DNA pulled from glove found near Nancy Guthrie’s home as FBI believe it may belong to suspect seen in doorbell cam
Nancy Guthrie was last seen at her Arizona home on January 31
The FBI said a glove found two miles from Nancy Guthrie’s Arizona home could match the gloves worn by an “armed” person seen in surveillance footage outside her front door the morning she disappeared, according to the Associated Press.
This comes after the FBI released new photos and videos from Guthrie’s doorbell camera of a suspect, who was wearing a ski mask and gloves, approaching her front door. Police said the man was armed and appeared to tamper with her camera.
The glove, which the agency said could match those worn by the suspect, has reportedly been sent off for DNA testing. While investigators have received the preliminary results, they’re still waiting on official confirmation, the AP reports.
The agency reportedly said about 16 gloves have been found near Guthrie’s home, most of which were later identified as gloves used by searchers that had been discarded.
Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of “Today” show anchor Savannah Guthrie, was last seen at her home in the Catalina Foothills, a quiet community just outside of Tucson, Arizona, on January 31. She was reported missing the next day.
The masked individual seen at Nancy Guthrie’s front door has been described as a man with an average build who is between 5’9” and 5’10” tall. He was wearing a black, 25-liter ‘Ozark Trail Hiker Pack’ backpack, the FBI noted.
On Thursday, the FBI also announced a new reward of $100,000 for information “leading to the location of Nancy Guthrie and/or the arrest and conviction of anyone involved in her disappearance.”
This comes after law enforcement officials carried out operations in the Tucson area Friday related to Guthrie’s disappearance.
Investigators searched a residence about two miles from Guthrie’s home Friday night, with a warrant that was “based on a lead,” a Pima County Sheriff’s Department spokesperson said Saturday. No arrests were made.
Around the same time, officials conducted a separate traffic stop, also near Guthrie’s home. Investigators questioned an individual, but no arrests were made, the sheriff’s department spokesperson said.
The search for Guthrie is now entering its third week. Investigators “won’t quit” their efforts to find Guthrie, even if it takes years, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos told The New York Times.
“Maybe it’s an hour from now,” Nanos said Friday. “Maybe it’s weeks or months or years from now. But we won’t quit. We’re going to find Nancy. We’re going to find this guy."
Her disappearance has sparked a massive search involving state and federal law enforcement agencies.
Guthrie relies on daily medication, and there could be “fatal” consequences if she doesn’t take it, Nanos has said. When she vanished, police also flagged that she has high blood pressure, a pacemaker and cardiac issues, according to a 911 dispatch audio.
Savannah Guthrie has said she believes her mother is still alive. The “Today” show anchor recently shared an old video of her mother on Instagram with the caption, “We will never give up on her.”
She also shared the footage of the masked man and asked for anyone with information to come forward. “Someone out there recognizes this person. We believe she is still out there. Bring her home,” she wrote on Instagram.
The Pima County Sheriff’s Department said anyone with information should contact 1-800-CALL-FBI, 520-351-4900, 88-CRIME or visit tips.fbi.gov.
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