DNA From Glove Found Near Nancy Guthrie’s Home Finally Identified – As Investigators Face Growing Pressure To Solve Case
DNA taken from a glove found nearby Nancy GuthrieThe Arizona home has finally been identified—investigators revealed that the object was matched to a restaurant worker at a nearby restaurant, who had already been identified as a suspect.
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos confirmed on Wednesday that the glove is no longer considered as evidence in Nancy’s case, as his department is under pressure to go public about the disappearance of the 84-year-old man.
Speaking to local news station KVOA, Nanos stressed that authorities have always suspected that the glove – found during a search of the area around Nancy’s $1 million home – may have had no connection to her captors.
“There were talks and discussions about the fact that the police were leaving the field and just abandoned it [the gloves]that is far from the truth,” he said. The owner of the glove, we found him working at a restaurant across the street.
“It has nothing to do with the crime.”
However, Nanos noted that the glove was one of several found near the crime scene after Nancy disappeared on the morning of February 1, but said authorities are still struggling to extract DNA profiles from each of the pieces of evidence they are looking at.
“It’s a challenge because we know we have DNA, but now we have to deal with that mixture and how to separate it,” he said.
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Sheriff Nanos previously acknowledged that authorities were still trying to isolate the contaminated DNA found in Nancy’s home, noting that investigators had encountered “challenges” in their examination of the evidence.
“We listen to our lab, and our lab tells us there are challenges with it, and we understand those challenges,” he told NBC News.
“But our lab also knows that technology is moving so fast and so noisy that they think that some of these things will be solved in a few weeks, months or maybe a year, to allow them to do better, say, a mixture of that kind of thing.”
Because it has not been isolated, the DNA could not be submitted to the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS), a database used by the FBI to track convicted criminals.
“We believe we may have DNA there that may be our suspect, but we won’t know until that DNA is separated, sorted, maybe accepted into CODIS, maybe through genealogy,” Nanos said.
Several gloves found near Nancy’s home are still being tested for DNA evidence and it is unclear which glove this latest update refers to.
However, Nanos previously revealed that DNA collected from one of the gloves found near Nancy’s home had no match in the CODIS database.
Officials have also confirmed that the DNA of the property does not match what was found inside Nancy’s home, however they have not released that there are many people involved in the disappearance of this 84-year-old man.
The manhunt for Nancy is now in its second month – and authorities have yet to publicly identify any suspects or persons of interest, but have confirmed they have released members of Nancy’s family, including her daughter, “Today” Savannah Guthrieas the accused.
What is the full timeline of Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance?
Sheriff Nanos noted during a press conference on February 5 that, although the timelines are limited, his team has gathered a lot of evidence that points to Nancy’s movements—and the timeline of her apparent abduction.
Nancy, 84, was reported missing around 12:00 pm on February 1, about 14 hours after being dropped off at a family dinner. When he failed to attend his regular Sunday church gathering, his friends alerted his family, who found his house empty.
SATURDAY, JAN. 31
5:32 p.mNancy goes to daughter Annie’s house in an Uber “to eat dinner and play games with the family.”
9:48 p.mThe garage door opened at Nancy’s house when she was dropped off by her son-in-law.Tommaso Cioni.
9:50 p.mThe garage door closes, indicating that Nancy is inside the home.
SUNDAY, FEB. 1
1:47 a.mThe security camera on Nancy’s doorbell is disconnected.
2:12 a.mMotion is detected on a home security camera.
2:28 a.mNancy’s pacemaker app shows that the device has been disconnected from her phone.
11:00 a.mNancy fails to arrive at her friend’s house, where she has been going to watch the live church service.
11:56 a.mNancy’s family goes to her house to check on her and finds the place empty.
12:03 p.mThe family calls 911 to report Nancy missing.
12:14 p.mThe police arrived at Nancy’s house.
