Overview
- Carlos Palazuelos, 36, was detained on Feb. 10 in Rio Rico in connection with the search for Nancy Guthrie and was released hours later after questioning.
- Palazuelos says he was stopped during a traffic stop, told he was being detained for kidnapping, and that agents executed warrants to search his vehicle and residence and took his phone.
- He told reporters he may have delivered a package to Guthrie’s home through his job, said he does not know her, and maintained that he is innocent.
- FBI-released doorbell footage shows a masked person approaching Guthrie’s front door and trying to cover the camera, with the video shared after an alleged ransom deadline.
- Authorities have not commented on Palazuelos’s release, while media reports describe a blood trail and purported ransom notes and TV host Joy Behar questioned whether race influenced the temporary detention.