Federal investigators were reportedly left waiting 11 weeks for key DNA evidence in the Nancy Guthrie case after local police in Arizona did not place a crucial hair sample on an FBI plane bound for the Bureau's lab in Quantico, panellists said at a CrimeCon event in Las Vegas on Saturday. The case, involving the January disappearance of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, mother of Today host Savannah Guthrie, is now in its fourth month with no arrest.
Nancy Guthrie was last seen on 31 January, when a family member dropped her at her home in Tucson's Catalina Foothills after dinner. She was reported missing around midday the following day after failing to arrive at a friend's home to watch a church service online. The Pima County Sheriff's Office has treated the case as a kidnapping, released doorbell footage of a masked, armed figure outside the property and said it expects to make an arrest, but no suspect has been named publicly.
