The investigation’s actual trajectory:
February 1-9: Initial searches at Nancy’s home; family pleas; ransom notes (Bitcoin demands to TMZ, expired deadlines, no proof-of-life).
February 10: FBI releases chilling doorbell footage of a masked, armed man (ski mask, black gloves, Ozark Trail Hiker Pack backpack) tampering with the camera ~2 a.m. A man (delivery driver Carlos Palazuelos) detained in Rio Rico (~60 miles south, near Mexico border) after traffic stop; home/car searched; released hours later without charges.
February 11: Black glove found ~1.5 miles from home in desert wash; DNA shows Nancy’s (struggle) and second profile (family acquaintance link speculated but unconfirmed).
