Carlos Palazuelos, Rio Rico, Arizona man identified as person of interest in Nancy Guthrie kidnapping case with the man’s mother in law, Josefina saying her son in law works as a door dash and FedEx driver and is married to her daughter and is not the armed masked man FBI authorities released images and video of on Tuesday.
In late developments, person of interest was released.
The mother-in-law of the man detained by police regarding the disappearance of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie has claimed he is innocent and not involved in the abduction of Today show host, Savannah Guthrie mother, Nancy.
The woman who identified herself as ‘Josefina‘ said her son-in-law, whom she identified as Carlos Palazuelos, was inside her home in Rio Rico, Arizona, during the timeframe when Guthrie disappeared.
Carlos was described on social media as being 36-years-old and a door dash and Fedex driver was detained late Tuesday during a traffic stop at Rio Rico, a town some 12 miles from the US-Mexico border.
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The person detained during a traffic stop is not being called a suspect at this time as the 84-year-old matriarch remains missing. It wasn’t immediately clear how Carlos came to be considered a person of interest. He was taken into custody the same day the FBI released images and video of an armed masked individual probing the doorway of Nancy’s $1 million Tucson home on the evening she disappeared.
At this time, he has NOT been directly tied to the physical kidnapping itself. His alleged involvement appears limited to the cryptocurrency aspect of the case. That could mean he acted as a middleman in handling digital payments, or believed he could profit from the situation. Authorities have not confirmed his alleged exact role.
In late developments social media shared that Carlos had been released early Wednesday.
Said the man after being released, ‘I didn’t even know who this woman (Nancy Guthrie) was, that he works as a delivery driver.’
‘They told me I was being detained for kidnapping. I asked them, “Kidnapping of who?”‘ the man told reporters outside his home.
Nancy Guthrie person of interest mother in law denies son in law is involved in her abduction
The man’s mother, Josefina speaking to NewsNation said Carlos and her daughter lived at her home after being evicted from their residence and awaiting their tax refund to have sufficient funds to move out.
‘My daughter and he, and the kids, my grandkids, were doing DoorDash when they got stopped here,’ the woman told the outlet.
‘They already asked us a lot of questions about him. Like I said, I have nothing to hide. You can go in my house. You can search anything you want. There’s nothing to hide. I don’t know the lady, I don’t know about the lady. I saw her (missing) on Facebook,’ the mother in law added.
‘They showed me a video to see if it was him, to see … if I recognize the things he was wearing, he doesn’t have any of that. He doesn’t have anything that comes in the video,’ the mother in law said.
Rio Rico mother in law insists her son in law is innocent and has always been home
When asked if the person in the footage looked like her son-in-law, the resident replied, ‘No, it doesn’t look like him. No, not at all.’
She added that her son-in-law hasn’t been ‘in trouble’ since he was underage.
Josefina described her son-in-law as a ‘good guy,’ who does not have a criminal record or history of being violent. After being shown surveillance photos of the individual on Nancy Guthrie’s ring camera, Josefina denied images beared a resemblance to Carlos.
Josefina added she was ‘positive’ her son-in-law was at home during the time Guthrie disappeared.
‘On the weekends, he stays at my house. He doesn’t go nowhere,’ she told the outlet.
When asked if he could have left in the night, Josefina replied, ‘Oh, no, no,’ adding that his van is currently broken.
