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A man who lives at a property that was searched by authorities said Wednesday he was the person detained for questioning in connection with the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie and has since been released from custody.
Authorities confirmed that a man was questioned and released.
A man who identified himself as Carlos Palazuelos spoke to Telemundo in Spanish outside his house in Rio Rico, Arizona — the site of the law enforcement search Tuesday. Palazuelos confirmed his house was searched as per a warrant. His front and back door was damaged, he said.
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He added that agents told him he looked like the person seen in security camera footage from Guthrie’s house, released by the FBI yesterday.
He said that while he is a delivery driver, he doesn’t remember if he delivered anything to Guthrie’s house.
Palazuelos said that he doesn’t know who Guthrie is and wasn’t involved in the kidnapping.
The development came hours after the FBI released images of a masked and armed individual captured on her front door camera on the morning the 84-year-old mother of "TODAY" co-anchor Savannah Guthrie disappeared in Tucson, Arizona.
FBI Director Kash Patel earlier published six black-and-white photos and three video clips on X. The images show an unidentified person wearing a mask, gloves, sneakers and a backpack. The person is armed, Patel said on X, and at least one of the videos shows a holstered gun.
The images show the person appearing to cover the camera with a gloved hand and what seems to be part of a plant. In one of the videos, the person tilts their head downward while walking through the home’s front archway.
Patel said law enforcement had "uncovered these previously inaccessible new images" as of Tuesday morning. The video was "recovered from residual data located in backend systems."
The FBI is directing all questions to the Pima County Sheriff’s Department. The sheriff's department, which is leading the investigation, released an identical statement and said no news briefings were planned at this time.
The images released by the FBI show the logo for Nest, a smart doorbell brand owned by Google. The technology giant did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Savannah Guthrie posted one of the photos on her Instagram account with a brief message: "We believe she is still alive. Bring her home. Anyone with information, please contact 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324) or the Pima County Sheriff’s Department 520-351-4900."
President Donald Trump has reviewed the imagery, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters.
"The president encourages any American across the country with any knowledge of the suspect to please call the FBI, who continue to assist state and local authorities who are leading this investigation on the ground," Leavitt said.
Patel, whom Trump appointed to lead the FBI, visited the Tucson command center in the Guthrie case Monday, a source familiar with the matter told NBC News.
Guthrie’s family reported the 84-year-old missing from her home in Tucson around noon Feb. 1 after she did not show up for virtual church services. She was last seen the previous night, around 9:45 p.m., after having had dinner at the home of her daughter Annie Guthrie, Arizona, according to the sheriff’s department.
Guthrie’s disappearance set off a desperate search involving state and federal law enforcement agencies.
Three news outlets have said they received a ransom note referring to Guthrie. NBC News has reviewed a copy of the note, and the contents are consistent with the descriptions provided by the FBI and those news outlets. No law enforcement agency has so far substantiated the note.
In an Instagram video Monday, Savannah Guthrie said her family believed her mother was “still out there” and asked for the public's help finding her.
“We are at an hour of desperation, and we need your help,” she said in part.
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos has said Guthrie does not have cognitive issues, characterizing her as “sharp as a tack.” However, he said, she has limited mobility and needs to take medication daily or “it could be fatal.”
Nanos has said he does not know whether Guthrie’s medication was still at her home.
She has a pacemaker — a device typically implanted under the skin to regulate the heartbeat — which disconnected from its monitoring app on her phone early Feb. 1.
