Cops ‘pull man and woman from home’ during SWAT raid on property in hunt for missing Nancy Guthrie
As the search for Nancy Guthrie intensifies, two men were reportedly pulled from a home in Marana, Arizona, by the Pima County Sheriff’s SWAT team in a major raid Friday night.
According to Fox News, authorities detained one person after the raid.
During the raid, officers surrounded the property, located 2 miles from the missing 84-year-old’s home, and removed a man and a woman from the residence. NewsNation reported.
TMZ It was stated that the persons were a mother and her son who surrendered voluntarily.
A nearby traffic stop was also understood to be connected to the search.
Police were seen standing near blocked off streets in pouring rain Friday as a Pima County Sheriff’s Office plane flew over a Tucson neighborhood.
The SWAT team was reportedly activated around the same time the aircraft launched.
This comes just days after the FBI asked for the public’s help in identifying a masked figure seen near Guthrie’s home before he disappeared.
Roads near the residence were closed while the SWAT raid continued
Nancy Guthrie has been missing from her home since February 1
Pima County police seen standing near road closures
In the individual’s doorbell camera footage, the masked man was seen wearing a black jacket, backpack and gloves.
Guthrie was last seen entering his home in Tucson on the evening of January 31 after having dinner with his daughter Annie, son-in-law Tommaso Cioni and his grandchildren.
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said he was reported missing after failing to attend a virtual church service with friends the next morning.
On Friday, investigators discovered during the investigation that DNA found on Nancy’s property did not belong to her family or anyone ‘close’ to her.
“DNA other than that of Nancy Guthrie and those who had close contact with her was collected from the property,” the sheriff’s department said, adding that investigators were trying to determine who it belonged to and were not disclosing where it was found.
Investigators also found numerous gloves approximately 2 to 10 miles from Nancy’s home.
Authorities described the suspect as a 5-foot-9-inch or 5-foot-10-inch male with an average build.
