FBI searches highways in Nancy Guthrie search as man detained in case released
The FBI says the search for Nancy Guthrie, the missing mother of US TV anchor Savannah Guthrie is now focusing on roads in the Catalina Foothills area of Phoenix.
The announcement comes as authorities released a man they had detained and interviewed over the disappearance of the 84-year-old who is believed to have been abducted from her Tucson home 11 days ago.
In a social media update on Wednesday (Thursday AEDT), the FBI, said its agents were are "conducting an extensive search along multiple roadways in the Catalina Foothills area related to the Nancy Guthrie investigation."
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Nancy Guthrie has now been missing for 11 days. NBC via CNN Newsource
Carlos Palazuelos was detained and released by US authorities over the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie. Supplied Nine
The post also included a reminder that the FBI is offering a US$50,000 reward for any information leading to finding Guthrie.
Earlier, a man detained by deputies from the Pima County Sheriff's Department during a traffic stop south of Tucson was released.
He was identified as Carlos Palazuelos, by Spanish language broadcaster Telemundo, part of the NBC network.
He said that his house in Rio Rico, south of Tucson, was searched as part of the investigation.
"I didn't do anything ... I hope they get the suspect because I'm not it," he said.
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Law enforcement agents walk around the neighbourhood where Annie Guthrie, a daughter of Nancy Guthrie, lives just outside Tucson in Arizona. (AP Photo/Ty ONeil) AP
"They better do their job and find the suspect that did it so they can clear my name."
Nancy was last seen at her home in Tucson on January 31.
Her daughter, journalist and long-term co-anchor of the Today US television news program Savannah Guthrie, has issued repeated pleas for information and even appealed to the unknown kidnappers, offering to pay a ransom.
This week the FBI released CCTV footage of a man on the doorstep of Nancy's home.
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