DNA on a glove found near Nancy Guthrie’s home produced no matches in the FBI’s Combined DNA Index System (CODIS).
Investigators hoped they had evidence that would lead them to the mother of “TODAY” anchor Savannah Guthrie or whoever abducted the 84-year-old victim from her southern Arizona home on Feb. 1.
The Pima County Sheriff’s Department announced on social media Tuesday afternoon that “additional DNA evidence” found inside the residence is still being analyzed. The DNA on the glove found two miles from Guthrie’s home on Wednesday isn’t the same DNA found on her property, according to CNN.
DNA from that item might have pointed law enforcement to a suspect or a potential escape route used to take Guthrie away from her Tucson neighborhood. Images retrieved from her disabled doorbell camera on Feb. 10 showed an armed man of average size wearing gloves and a mask outside her home early in the morning of the day she was reported missing.
Around 16 gloves were discovered near Guthrie’s home in recent days, though officials said they mostly appear to have been discarded by investigators.
Local media outlets and TMZ received a ransom note asking for $6 million in cryptocurrency on Feb. 3, though authorities can’t confirm that demand came from the missing woman’s kidnapper. The note reportedly mentioned a Feb. 9 deadline. The Guthrie family recorded a Feb. 7 video stating they would comply.
“This is very valuable to us and we will pay,” Savannah Guthrie said in that short message recorder with her brother Camron and sister Annie.
Authorities said Monday that no one in the Guthrie family is a suspect despite “cruel” internet speculation to the contrary.
Investigators have announced no suspects or motive in the case that entered its 17th day of investigation Tuesday. The FBI is offering a $100,000 reward for information leading to Guthrie or her kidnapper.
