Luke Daley, briefly detained in Nancy Guthrie disappearance probe, arrested again

An Arizona man who was detained and released without charges in connection with the unsolved abduction of Nancy Guthrie has been arrested again, according to local authorities — on unrelated charges.

"Luke Daley was booked into the Pima County Adult Detention Complex on September 30, 2026," a Pima County Sheriff's Department spokesperson told Fox News Digital. "This is unrelated to the Nancy Guthrie case."

Daley, 37, has a lengthy criminal record and prior felony convictions. But on Feb. 13, police pulled him over in a Culver's parking lot and raided his mother's home during the investigation into Guthrie's kidnapping from her home roughly two miles away in Tucson's Catalina Foothills neighborhood.

A man is detained following a traffic stop in Tucson, Arizona, Friday, Feb. 13, 2026. Sources tell Fox News Digital that the arrest is connected to a search warrant served at a home near Nancy Guthrie’s house. The 84-year-old is believed to have been abducted on Feb. 1, but no suspects have been publicly identified. (Kat Ramirez for Fox News Digital)

Hours later, he was released without charges.

There are no publicly identified suspects in Guthrie's abduction, and her whereabouts remain unknown. A masked intruder who appeared on her doorstep in Nest doorbell camera video around the time she was taken also remains at large.

Luke Daley booking picture. (Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry)

"Mr. Daley has no link whatsoever to Nancy Guthrie and has no information related to her kidnapping," Daley's attorney, Chris Scileppi, said in a statement after his release. "Like the entire Tucson community, both Mr. Daley and his mother are hopeful that Nancy will be returned to her family unharmed."

Savannah Guthrie and her mother, Nancy Guthrie. (Instagram/Savannah Guthrie)

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Daley did have pending drug and firearm charges and was on probation for another case involving drugs and weapons violations. Prosecutors have petitioned to have his probation revoked in the latter.

A man is detained following a traffic stop in Tucson, Arizona, Friday, Feb. 13, 2026. Sources tell Fox News Digital that the stop is connected to a search warrant served at a home near Nancy Guthrie’s house. The 84-year-old is believed to have been abducted on Feb. 1, but no suspects have been publicly identified. (Kat Ramirez for Fox News Digital)

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Anyone with information on Guthrie's case is asked to dial 1-800-CALL-FBI or contact Tucson's Crime Stoppers affiliate at 520-88-CRIME. There is a combined sum of more than $1.2 million in reward money that remains unclaimed.

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The 84-year-old mother of "Today" co-host Savannah Guthrie has been missing for more than eight months.

These two images were released by the FBI, recovered from Nancy Guthrie's Nest doorbell camera. It's unclear whether they show the same person. (FBI)

Her family received a pair of notes from her purported kidnappers through online tip submission forms for the media — one demanding ransom and the other claiming she had died unexpectedly.

A Pima County Sheriff's deputy inspects a Range Rover following a traffic stop where one man was detained in Tucson, Arizona, Friday, Feb. 13, 2026. Sources tell Fox News Digital that the stop is connected to a search warrant served at a home near Nancy Guthrie’s house. The 84-year-old is believed to have been abducted on Feb. 1, but no suspects have been publicly identified. (Kat Ramirez for Fox News Digital)

Investigators have not identified the senders or confirmed those notes' authenticity.