Damaged utility box under investigation for possible link to internet outage when she disappeared

On Feb. 13, Luke Daley was detained for several hours by Pima County sheriff’s deputies and was questioned by the FBI in connection with Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance. For the first time since being detained and cleared, Daley is speaking out in an interview with Briana Whitney, a true crime correspondent for Arizona’s Family, saying he had nothing to do with Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance.

“It’s not me,” Daley said, referring to the masked person in the FBI-released doorbell camera video. “I don’t see the resemblance of it looking like me.”

He said he doesn’t know who is involved in Guthrie’s disappearance, and if he did, he would “happily” tell the authorities.

Daley said that on the night he was detained, he was driving home in his Range Rover when two sheriff’s cars pulled him over and told him to get out of the vehicle, before cuffing him and detaining him for about four to five hours. When he asked what he was being detained for, they didn’t tell him.

Daley said he just learned that Nancy Guthrie lived nearby and has never met her. He said he knew who she was only because his mom was following the case. Authorities towed his Range Rover for a search, which he ultimately got back. They also took his cellphone for a search, which he still hasn’t gotten back. In the meantime, a SWAT raid was being conducted at his home.

“The worst part was my mom not being there,” Daley said, adding that she has health issues. “I’m thinking the worst.” Without a cellphone, he couldn’t get in touch with her but discovered the next day that she had gone to a neighbor’s house.

Daley has called the ordeal a “nightmare” and feels like he can’t go out in public. He said he just wants Nancy Guthrie to return home safely and for his name to be cleared.