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Delivery driver briefly detained in Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance says he has no idea who she is

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Arizona authorities briefly detained a man for questioning in the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie. And the man, later identified as a local delivery driver, told reporters that he had no idea who the elderly woman even was.

A spokeswoman for the Pima County Sheriff’s Department said that deputies detained the man during a traffic stop south of Tucson on Tuesday.

That man was later identified in news reports as Carlos Palazuelos, who said he was driving around working when authorities stopped him, handcuffed him, hauled him off, and held him “against my will.”

“I don’t know anything,” Palazuelos told reporters, according to video posted on X. The man said he wasn’t even aware that Nancy Guthrie, the mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie, had been missing.

“I don’t follow the news,” said Palazuelos, adding, “I hope they get the suspect because I’m not it.”

Authorities believe 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, who has limited mobility, a pacemaker, and relies on daily medication for a heart condition, was abducted from her Arizona home in the middle of the night 11 days ago.

Tuesday’s detainment took place hours after the FBI and the Pima County Sheriff’s Department released images recovered from Nancy Guthrie’s missing Nest doorbell camera showing a person in a ski mask who appeared to be tampering with Guthrie’s security device. Authorities said the video of the person, who they said was armed, was captured the day she disappeared.

Palazuelos told Fox News during an interview that it was a “possibility” that he may have once delivered a package to Nancy Guthrie’s ranch-style home, but that he wasn’t sure.


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Surveillance image of a masked person at Nancy Guthrie’s door the day she disappeared.

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“All I know is that they showed my in-law a picture of somebody wearing a mask or something, and they supposedly looked like my eyes,” Palazuelos said.

The man also told reporters that investigators searched his Rio Rico home and damaged the front door and garage door.

The Pima County Sheriff’s Department did not immediately return a request for comment from Business Insider regarding the man’s detainment.




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The police have detained a person for questioning on the disappearance of Savannah Guthrie’s mom

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  • Police have detained an individual in connection with Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance.
  • The Pima County Sheriff’s Department said the subject was being questioned about the case.
  • Nancy Guthrie, mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie, has been missing for over 10 days.

The police have detained a person linked to the disappearance of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie’s mother, Nancy Guthrie.

In a statement on X on Tuesday, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department said that earlier in the day, officials had detained an individual “during a traffic stop south of Tucson.”

“The subject is currently being questioned in connection to the Nancy Guthrie investigation,” the statement said.

This comes hours after the FBI and the sheriff’s department released videos of an individual in a full-faced ski mask arriving at Nancy Guthrie’s home in Tucson, Arizona, on the morning of her disappearance.

Officials described the individual as being armed and said that they had tampered with the camera on Nancy Guthrie’s front door. The videos were taken via her Google Nest doorbell.

The statement did not specify whether the detained individual was the one filmed in the Nest doorbell video. It added that additional information will be released as it becomes available.

Nancy Guthrie, 84, has been missing since February 1. Chris Nanos, the sheriff of Pima County, told the media that officials believe she was “taken out of her home against her will.”

Officials confirmed that the blood found on the porch of Nancy Guthrie’s home belonged to her.

A week after her disappearance, Savannah Guthrie said her family had received a message linked to her mother’s disappearance, and the family was willing to pay a ransom to get her back.

“We beg you now to return our mother to us so that we can celebrate with her,” Savannah Guthrie said in a video she posted on Instagram. “This is the only way we will have peace. This is very valuable to us and we will pay.”




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Feds charge a California man with trying to profit from Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance with a bogus ransom

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Derrick Callella of California was arrested and charged Thursday over a fake ransom demand for Nancy Guthrie, the mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie.

“Did you get the bitcoin were [sic] waiting on our end for the transaction,” Callella allegedly texted two family members of Nancy Guthrie on Wednesday, following reports of a ransom demand tied to the woman’s disappearance that listed a Bitcoin wallet address.

The criminal complaint, filed in Arizona federal court, says that Callella admitted to sending the messages. It was not immediately clear whether Callella had retained an attorney.

Authorities believe the 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie was taken from her ranch-style home just outside Tucson, Arizona, in the Catalina Foothills five days ago.

An FBI official announced the arrest of the “total imposter” on Thursday at a press conference over Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance.

“To those imposters who are trying to take advantage and profit from this situation, we will investigate and ensure you are held accountable for your actions,” FBI Phoenix’s special agent in charge, Heith Janke, said at the press conference.

Janke also issued a message to anyone involved in Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance, urging them to “do the right thing.”

“This is an 84-year-old grandma that needs vital medication for her well-being,” Janke said.

The FBI is offering a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to the recovery of Nancy Guthrie or the arrest and conviction of anyone involved in her disappearance, Janke announced.

Authorities said that an additional ransom letter regarding Nancy Guthrie, sent to local and national media outlets, is being taken “seriously.”

That note made a monetary “demand” for 5 p.m. local time Thursday, said Janke.

“If a transfer wasn’t made, then I think a second demand was for next Monday,” Janke said, declining to provide other specifics.

An Apple Watch and a floodlight were also mentioned in ransom letters, Janke said.

“We’re not going to go into specifics. It’s very important that we keep this investigation moving forward, and we don’t want to put more facts out there that others then can use to try to profit from this,” he said.


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Police have outlined a timeline surrounding Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance.

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Authorities revealed new details around the timeline of Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance on Thursday and confirmed that the blood discovered on the elderly woman’s porch belonged to her.

Nancy Guthrie was dropped off at her home by her family just before 10 p.m. on January 31. At 1:47 a.m. MST the next day, the woman’s doorbell camera disconnected, police said.

At 2:12 a.m., the doorbell software detected a person on the camera, but there was no available video footage, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said during the Thursday press conference. Minutes later, Nancy Guthrie’s pacemaker app showed a disconnect from her phone.

Her family checked in on her at 11:56 a.m. and called 911 shortly after, police said.

Nanos said that Nancy Guthrie’s doorbell camera had also been removed. No suspects or persons of interest have yet been identified in the case, the sheriff said.

On Wednesday, in an emotional video post alongside her siblings, Savannah Guthrie pleaded to her mother’s possible abductors to “please reach out to us.”

“We, too, have heard the reports about a ransom letter in the media. As a family, we are doing everything that we can. We are ready to talk,” the famed NBC anchor said, adding, “We want to hear from you, and we are ready to listen.”

Nancy Guthrie suffers from physical ailments and requires daily medications that, if not taken every 24 hours, could have life-threatening consequences.

“Right now, we believe Nancy is still out there. We want her home,” Nanos said.




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