Nancy Guthrie disappearance: New letter to TMZ claims to know who kidnapper is

TUCSON, Ariz. — Friday night’s dramatic search of a home in Rio Rico, Arizona, just north of the border with Mexico, marked the first known in the investigation for the missing Nancy Guthrie outside of a property belonging to a family member.

The Pima County Sheriff’s Department and the FBI conducted a court-authorized search of a home in the desert community of about 20,000 people, where an individual, Carlos Palazuelos, was staying. Palazuelos had been pulled and briefly detained for questioning.

Several hours later, early on Wednesday morning, investigators left the scene.

Until Tuesday night, the only properties searched belonged to Nancy Guthrie herself and her eldest daughter, Annie.

Authorities searched Nancy’s home on Sunday, Feb. 1, after she reportedly did not attend a weekly group meetup where she normally watched a livestreamed church service with acquaintances.

In the evening hours of Friday, Feb. 6, the FBI returned to Nancy’s home, cleared the media away and searched the property again, including on the roof.

Annie Guthrie’s home has also been searched twice, once on Wednesday, Feb. 4, three days into the investigation, and again on Saturday Feb. 7.