A glove recovered in the Nancy Guthrie case that has the DNA profile of an unidentified male is distinct from other gloves found and seems to match the gloves of the subject seen in the surveillance footage.
The spokesperson stated that most of the 16 gloves found in various locations near the house belonged to searchers who discarded them during the search, according to an FBI spokesperson who spoke to Fox News Digital.
“The one with the DNA profile recovered is different and appears to match the gloves of the subject in the surveillance video,” the spokesperson said.
The gloves that the subject appears to be wearing in the doorbell video outside of Nancy Guthrie’s house appear to be nitrile gloves pulled over another pair of gloves, according to experts.
The gloves were discovered in a field by the side of the road, approximately two miles from Nancy Guthrie’s residence. According to the FBI spokesperson, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department packaged them and sent them overnight Thursday to a private laboratory in Florida, where they arrived on Friday.
According to the spokesperson, the FBI received preliminary results on Saturday and is awaiting official confirmation and quality control before entering the unidentified male profile into CODIS, the bureau’s national DNA database. According to the spokesperson, the bureau normally needs 24 hours to complete this process after receiving DNA.
DNA results in the Nancy Guthrie case are still pending at the private lab in Florida, and Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos told Fox News on Sunday that they could take one to ten days, “depending on the urgency we place on any one item.”
The sheriff added that, as an example, “a glove located two miles from the scene would get more attention than a glove found 10 miles away.”
Nanos stated that certain submissions were prioritized by detectives, but he did not specify which submissions were given priority or which results would be returned first.
The FBI also said that it has helped and will help on whatever schedule is given to the bureau.
NBC News reported, citing a federal law enforcement source who is familiar with the investigation, that investigators looking for Nancy Guthrie have not yet classified the case as a specific type of crime.
The source told the outlet that there are “a myriad of theories,” but the authorities are not officially narrowing down the choices.
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos on Sunday responded to a local TV news reporter in Arizona who cited an alleged “inside source” who claimed the Guthrie case was a “burglary gone wrong” and that investigators believe Nancy Guthrie is still alive.
“Did not come from us,” Nanos told Fox News. “No idea and even though that is one of many possibilities, we would never speculate such a thing. We will let the evidence take us to [the] motive.”
An FBI spokesperson echoed that response, telling Fox News they have “no clue where that came from.”
A source speaking to Fox News Digital on Sunday also pushed back against the local report, saying, “This is not the working theory inside the unit.”
NBC reported on Monday, citing two law enforcement sources, that investigators in the Nancy Guthrie case are no longer looking at the missing 84-year-old’s family members as possible suspects.
“Those same officials say investigators are also leaning away from any of Nancy’s relatives as potential suspects,” NBC reporter Liz Kreutz said on “Today.”
Investigators have revealed that they are working with private companies, like Google, to find more video. They say that surveillance footage could be crucial as the search goes on.
Savannah Guthrie posted a new video on Instagram on Sunday, two weeks after her mother, Nancy Guthrie, went missing. The video had a message of hope.
“I wanted to come on, and um, it’s been two weeks since our mom was taken, and I just wanted to come on and say that we still have hope, and we still believe,” Savannah Guthrie said. “And I wanted to say to whoever has her or knows where she is that it’s never too late, and you are not lost or alone.”
Savannah Guthrie added, “It is never too late to do the right thing, and we are here. We believe, and we believe in the essential goodness of every human being.”