The FBI is running advanced new DNA tests on evidence recovered from the Arizona home of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, who was abducted from her Tucson residence in the early hours of 1 February, according to sources briefed on the case. The highly sensitive analysis, now underway at an FBI facility after being transferred from a private Florida laboratory, is aimed at identifying the person or people who took the mother of Today show host Savannah Guthrie.
For context, the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie has gripped US audiences for nearly two months, not only because of her daughter's public profile but because of the apparent lack of clear leads. The Pima County Sheriff's Department has said Guthrie was taken from her home in the early morning, and early evidence releases, including doorbell camera images and later a surveillance photo of a possible subject, have so far failed to deliver a breakthrough. Despite that, about two dozen local and federal investigators remain on the case.
