• Reporters spoke to a neighborhood Arizona man, recognized solely as Carlos, after he had been detained and launched by regulation enforcement.
• Carlos described the visitors cease that led to his questioning.
• Regulation enforcement informed him he was being detained for kidnapping, however he mentioned he was unfamiliar with Nancy Guthrie, Right now host Savannah Guthrie's mom, who had been lacking for 10 days.

An Arizona man who was detained by authorities within the kidnapping case of Right now anchor Savannah Guthrie's mom, Nancy, says he had by no means heard of her earlier than being introduced in.

"My spouse was driving. We pulled over 'trigger they have been following me," a person recognized solely as Carlos informed ABC15 Arizona in a video the outlet posted Wednesday to Fb. "And as soon as I noticed they have been following me, I pulled over. They didn’t should [make] a visitors cease or something. I obtained out of the automobile, they usually arrested me as quickly as I obtained out of the automobile."

Carlos mentioned that he was uncertain of what was taking place on the time.

"They didn't even inform me what was occurring till the detectives obtained right here like two hours earlier than I obtained arrested. After which, the detectives obtained right here, it was the FBI agent and Santa Cruz County," he mentioned. "They informed me I used to be being detained for kidnapping. And I requested them, 'Kidnapping of who?' They usually gave me this woman, I don't know her identify."

When the interviewer requested if it had been Nancy Guthrie, the previous suspect mentioned sure. But it surely was a reputation that he'd "by no means heard till in the present day," he mentioned.

He recalled telling authorities that it was doable he encountered the 84-year-old in his job with a courier service.

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"I informed them, I work in Tucson for GLS. If she ordered one thing from GLS, I may need delivered a bundle to her home, however I by no means kidnapped anyone," he mentioned in a darkish car parking zone the place the reporter had approached him. "They have been holding me from like 4 to proper now."

Carlos initially declined to reply the query of whether or not he had something to inform them and started heading away from the digital camera crew, however he ultimately rotated."

"I used to be arrested for kidnapping," he mentioned. "I didn't do it."

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When the reporter defined that authorities had introduced that they'd detained an individual of curiosity, he requested how Carlos felt.

"I'm not completely happy. I'm glad they’re doing their job, however they're chasing the fallacious individual," Carlos mentioned. "They need to be chasing different leads."

In a video interview posted Tuesday, Carlos informed CBS Information outdoors his dwelling that he was by no means questioned.

Carlos was launched early Wednesday, based on the New York Times. The outlet reported that regulation enforcement authorities stopped him in Rio Rico, Ariz., and that in addition they searched the house the place he lives along with his spouse and mother-in-law.

The seek for Nancy Guthrie started Feb. 1, after a church good friend observed she was not there. Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos later mentioned that he suspected she had been kidnapped due to the crime scene and the truth that she had restricted mobility.

Her three youngsters have made a number of public pleas to anybody answerable for her disappearance. The FBI can also be providing a $50,000 reward for data that results in the restoration of Nancy Guthrie or the arrest and conviction of anybody concerned in her disappearance.

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