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In the early hours of February 1, Nancy Guthrie was taken against her will from her home in Tucson, Arizona, where she was raising three children, including today Police said show co-host Savannah Guthrie
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On February 10, authorities released chilling Nest surveillance camera photos and videos showing an armed attacker at Nancy’s front door wearing a mask and gloves
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Now, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos has revealed that investigators have identified DNA on a glove found two miles from Nancy’s home on February 15.
In mid-February, two weeks after Nancy Guthrie mysteriously disappeared in the early morning hours, a glove that looked similar to one worn by a masked man seen on surveillance video on her front porch was found two miles from her home in Tucson, Arizona.
The glove has been tested for DNA and many hope it will lead to clues as to who took the 84-year-old mother away. today Show co-host Savannah Guthrie — and why.
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos revealed in an interview with local outlet KVOA that investigators were able to find a match to DNA on one of the gloves.
“There was some talk and discussion that the police on the scene simply discarded [the gloves]which couldn’t be further from the truth,” Nanos told the outlet.
“We knew then, we believed wholeheartedly that these gloves belonged to a restaurant, and guess what? We found out the owner of the gloves worked at a restaurant across the street,” Nanos said.
“It has nothing to do with this case,” Nanos said, according to KVOA.
He did not specify which restaurant the person worked at or whether investigators interviewed the person.
He also said other gloves sent to the Florida lab may be different and DNA testing may take a while, the outlet reported.
“It’s a challenge because we know we have DNA, but now we have to deal with this mixture and how to separate it,” Nanos said.
Police said Nancy was taken from her home in Tucson, Arizona, in the early hours of Sunday, February 1.
At 12:03 p.m. that day, the mother of three failed to watch the virtual church service with friends, and her family called 911.
The Pima County Sheriff’s Office later joined forces with the FBI to launch a massive investigation into Nancy’s disappearance, saying they believed she had been taken against her will.
Concern for Nancy deepened when Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos revealed that the blood found on the front porch belonged to her.
What’s even more chilling is that Nest camera surveillance photos and video footage released by the authorities on February 10 showed that a masked man with a gun appeared on Nancy’s front porch in the early morning of February 1.
The FBI Phoenix office shared more details, describing the suspect as “a male, approximately 5 feet 9 inches to 5 feet 10 inches tall, with a medium build. In the video, he is carrying a black 25-liter ‘Ozark Trail Hiker Pack’ backpack,” which may have been purchased at Walmart.
Investigators revealed that Guthrie’s doorbell camera disconnected at 1:47 a.m. local time. Shortly after, at 2:12 a.m., the camera detected a dark figure walking toward the house. Sixteen minutes later, at 2:28 a.m., Guthrie’s pacemaker disconnected from the pacemaker app on her phone, authorities said.
Law enforcement searched tirelessly for Nancy, but to no avail.
However, in late February, a couple who lived on a cul-de-sac about 2.5 miles from Nancy’s home released new footage obtained by Fox News showing a car speeding down the road minutes after police believed she had been abducted.
A video posted by the couple was taken around 2:36 a.m. on February 1, about eight minutes after Nancy’s pacemaker last synced with her iPhone, according to the sheriff’s timeline.
Savannah Guthrie and mother Nancy Guthrie
Photo credit: savannahguthrie/Instagram
The Pima County Sheriff’s Office told Fox News and NBC News it was aware of the newly released Ring camera footage but would not say whether the footage would help solve the case.
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Savannah and her siblings have been waiting for news about what happened to their mother since she disappeared.
A sign posted at the home of Nancy Guthrie, mother of Today show host Savannah Guthrie
Photo credit: Jan Sonnemair/Getty
On February 24, Savannah released an exciting new video saying the Guthrie family is offering a reward of up to $1 million for any information that leads to Nancy’s recovery. The family also donated $500,000 to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
A $100,000 FBI reward for information remains active.
Anyone with information about Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance is asked to contact 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324) or the Pima County Sheriff’s Department (520-351-4900).
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