As the search forNancy Guthrieintensifies, an Arizona couple say they stumbled upon unsettling items in the desert roughly a mile from the 84-year-old’s Tucson home. According to a report by KVOA, the couple found two black gloves stained with what appeared to be blood, along with a nearby rock marked by a dried droplet, on February 11. The items were found about 10 feet apart off Campbell Avenue in the Catalina Foothills. The couple said one glove appeared torn and showed what looked like blood in two different shades, heavier near the wrist area and visible on the index finger, where the material seemed ripped.

Disturbed by the discovery and fearing it could be linked to the ongoing search, they immediately contacted authorities. They did not touch the items but photographed the scene before making the call.

“Sure enough, it was a black glove in the desert. It appeared to have looked like it was ripped. It also appeared to look like it had blood on it. There was two different colors. The blood was more towards the wrist side of the glove and on the pointer finger, it looked like it was ripped,” the couple told the outlet.

The second glove was reportedly resting on a rock that appeared to have at least one dried blood spot beneath it. “We didn’t move anything,” the husband said, explaining they chose to alert the sheriff’s department right away.

Deputies later arrived at the location and questioned the couple before allowing them to leave. Officials have not confirmed whether the gloves were collected specifically for DNA testing. In a statement to KVOA, the department said investigators had recovered multiple gloves from the broader area and that forensic analysis remains part of the active investigation.

Meanwhile, questions surrounding DNA evidence from Guthrie’s home continue to complicate the case. Chris Nanos, Sheriff of Pima County Sheriff's Department, acknowledged challenges with samples collected from the residence. He said the DNA does not match Guthrie, her relatives, or individuals known to have worked inside the home. However, the samples are incomplete and reportedly mixed with her DNA.

Speaking to NBC News, Nanos said forensic experts are hopeful that advancing technology could help untangle the mixed samples, though the process could take weeks, months, or even up to a year. The analysis is being handled by a private laboratory in Florida, though it remains unclear why federal facilities or Arizona’s state forensic bureau were not used.

“It didn’t just look like a regular glove. It looked like this was a glove used for something that could’ve possibly been what they were looking for,” the wife told the outlet.nbc

At the same time, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is assisting in the investigation, reviewing digital data, surveillance footage, and conducting interviews as authorities work to determine what happened to Guthrie.

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