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The man detained and questioned in southern Arizona in connection with the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie (mother of TODAY show co-host Savannah Guthrie) is identified only as 'Carlos' in available reports; no last name or additional personal identifiers have been publicly released by authorities. He was pulled over during a traffic stop in Rio Rico, Arizona (about 55 miles south of Tucson, near the U.S.-Mexico border), on the evening of February 10, 2026, and detained for qu