THE bandmate of Nancy Guthrie’s son-in-law has opened up about facing intense, unfounded scrutiny over the 84-year-old mom’s disappearance.

Dominic Evans, who plays drums with Tommaso Cioni, was a prisoner in his own home as media flocked to his quiet Tucson, Arizona, street while searching for answers to the case that’s gripped the nation.

Evans, who is a 5th-grade teacher, became a target after it was revealed he had been arrested in 1999 for drunkenly swiping a calculator and watch while at a bar.

The online speculation became so fierce that it led strangers to stalk his home, knock on their door, and snap sneaky photos as they lived their day-to-day routines.

Now, Evans has set the record straight and insisted he spoke with investigators for 40 minutes two weeks ago before never hearing from them again.

“I feel like someone’s taken my name,” he told The New York Times.

When asked for what reason, he explained, “I don’t know — monetary, clickbait, to be relevant, entertainment — but there are innocent people that get hurt.”

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos, who is spearheading the investigation, has voiced his pain for Evans and his family, but insisted he isn’t ready to rule out suspects other than the Guthrie family.

“He’s going through hell, and it is horrible,” Nanos said.

“And I don’t know what to tell him except he probably should be speaking with some attorneys and sue some of these people for libel.”

Speculation spiraled out of control after the FBI released surveillance capturing a masked suspect bashing Nancy’s doorbell camera on the night she was taken.

People online vowed the man had similarities with Evans. However, despite weeks of sifting through tips, authorities still haven’t released a name.

Drummer’s history

Evans started playing with Cioni’s rock band Early Black in 2007 after responding to a Craigslist ad.

He said he only met Nancy once when he brought his oldest son to hunt for Easter eggs at her house in 2011, and admitted to knowing she was also the mother of Today star Savannah Guthrie.

Evans’ wife said she saw news of Nancy’s disappearance on February 1 on Instagram, and immediately sent it to her husband.

The drummer said he texted Cioni that night to send love and tell him they were thinking about the Guthrie family.

Just days later, the elementary school teacher was wading through a mountain of bizarre allegations online.

‘Scary’ turn

Evans was convicted of theft and driving drunk, and served a year and a half on probation.

A few years after his sentence, he graduated from the University of Arizona and had been teaching ever since.

On February 13, Evans chatted with teachers at his school and said he would have to take a few days off until the Nancy situation cooled down.

That same day when he drove home, the teacher was stunned to see a crowd of people standing around his property.

Journalists and live streamers had reported that a SWAT vehicle had left the sheriff’s department, and people anticipated Evans could be the target.

He said his address had been posted online, leaving him in fear of “swatting,” which is when someone makes a prank call to emergency services to dispatch armed officers at a home.

“This one felt really, really, really scary, because it was like everyone was waiting for someone to come to our house,” Evans’ wife Andrea said.

Andrea and Evans have been left completely bamboozled by the speculation and chaos, and are praying for the truth to come out.

“None of this is real, but there’s so much of it,” Ms. Evans said of the rumors.

“How can anyone decipher or catch all of it?”