Nancy Guthrie case: Sheriff says no one is permanently ruled out as detained man prepares lawsuit

TUCSON, Ariz. — Shortly earlier a antheral erstwhile detained successful the Nancy Guthrie probe submitted a $3.25 cardinal announcement of assertion against authorities, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos defended the grounds that led investigators to him, saying a justice signed disconnected connected the probable origin supporting the warrant and that investigators haven’t definitively ruled anyone out.

"From what we person successful beforehand of us, the evidence, the DNA, the whatever, the videos. Yeah, I deliberation you tin destruct them," Nanos told Fox News Digital successful a sit-down interrogation Thursday. "And truthful that elimination happens. But it's similar immoderate [criminal case], due to the fact that you're eliminated doesn't mean you didn't bash it. It doesn't mean that we can't get much information."

Speaking earlier quality of the looming suit became public, helium defended the hunt warrants served earlier successful the case, adjacent though they didn't pb to arrests.

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A divided representation showing Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos successful his Tucson bureau and Rio Rico transportation operator Carlos Palazuelos, who was concisely detained successful the Nancy Guthrie lawsuit and released without charges. (Kat Ramirez for Fox News Digital, Matt Finn/Fox News)

"We had accusation that made america judge that there’s a imaginable that Nancy’s there, oregon there’s a imaginable the atrocious guy’s there," helium explained. "That grounds is presented to the justice that says, ‘Yep, spell get him.’"

Guthrie is the 84-year-old parent of "Today" co-host Savannah Guthrie and is babelike connected bosom medication, putting unit connected instrumentality enforcement aboriginal successful the probe to effort and find her arsenic rapidly arsenic possible.

"We spell in, oh, present we look astatine it and go, ‘all right, she’s not here.’ That was evident," the sheriff added. "That was No. 1. And we’ve talked to these individuals, and they’ve fixed america an alibi, if you will, oregon whatever, to say, ‘Hey. We consciousness comfy successful letting them spell and not charging them.’"

Savannah Guthrie and her parent Nancy Guthrie are pictured Thursday, June 15, 2023. (Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty Images)

The archetypal publically identified idiosyncratic detained was Rio Rico transportation operator Carlos Palazuelos, 60 miles southbound of Tucson. He has not been charged with a crime. Days later, constabulary besides detained and released a antheral named Luke Daly, a felon who was facing unrelated cause charges astatine the time. Neither has been arrested oregon charged successful transportation with Guthrie's abduction.

"They’re ruled for now, but what if idiosyncratic comes up and says, ‘Hey, this feline said specified and such, specified and truthful that helium did that — and it’s 1 of the guys we looked [at] backmost successful the past?" Nanos said.

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Annie Guthrie, her hubby Tommaso Cioni, and Savannah Guthrie astatine their missing parent Nancy Guthrie's location connected Monday, March 2, successful Tucson, Arizona. (Fox News)

And that doesn’t conscionable use to the men who were detained and released. New grounds could enactment anyone backmost successful the investigation’s focus, Nanos said.

"I deliberation I aboriginal connected said, 'Look, determination is nary suspects. The household is not suspects. They’re not," helium told Fox News Digital. "Now, does that mean that ends it forever? No. What happens if adjacent week idiosyncratic calls and says, ‘Hey, a household subordinate did this, and here’s however I cognize it’? You cognize that ever opens a door."

Palazuelos precocious served a announcement of assertion against the sheriff's section seeking $3.25 cardinal implicit his ordeal.

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In the filing, a precursor to a lawsuit, helium and his in-laws allege that helium was targeted without probable cause, arrested without being fixed a crushed and held for hours earlier constabulary released him without charges portion damaging the location wherever they each unrecorded during a hunt warrant execution.

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The filing, archetypal reported by the section ABC 15 Arizona, alleges that the warrant that named Palazuelos was obtained with "false oregon baseless evidence." It besides points to a tweet from the sheriff's section that stated a "suspect" had been detained.

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The warrant itself has not been made public, and Palazuelos is not presently considered a fishy successful the case.

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A antheral is detained pursuing a postulation halt successful Tucson, Arizona, Friday, Feb. 13, 2026. The halt was connected to a national hunt warrant served astatine a location adjacent Nancy Guthrie’s house, however, the antheral was released without being charged. (Kat Ramirez for Fox News Digital)

Daly is not progressive successful Palazuelos' ineligible action.

No fishy has been publically identified successful transportation with Guthrie’s Feb. 1 abduction, but the sheriff said investigators are inactive sorting done piles of evidence.

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"We're not adjacent adjacent to these leads being dried up," helium said. "We'll proceed to enactment them."

And portion Nanos said he's optimistic that the lawsuit volition beryllium resolved arsenic investigation of DNA and video grounds continues, the sheriff is inactive urging anyone with accusation to travel forward.

Jeff Robb, a Seattle nonmigratory wintering successful Tucson, signs a banner supporting Nancy Guthrie successful Tucson, Ariz., connected Friday, Feb. 13, 2026. (Ty ONeil/AP Photo)

"We believe, conscionable arsenic the household does, conscionable arsenic Savannah does, idiosyncratic knows something," helium said. "We request that idiosyncratic to telephone us."

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The household is urging anyone with accusation to dial 1-800-CALL-FBI.

An anonymous reward tin beryllium claimed by calling 520-88-CRIME with accusation that leads to an arrest.