A sheriff's deputy in Arizona has been arrested on kidnapping charges while authorities continue the high-profile search for 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, who vanished from her home near Tucson in early February. The Pima County Sheriff's Department confirmed that Deputy Travis Reynolds, 22, was taken into custody over an alleged incident on 19 March and has since been fired, but investigators insist there is currently no evidence linking him to the Nancy Guthrie case.
The news came after weeks of mounting frustration and anxiety around Guthrie's disappearance. She was reported missing on 1 February from the affluent Catalina Foothills area, just north of Tucson, with investigators believing she was taken from her home the previous night. Guthrie, the mother of broadcaster Savannah Guthrie, has now been missing for more than a month. The FBI is assisting local authorities, who say they have fielded tens of thousands of tips, collected home surveillance footage, and widened neighbourhood interviews to include landscapers, construction workers, and other non-residents to identify any potential lead.
