Officials have not confirmed the vehicle nor the law enforcement activity is connected to the seach for the 84-year-old missing mother of Today show host Suvannah Guthrie.
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Feb 14, 2026 at 09:08 AM EST
Woman at Culver’s hangs up phone
A woman at the Culver’s where law enforcement seized a Range Rover SUV immediately hung up when Newswek contacted the restaurant by phone about 6:40 a.m. (8:40 a.m ET).
A female voice said "hallo," a Newsweek reporter identified themselves, and the person hung up the phone.
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Feb 14, 2026 at 07:35 AM EST
What are the major clues in the Nancy Guthrie case?
This past week has seen some of the biggest clues emerge in the dissapearance of Nancy Guthrie - let's recap what they are.
Footage from Nancy Guthrie's doorbell camera
When the investigation first began, there were multiple reports about a camera appearing to have been removed from Guthrie's home.
The FBI said it worked with "private sector partners" to recover data from "residual data located in backend systems" and released multiple images and a video showing "an armed individual appearing to have tampered with the camera at Nancy Guthrie's front door the morning of her disappearance."
First suspect description
The FBI recently provided a suspect description for the first time in its latest update: "The suspect is described as a male, approximately 5’9” to 5’10”, with an average build."
The suspect's backpack
In the doorbell footage showing the suspect, he can be seen wearing a backpack - the FBI confirmed this was a black, 25-liter "Ozark Trail Hiker Pack’ backpack."
DNA at Nancy Guthrie's property
The Pima County Sheriff's Department said on Friday that "DNA other than Nancy Guthrie’s and those in close contact to her has been collected from the property." Investigators are still working to identify who it belongs to.
Feb 14, 2026 at 07:27 AM EST
DNA found at Nancy Guthrie’s home
The Pima County Sheriff's Department said on Friday that "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. We are not disclosing where that DNA was located," it said in a statement to PEOPLE Magazine.
Feb 14, 2026 at 07:19 AM EST
The backpack clue in the Nancy Guthrie case
The FBI has shared several photos of the backpack the suspect was wearing in the doorbell footage recently recovered - a black, 25-liter "Ozark Trail Hiker Pack’ backpack."
CNN Chief Law Enforcement And Intelligence Analyst John Miller said that the bag could help lead to the suspect if they bought it with a traceable credit card, or if security cameras captured them buying it with cash, or if there are electronic records of them buying it online.
"It's not a smoking gun," he said, "but it is something that is a structured piece of data that you can search backwards from."
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Feb 14, 2026 at 07:03 AM EST
FBI suspect description
The FBI recently provided a suspect description for the first time in its latest update: "The suspect is described as a male, approximately 5’9” to 5’10”, with an average build."
Referencing recovered footage from Guthrie's doorbell camera, it said: "In the video, he is wearing a black, 25-liter ‘Ozark Trail Hiker Pack’ backpack. The FBI seeks information that will lead to the identity of this individual."
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Feb 14, 2026 at 06:54 AM EST
Footage from Nancy Guthrie’s doorball camera – recap
The investigative scenes over Friday-Saturday night come a few days after the FBI released images and footage from Nancy Guthrie's doorbell camera.
Video shows "an armed individual appearing to have tampered with the camera at Nancy Guthrie's front door the morning of her disappearance."
The doorbell footage has been a key part of this investigation, as the camera appeared to have been removed. The FBI said it worked with "private sector partners" to recover data from "residual data located in backend systems."
Feb 14, 2026 at 06:26 AM EST
Three people detained – report
Three people were detained in Tucson, Arizona, on Friday night, when federal agents swarmed a residence around two miles from Nancy Guthrie's home, according to Fox News.
Two of the people are a mother and son while the third is a male, Fox News journalist Max Gorden reported from the scene.
It is yet to be officially confirmed whether these detentions are connected to the Guthrie case - Newsweek has contacted the FBI, via email outside of normal working hours.
Feb 14, 2026 at 06:14 AM EST
Friday night’s operation mapped out
Federal agents were first seen at the junction of E Orange Grove Rd & N First Ave, around two miles from Guthrie's home, shortly before midnight - the Pima County Sheriff's Department confirmed on X that this was "related to the Guthrie case."
Investigators were then seen at a nearby second location, in the parking lot of Culver’s restaurant in Tucson, where they seized a gray Range Rover - it is yet to be officially confirmed that this is in relation to the Guthrie investigation.
Feb 14, 2026 at 05:47 AM EST
Man detained by police at Tucson restaurant – report
Local ABC15 Arizona journalist Nick Ciletti reported that a man was detained by Marana Police in front of a Culver’s restaurant parking lot roughly two miles from Nancy Guthrie’s home in Tucson.
Ciletti said this investigative scene was "not far" from a previous investigative scene that authorities confirmed was connected to the Guthrie investigation.
It is yet to be confirmed whether the detention is connected to the Guthrie investigation - Newsweek has contacted the Marana Police Department, via email outside of normal working hours, for comment.
It comes after federal agents seized a gray Range Rover during a late‑night operation as part of the Guthrie investigation, with the SUV searched and secured by the FBI on Friday.
Video images from the scene broadcast on local media channel KGUN 9 showed FBI agents and Pima County deputies photographing, searching and covering the vehicle in a Culver’s restaurant parking lot.
Feb 14, 2026 at 05:14 AM EST
Photos show two scenes of activity
New images show FBI agents and SWAT units carrying out operations about 2 miles from Guthrie’s home.
Officers were first seen at the junction of E Orange Grove Rd & N First Ave shortly before midnight on Friday night.
"Law enforcement activity is underway at a residence," Pima the sheriff's department said on X shortly at 11:47 p.m. local time (1:47 a.m. ET Friday). It said the operation was a joint investigation with the FBI.
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FBI agents and local law enforcement officers were later seen carrying out the search in a parking lot of Culver’s restaurant, a few miles south of Gunthrie's home in Tucson, Arizona.
One image shows FBI agents observing as a vehicle is towed from a restaurant parking lot.
According to a photographer on the scene, the Range Rover SUV was searched and its trunk sealed before being removed.
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