The FBI said on Sunday that a glove with DNA found about two miles from the home of "Today" program anchor Savannah Guthrie's mother looks like the one worn by a masked person outside her front door in Tucson the night she went missing.
It was found in a field next to a road and sent for DNA testing. The FBI said in a statement that it got preliminary results on Saturday and was waiting for official confirmation. As the search for Guthrie's mother enters its third week, law enforcement is gathering more possible evidence. Authorities had indicated before that they didn't know who the suspect was.
Savannah Guthrie posted a video on Instagram on Sunday night asking whoever took her mother or anyone who knows where she is to come forward. Guthrie stated, "It's never too late to do the right thing." "And we are here." And we believe that every person is basically good, and that it's never too late.
People last saw Nancy Guthrie, 84, at her house in Arizona on January 31. The next day, she was reported missing. Authorities claim they found her blood on the front porch. News organizations got what looked like ransom notes, but the two deadlines for payment have past.
Investigators had only released CCTV videos of the masked guy outside Guthrie's front door a few days before the discovery was made public. A individual with a rucksack, a ski mask, long leggings, a jacket, and gloves was caught on tape by a porch camera.
The FBI declared the guy a suspect on Thursday. It said he was a medium-sized male who was about 5 feet 9 inches tall. The agency said he had a 25-liter "Ozark Trail Hiker Pack" backpack on him.
As part of their inquiry, police closed off a route around two miles (3.2 kilometers) from Guthrie's house late on Friday night. A number of sheriff's and FBI cars, including forensic trucks, went through the barrier.
Late on Friday, the detectives also tagged and towed a Range Rover SUV from a parking lot of a restaurant nearby. The sheriff's department later claimed that the action was part of the Guthrie investigation, but no one was arrested.
During a traffic stop south of Tucson on Tuesday, sheriff's deputies took someone into custody for questioning. The police didn't specify why they stopped the man, but they did say he was let go. That same day, deputies and FBI agents searched Rio Rico, which is approximately an hour's drive south of the city, with permission from the court.
Because Nancy Guthrie needs important medicine every day, officials are worried about her health. According to audio from the sheriff's dispatcher on broadcastify.com, she has a pacemaker and has had problems with her heart and high blood pressure.
Before Authorities said they had found DNA on Nancy Guthrie's property that doesn't belong to her or anyone who is close to her. The people who were looking into it were trying to figure out who it belonged to.
The FBI also revealed that about 16 gloves were found in different places surrounding the house. Most of them were searchers' gloves that had been thrown away.
