Luke Daley is speaking out about the ordeal he and his mother endured in connection with the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie. Two weeks after being detained, the 37-year-old shared that he has no information regarding Nancy's possible abductors. "I don't. If I did, I would happily tell the FBI, police anything," Daley told True Crime Arizona host Briana Whitney. "I, like everyone else, just want Nancy to come home and be safe. But that being said, I have nothing to do with this case, and that's it."
During his "four or five hours" of detention, Daley said he was handcuffed and placed in the back of a police car while authorities searched his vehicle and home. He described the experience as "tough," but noted that he thought, "It should be not a big deal to clear my name and move on."
"All the dates I was telling them where I was," he said. "All you have to do is look at my phone and see my location. It was nowhere near anywhere or have any connection to this."
As for why Daley believes he and his 77-year-old mother were served search warrants during the investigation, he continued, "They didn't tell me any information about that. I have thought of any type of reason why they could have come after me, but there's nothing, and I think that's why they didn't tell me."
When it comes to online theories that he bears a resemblance to the masked subject captured on a doorbell camera approaching Nancy's house, Daley does not see the similarities and said it is "absolutely not" him.
Since his detention, though, Daley admitted that his daily life in Tucson has become "hard." "I can't go anywhere," he explained. "Everyone gives me dirty looks. I'd like to be able to go about my life and not have this shadow of doubt casted over me."
"I just want to say again that I hope that [Nancy is] safe," Daley added. "I hope they find her."
The Pima County Sheriff's Department confirmed to E! News that a federal search warrant was obtained and served to Daley and that the investigation into Nancy's disappearance continues. Likewise, Chris Scileppi, the lawyer representing Daley and his mother, previously confirmed to ABC News that the pair were briefly detained but noted they were not arrested and said they have no link to Nancy's disappearance.
"Like the entire Tucson community," Scileppi said in a Feb. 19 statement to ABC News, "both Mr. Daley and his mother are hopeful that Nancy will be returned to her family unharmed."
