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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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Savannah Guthrie’s brother pleads in new video for a ‘way to communicate’ with their mother’s possible captors

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Savannah Guthrie’s brother, Camron Guthrie, has released a new video on behalf of his family, addressing those who may have their mother.

In the new 21-second video uploaded to Savannah’s Instagram page on Thursday, Camron pleads for those responsible “to reach out.”

“This is Camron Guthrie. I’m speaking for the Guthrie family. Whoever is out there holding our mother, we want to hear from you. We haven’t heard anything directly. We need you to reach out, and we need a way to communicate with you so we can move forward,” Camron said.

He then reiterated the family’s request for proof that their mother is in the captor’s custody.

“But first, we have to know that you have our mom. We want to talk to you, and we are waiting for contact,” Camron said.

Guthrie’s mother, Nancy Guthrie, has been missing since Sunday. She was last seen at her home in Tucson, Arizona. Officials told NBC Nightly News on Monday that they believe she was “taken out of her home against her will.”

The video comes a day after Savannah, Camron, and their sister, Annie, issued a joint plea for their mother’s safe return.

“Everyone is looking for you, Mommy, everywhere. We will not rest. Your children will not rest until we are together again,” Savannah said in Wednesday’s video. “We speak to you every moment. And we pray without ceasing, and we rejoice in advance for the day that we hold you in our arms again. We love you, Mommy.”

In a statement uploaded to the sheriff department’s X account on Wednesday, Nanos said investigators “have not identified a suspect or person of interest in this case,” and cautioned the public against “the sharing of unverified accusations or false information.”

On Thursday, the sheriff’s department released a timeline with new details, noting that Nancy Guthrie’s doorbell camera was disconnected and later detected a person, though no video was available. Sheriff Chris Nanos also confirmed that the blood found on the porch belonged to her.




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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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How Savannah Guthrie’s mom has helped shape the ‘Today’ anchor’s career

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In a 2019 graduation speech at George Washington University, she said leaving law was “one of the biggest, craziest jumps” she ever made.

“It wasn’t a cliff; it was the federal courthouse here in Washington, DC,” she said.

Months before she was due to start as a law clerk for a federal judge, she had an epiphany.

“It wasn’t my dream,” she said. “What I really wanted was to go back to my roots in journalism. I still had that nagging hope that one day I could really make it in television news.”

Guthrie spoke with the judge. He asked why she didn’t come work for him for a year, since it would help her career, especially since she didn’t have a job lined up.

“And that’s when I looked at him and told him: ‘I know you’re right. What you say makes perfect sense,'” she said. “‘But I also know myself, and if I don’t do this, right this minute, I will never have the guts again.'”

From 2004 to 2006, she was Court TV’s legal-affairs correspondent.

She covered cases like the Zacarias Moussaoui trial, the Boston clergy sex-abuse scandal, and the Scooter Libby case.




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‘Today’ show host Savannah Guthrie’s mother Nancy has gone missing. Here’s what we know.

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Nancy Guthrie, 84, the mother of beloved “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie, has been missing since Sunday, and authorities are investigating her disappearance as a crime.

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said that based on the scene at her Tucson, Arizona, home, he believes Nancy was “taken from her home against her will” and is treating this as a “possible kidnapping or abduction” case.

“Just call us. Let her go. Just call us. The family will tell you, there’s no questions asked here,” Nanos told NBC News.

Here’s what to know.

Who is Nancy Guthrie?

Nancy Guthrie is the mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie.

She has appeared on “Today” numerous times, including when Savannah called her on air in 2012 to wish her a happy 70th birthday. In 2022, for her 80th birthday, Savannah paid tribute to her mom on the show, calling her “a truth teller, whether you really want to hear the truth or not. She’s quick and she’s smart, she’s well-read, she’s curious about everything.”

Last November, Nancy was featured in a segment where Savannah took a tour of her hometown of Tucson.

Nancy was last seen at her home outside of Tucson, Arizona, on the evening of January 31 after her family dropped her off there. She lives alone but has house staff.

The next day, Sunday, February 1, a friend called the family concerned when Nancy wasn’t present for Sunday service at her church.

After an hour of searching the home and property, the family called 911. Authorities say her cell phone and car were left behind. She has limited mobility and requires daily medication that can be fatal if not received within 24 hours.

What do police think happened to her?

Authorities said they don’t know if Nancy Guthrie was targeted because of her famous daughter and are not aware of any threats to Savannah Guthrie.

Along with investigating what Nanos described as “hundreds of leads,” authorities have been searching for Nancy using drones, a helicopter, an airplane, search-and-rescue dogs, and volunteers. Nanos said on February 3 that possible DNA evidence had been found at the scene, though it could take several days to learn anything conclusive.

ABC News reported that investigators are focusing on Nancy’s electronic devices to see if there is data that could point to an assailant or a specific time when the abduction occurred.

What has Savannah Guthrie said?

Savannah Guthrie has been an anchor on NBC’s morning show “Today” since 2012.

Born in Australia, she and her family moved to Tucson when she was young. She joined NBC in 2007, and in her time there before “Today,” she was a White House correspondent and anchored “NBC Nightly News.”

Savannah has not appeared on “Today” since her mother’s disappearance.

On Tuesday, she posted an image on her Instagram that read “Please Pray” with the following caption:

we believe in prayer. we believe in voices raised in unison, in love, in hope. we believe in goodness. we believe in humanity. above all, we believe in Him.

thank you for lifting your prayers with ours for our beloved mom, our dearest Nancy, a woman of deep conviction, a good and faithful servant. raise your prayers with us and believe with us that she will be lifted by them in this very moment.

we need you.

“He will keep in perfect peace those whose hearts are steadfast, trusting in the Lord.” a verse of Isaiah for all time for all of us.

Bring her home.

Guthrie is part of NBC’s lineup to cover the upcoming Winter Olympics in Italy; it’s so far unclear if she will still attend.




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