Man detained in suspected kidnapping of Savannah Guthrie’s mother is released and insists police grabbed the wrong guy.

In the high profile search for 84 year old Nancy Guthrie—mother of Today show host Savannah Guthrie—a 36 year old man named Carlos was briefly held, questioned, and then cleared. He says he was just sitting in his car in Rio Rico, Arizona, when deputies demanded his name and hauled him in during a traffic stop tied to the investigation. After several hours in handcuffs, he was released with swollen wrists and told reporters he’d never even heard of Nancy Guthrie, adding that he wants police to “find the suspect that did it so they can clear my name.” The Pima County Sheriff’s Office confirmed they finished searching a property in Rio Rico near the U.S.–Mexico border but offered no new clues about Nancy’s whereabouts. Her disappearance from her Tucson home on February 1 is still being treated as a suspected abduction; the FBI has released doorbell cam images of a masked, armed figure and acknowledged a ransom letter and later communications. Savannah and her siblings continue to post emotional video appeals, saying they’re ready to pay to bring their mother home alive.

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