Carlos Palazzolosthe man was detained for interrogation in connection with the matter Nancy Guthrie CNN reported on Wednesday that the investigation was now public, citing its affiliate KNXV.
Law enforcement arrested Palazulos for questioning at a traffic stop in Rio Rico on Tuesday. Rio de Janeiro is located an hour south of Tucson, close to the United States –Mexico boundary.
The detention was based on investigative leads. However, that person was not charged, according to law enforcement officials who spoke to CNN at the time.
this pima county Investigators have concluded a search of a property in Rio de Janeiro, the Sheriff’s Department announced Wednesday.
Carlos Palazulos’ mother-in-law speaks out after his arrest
Palazzolos’ mother-in-law insists he is innocent. A woman who calls herself “Josefina” told NewsNation’s senior national correspondent Brian Entin that her son-in-law showed up at her home in Rio de Janeiro. Arizonaduring Guthrie’s disappearance.
The person detained during the traffic stop has not yet been labeled a suspect.
She revealed that Carlos and her daughter are now living in her house after being evicted from their previous home and are currently waiting for a tax refund to secure enough funds to relocate.
“My daughter and him and the kids, my grandkids, they were doing DoorDash when they got pulled over here,” Josefina told the outlet.
“They’ve asked us a lot of questions about him. Like I said, I have nothing to hide. You can come into my house. You can search anything you want. There’s nothing to hide. I don’t know this lady, I don’t know this lady. I saw on Facebook that she (is missing),” she added.
Carlos Palazzolos’ mother-in-law calls him ‘a good guy’
Josefina called her son-in-law a “good man” and insisted he had no criminal record or history of violence. When seeing surveillance images captured by the person being monitored Nancy Guthrie’s Ring camera, Josefina said it didn’t look like Carlos.
She further noted that when she “made sure” her son-in-law was home Guthrie Missing. “On the weekends, he stayed at my house. He didn’t go anywhere,” she told NewsNation.
When asked about the possibility of leaving during the night, Josefina responded: “Oh, no, no,” further explaining that his van was currently unavailable.
