Man Detained in Nancy Guthrie Kidnapping Case Breaks Silence

After Luke Daley and his mom were briefly detained Feb. 13 in relation to the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the Tucson resident spoke about his experience.

Pima County Sheriff Nanos confirmed that DNA evidence was found at Nancy’s home, which has been declared a crime scene.

“We took some samples that we hope will have enough of a DNA profile,” he told NBC News in a report shared on Today Feb. 3, “that will give us some identification as to what we’re looking at.”

In a press conference two days later, Nanos shared the timeline of events leading up to Nancy’s disappearance.

Roughly four hours after she returned home from visiting family, “at 1:47 a.m., the doorbell camera disconnects,” Nanos detailed at a Feb. 5 press conference.

Although the software detected a person on the doorbell camera, he said the clip was automatically overwritten because Nancy didn’t have a subscription to the service. Despite that, he emphasized they weren’t done trying to retrieve the footage.

“At 2:28 a.m., Nancy’s pacemaker app shows there was a disconnect from the phone,” the sheriff continued. “At 11:56 a.m., the family checks on Nancy and discovers her missing and at 12:03 p.m., 911 is called in to the Pima County Sheriff’s Department.”

Roughly 10 minutes later, he summed up, “Our patrol teams arrive. They see the scene and we start our response with our search-and-rescue teams, and our detectives on various units.”

In a major development, authorities released surveillance photos of a potential subject in the investigation Feb. 10.

In the images—recovered from a camera on Nancy’s property—an individual wearing a ski mask and backpack is seen approaching the home, before appearing to hit the camera with their fist. Authorities previously reported the camera was broken when police arrived to the house.

“Over the last eight days, the FBI and Pima County Sheriff’s Department have been working closely with our private sector partners to continue to recover any images or video footage from Nancy Guthrie‘s home that may have been lost, corrupted, or inaccessible due to a variety of factors, including the removal of recording devices,” a statement shared with E! News alongside with the photos read. “The video was recovered from residual data located in backend systems.”

“Working with our partners,” the note continued, “law enforcement has uncovered these previously inaccessible new images showing an armed individual appearing to have tampered with the camera at Nancy Guthrie’s front door the morning of her disappearance.”