LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- Authorities have released a person they detained for questioning over the kidnapping of the mother of United States TV anchor Savannah Guthrie, media reported Tuesday.

The person was questioned in Rio Rico, about 60 miles south of Tucson, in connection to the abduction of Nancy Guthrie, who is being held for ransom, CNN affiliate KNXV, as well as ABC and Fox, reported.

The person has not been charged, CNN reported.

The update comes amid breathless coverage of the kidnapping of the high-profile anchor’s mother in a case that has gripped the country.

Earlier Tuesday the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released images showing a person in a full-face balaclava apparently tampering with a front-door camera outside Nancy Guthrie’s home in Tucson.

The six photographs and three videos posted by FBI director Kash Patel on his X account show an individual on a deserted doorstep in the dark, in eerie black-and-white imagery.

The person is described as an “armed individual.”

ABC reported, however, that there was no indication that the person who was detained was the same person as the one seen in the photographs.