Nancy Guthrie search: DNA results still not back as volunteers find another glove

TUCSON, Ariz. – More than a dozen volunteers went out to search for clues in a disappearance Nancy Guthrie in Tucson’s Catalina Foothills neighborhood on Sunday, three weeks to the day after the 84-year-old was kidnapped.

The search came a day after Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos announced that DNA recovered from the scene had not yet led police to the suspect in the kidnapping of the “Today” co-anchor’s mother. Savannah Guthrie.

In an interview with NBC, which aired on Saturday, he said it was a mixed sample It can take weeks or months Or up to a year for detection at the Florida laboratory where I sent the evidence.

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Nancy Guthrie disappeared from her Tucson home in the early hours of February 1, with investigators treating the case as an apparent kidnapping. (Fox Flight Team, Courtesy of NBC)

The other DNA has already been processed. The blood on the front porch goes back to Guthrie. The lab also tested a suspicious glove found two miles from her home, which authorities said appeared similar to the gloves worn by a masked suspect in the Guthrie Nest doorbell camera.

Photos posted on February 10, 2025 show a “subject” on Nancy Guthrie’s property. (Provided by the FBI)

The gauntlet provided no answers Doesn’t match any known criminals in the FBI’s CODIS database and did not match any other samples found inside the home.

Sources told Fox News Digital over the weekend that DNA mixed inside Guthrie’s home has so far provided only a partial profile, which has not been enough for CODIS verification.

However, genealogists tell Fox News Digital that it is Investigate genetic genealogyanother tool in the DNA toolkit, is based on different genetic information and may still be applicable from the same evidence.

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Savannah Guthrie and her mother, Nancy Guthrie. (Instagram/Savannah Guthrie)

CODIS is based on short tandem repeat (STR) testing, which compares 20 genetic markers against a federal database to look for a direct match. IGG, also known as FGG or Forensic Genetic Genealogy, tests hundreds of thousands of single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP or “snip”) markers, a completely different aspect of DNA, to find ancestral links.

“It is possible to parse a mixed sample and get a profile, but it’s really hard to get a profile in CODIS,” said CeCe Moore, senior genetic genealogist at Parabon Nanolabs and a leading expert in the field. “It has to be practically perfect.”

If the sample does not have a complete STR profile, there may not be a CODIS result. As a result, SNP sequencing is more effective on degraded or incomplete samples.

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“You can certainly use the same sample to create a snippet profile,” Moore told Fox News Digital.

Although SNP profiles have only recently been admissible in court, partial STR profiles can be used to obtain an arrest warrant, even when they do not qualify for CODIS, she said.

“If you’re comparing 13 signs, or just 10 signs, you can still compare it,” she said.

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A woman carries away discarded clothing found in a sewer tunnel during a volunteer search in the Nancy Guthrie case on Sunday, February 22, 2026. A group of about 12 to 15 people split up and searched along the roads surrounding Guthrie’s neighborhood. (Michael Ruiz/Fox News Digital)

With few official updates Volunteers came out over the weekend To take the research into their own hands. Among the items they found were a black glove, possibly similar to other gloves found in the case, and a backpack that did not match the description of what authorities say the suspect was wearing.

Just over a dozen volunteers gathered shortly after 8 a.m. Sunday, split into groups of two to four people and divided into different parts of the neighborhood. Organizers refused to let Fox News Digital see the map they had marked up.

People conduct an informal search for clues in the case of Nancy Guthrie, in Tucson, Arizona, Sunday, February 22, 2026. Guthrie was last seen alive at the end of January. (Kat Ramirez for Fox News Digital)

“I feel like if it was my mom or someone in my family who was missing, I would want someone to come and look and try to help find her and bring her home,” said Christy Wiggins, a human rights coordinator. The volunteer drove from Phoenix Sunday morning to help.

A netizen searched for Nancy Guthrie’s address and her daughter’s salary before the “Today” host’s mother disappeared.

Volunteer searchers located this black glove at the intersection of 1st Avenue and East Camino Alberca in Tucson, about 1.5 miles from Nancy Guthrie’s home on Sunday, February 22, 2026. A woman who lives across the street said she had already turned over her Ring camera video to police. (Michael Ruiz/Fox News Digital)

Volunteers were looking for evidence linked to a masked suspect, who may or may not have acted alone. Earlier in the investigation, The FBI released a doorbell camera Video shows a masked man on her front porch. Notably, according to the office, he was wearing a black Ozark Trail hiking backpack.

“I’m nervous, I’m kind of scared, I’m not sure, but I have a lot of energy to get out and hopefully, you know, help locate anything to help find her,” said Katherine Montanez, another researcher.

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A woman carrying a SwissGear brand backpack was discovered during a volunteer search in the Nancy Guthrie case on Sunday, February 22, 2026. Authorities later said they had not provided any viable leads. (Michael Ruiz/Fox News Digital)

Volunteers found the SwissGear backpack on Sunday, about 2.5 miles from Guthrie’s home, which a Pima County Police Department spokesman said appeared to be unrelated to the case.

The gauntlet was closer to Guthrie’s address, about 2.3 miles away at the intersection of 1st Avenue and East Camino Alberca. But the spokesman said that search teams did not report the incident until early Sunday evening.

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People conduct an informal search for clues in the case of Nancy Guthrie, on Sunday, February 22, 2026. Guthrie was last seen alive at the end of January. (Kat Ramirez for Fox News Digital)

Organizers did not respond to an email about the search Monday morning.

The gauntlet appeared near the house where A.J A search warrant was served on February 13 in connection with the case. But this warrant did not result in any charges.

A woman who lives across the street told reporters that The police had already combed her neighborhood For Ring camera video. She said she handed over what she had but didn’t think it showed anything important.

Sheriff Nanos said over the weekend that investigators were working to confirm other items the suspect was seen wearing.

Deputies checked a flyer taped to Nancy Guthrie’s mailbox on Sunday, February 22, 2026. They were called to the scene after volunteer searchers and several signs entered Guthrie’s property with a shovel. (Michael Ruiz/Fox News Digital)

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Back at the Guthrie home, two women from a group called Madres Sonoras Desaparecida, or Mothers of the Missing Sonorans, entered the house briefly with a shovel and a length of rebar.

Several livestreamers who took videos on their phones followed them to the ground before a deputy asked them to leave.

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Fox News’ Oliviana Calmes contributed to this report.

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