In a potential breakthrough in the disappearance of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie from her Tucson home, the FBI has obtained preliminary DNA results from a glove found nearby that appears to match the black gloves worn by a masked suspect captured on surveillance video. The development, confirmed by an FBI spokesperson on Sunday, could link the evidence directly to the individual seen tampering with Guthrie's doorbell camera around the time she vanished on February 1.
The spokesperson revealed that preliminary results received on Saturday identified a DNA profile on one recovered glove that "is different and appears to match the gloves of the subject seen in the surveillance video." The agency is now conducting quality control and awaiting official confirmation before uploading the unknown male profile into CODIS, the FBI's national DNA database. This verification process typically takes about 24 hours from the time the bureau receives the DNA sample.
The glove in question closely resembles those visible in chilling doorbell camera footage released by the FBI earlier this week and posted by director Kash Patel. The video shows a masked figure wearing black gloves as they reach toward Guthrie's front door camera, rip out a plant from her yard to obstruct the lens, and hold what appears to be a flashlight in their mouth while attempting to cover their tracks.
The Pima County Sheriff's Department has recovered multiple gloves during the investigation, with the closest one found approximately two miles from Guthrie's Tucson residence and the furthest up to 10 miles away. Authorities have not yet determined if all the gloves are connected to the suspect or if some may be unrelated debris.
Should the DNA profile yield a match in the criminal database, investigators could identify a suspect's name within hours. The two-week-old case has drawn intense scrutiny, with Guthrie's unexplained vanishing prompting a widespread search in the Tucson area.
Former FBI supervisory special agent Jim Clements cautioned that while the glove evidence is promising, "forensic evidence from inside the home is more likely to yield results than outdoor items exposed to Arizona's harsh elements." The FBI continues to process the evidence as the search for Nancy Guthrie presses on.
