Person detained for questioning in Nancy Guthrie disappearance

Individual detained Tuesday south of Tucson, Arizona, in relation to case of mother of NBC's Savannah Guthrie

A suspect in the abduction of US television host Savannah Guthrie's elderly mother, Nancy, was taken into custody in Arizona on Tuesday, nine days after the 84-year-old woman was reported missing, according to a law enforcement official briefed on the case.

The Pima County sheriff's department issued a separate statement online late on Tuesday saying deputies had detained a subject during a traffic stop" and that the individual was being questioned in connection to the Nancy Guthrie investigation".