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Man Detained in Nancy Guthrie Kidnapping Case Speaks Out After Release

Carlos Palazuelos was released without charges after being detained near Nancy Guthrie's home; authorities continue investigation with deputies stationed at the remote property.

  • US police released Carlos Palazuelos after detaining him during a traffic stop in Rio Rico, Arizona, and questioning him without filing charges.
  • The remote location of Guthrie's property has complicated the investigation and made it difficult to obtain CCTV footage and visual evidence.
  • Palazuelos said officers questioned him about his whereabouts and work, seized his phone, and he told reporters `I hope you get the suspect, because I'm not it' while describing the stop as `I felt like I was being kidnapped, bro.'
  • Sheriff's deputies remain stationed at the scene as investigators continue work, while community members have left flowers and messages for the Guthrie family.
  • The FBI is now assisting the probe, and the case has drawn national attention because Nancy Guthrie is the mother of US television host Savannah Guthrie.
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Man questioned in Guthrie's disappearance released

RIO RICO, Ariz. — Fresh surveillance images from Nancy Guthrie's porch the night she went missing, coupled with intense police activity across Arizona and the detention of a man raised hopes that authorities were nearing a major break.

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Man released after being questioned in Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance says experience was ‘terrifying’

The FBI updated their missing person poster for Nancy Guthrie, Feb. 10, 2026. (FBI) (PHOENIX, Ariz.) — The man who was detained and released after being questioned in connection with the abduction of Today show anchor Savannah Guthrie’s mother, Nancy Guthrie, says it was “terrifying.” The man, who said he works in Tucson and delivers packages for a living, said he was detained in a traffic stop in Rio Rico, according to ABC Phoenix affiliate sta…

Authorities detained a man for questioning on Tuesday in connection with the kidnapping of the mother of US TV presenter Savannah Guthrie, but he was released hours later.

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KMIZ broke the news in on Wednesday, February 11, 2026.
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