India, Feb. 10 -- As the search for Nancy Guthrie rages on, her elder daughter Annie Guthrie's husband, Tommaso Cioni, is getting a lot of media attention.

It started with NewsNation journalist Ashleigh Banfield claiming that Tommaso Cioni "may be" the "prime suspect" in the case. The interest escalated as police conducted a search at their residence on Saturday and Sunday. Investigators looked into the septic tank at the home and photographed evidence in the rooms, in an hour-long marathon search Sunday.

Though authorities have not named a suspect or person of interest, the speculations rage on amid the search operations at the Cioni residence. And with that, many false claims are also doing rounds on social media.

One such claim conc...