TUSCON, Ariz. (WINK)— On Tuesday, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department provided an update in the missing case of Nancy Guthrie, mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie.
Guthrie, 84, was last seen at her Arizona home on Jan. 31 and was reported missing the following day. Authorities say her blood was found on the front porch. Purported ransom notes were sent to news outlets, but two payment deadlines have passed.
According to the sheriff’s office, a glove found two miles from Guthrie’s home was turned over to law enforcement and run through the FBI’s database for DNA, possibly linking it to a suspect in the investigation.
The sheriff’s office confirmed that the DNA scan yielded no hits, meaning the DNA found on the glove matched no records in the FBI database.
“We're hopeful that we're always getting closer, but the news now, I think, is that we had heard this morning that, of course, the DNA on the glove that was found two miles away was submitted for CODIS. And I just heard that CODIS had no hits,” Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said.
In a post on the sheriff's office’s X account, deputies will continue analyzing DNA evidence after confirming that more sources were found in the home.
On Monday, the Pima County Sheriff’s Office cleared the Guthrie family in the investigation, saying, "To be clear...the Guthrie family has been cleared as possible suspects in this case."
