<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>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.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>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.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>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."</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/angus-taylor-expected-to-resign-from-coalition-frontbench-leadership-spill/5d97a3e2-9666-44f4-9364-8bc864675ea5"><strong><span>Taylor quits frontbench for leadership showdown</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The post also included a reminder that the FBI is offering a US$50,000 reward for any information leading to finding Guthrie.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Earlier, a man detained by deputies from the Pima County Sheriff's Department during a traffic stop south of Tucson was released.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He was identified as Carlos Palazuelos, by Spanish language broadcaster Telemundo, part of the NBC network.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/fbi-search-highways-to-find-missing-nancy-guthrie/886e3449-4d42-4343-b527-a42df333ce15" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He said that his house in Rio Rico, south of Tucson, was searched as part of the investigation. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I didn't do anything ... I hope they get the suspect because I'm not it," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/jeffrey-epstein-suicide-death-statement-us-attorney-geoffrey-berman-usa-news/013128b4-3299-4b80-8c98-ca7657b85fa2" target="" title=""><strong><span>Strange detail of Epstein's death announcement</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"They better do their job and find the suspect that did it so they can clear my name."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Nancy was last seen at her home in Tucson on January 31.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>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.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>This week the FBI released CCTV footage of a man on the doorstep of Nancy's home.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><em><span>NEVER MISS A STORY:</span></em></strong><span> </span><strong><em><span>Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.</span></em></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><ul><li><strong><em><span>Download the 9NEWS App here via</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple</span></em></strong></a><span> </span><strong><em><span>and</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Google Play</span></em></strong></a></li><li><strong><em><span>Make 9News your preferred source on Google by</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://9.nine.com.au/8x987w" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>ticking this box here</span></em></strong></a></li><li><strong><em><span>Sign up to</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://login.nine.com.au/edm?client_id=nineatnine" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>our breaking newsletter here</span></em></strong></a></li></ul></div></div>