Nancy Guthrie has not been found yet, after her family reported her missing on February 1. Authorities believe that the 84-year-old was kidnapped from her home near Tucson, Arizona, the night before. While no suspect has officially been named, there has been a lot of speculation surrounding son-in-law Tommaso Cioni.
Cioni was reportedly the last person to see TODAY show host, Savannah Guthrie's mother, before she was taken. The octogenarian had had dinner with Cioni's wife, Savannah's sister, Annie, the night before she was reported missing and it was Cioni who reportedly dropped her off home. With a mounting interest in Cioni, his personal life came under the microscope. This brought attention to Cioni's band Early Black and fellow bandmembers Dominic Evans and Walter Goncalves.
Claims were amde about Evans' alleged criminal past and speculation only heightened after the FBI released video footage of a potential subject at Guthrie's doorstep the night of her disappearance. While both FBI and Pima County Sheriff's Department have not named any suspect yet, the agency director Kash Patel reported that there were persons of interest in the case now. Amid this, a claim about Dominic Evans being summoned for questioning has gone viral.
To be sure, this claim was shared on social media from unverified profiles. Here's the truth behind the claims.
Dominic Evans called for questioning? Truth behind claim
Facebook pages widely shared the claim that Evans had been summoned for questioning. “'IT’S HIM!' Police have summoned Tommaso Cioni’s bandmate, Dominic Evans, for questioning — and sources say he has admitted…” one post read.
Another post was shared with the same caption. They garnered a fair amount of reactions, with some saying that Evans looked like the masked subject, while others noted that facial features did not match.
Irrespective of these claims and speculations, Evans has not been called in for questioning in Guthrie's case, from what authorities have shared with the public. A person was detained yesterday but was then let go, but it was not Evans.
The sheriff's department had shared that they were talking to people who last saw Guthrie before her disappearance. The claims about Evans only springs from his links to Cioni. An earlier report from former News Nation journalist Asheligh Banfield had claimed that Cioni was the suspect in the case, but authorities have quashed it. However, it has not quelled social media speculation about Guthrie's son-in-law or his former bandmates.