FBI Makes Important DNA Announcement in Nancy Guthrie Case

It has been 15 days since Nancy Guthrie was last seen at her Tucson, Arizona home. A new update from the FBI indicates promising DNA evidence related to her disappearance may have been recovered.

On Sunday, Fox News reported that one of the gloves with a DNA profile found by the FBI is "different" than any others that have been recovered and "appears to match" the ones worn by a potential suspect in surveillance footage released last week.

Potential DNA breakthrough in recovered glove

In total, investigators have recovered approximately 16 gloves across various locations near the house, with most of them belonging to searchers who discarded them while looking for Guthrie, 84.

However, this glove with the DNA profile is in a category of its own.

“The one with the DNA profile recovered is different and appears to match the gloves of the subject in the surveillance video,” an FBI spokesperson told Fox News.

Fox News adds that the gloves the masked subject is wearing in the surveillance footage outside Nancy Guthrie's home appear to be "nitrile gloves that are pulled over another pair of gloves."

The glove that is a possible match for the suspect was uncovered in a field by the side of the road nearly two miles away from Guthrie's house.

What's next?

The FBI says is it received preliminary testing results on the glove with final results still on the way. The entire process typically takes up to 24 hours.

Meanwhile, late last week, investigators released a description of the man seen on the surveillance camera, determining through analysis of the footage that he is "between 5-foot-9 and 5-foot-10 with an average build, wearing a black 25‑liter Ozark Trail Hiker Pack backpack."

The FBI is also now offering a $100,000 reward for assistance in this case. Guthrie, who was last seen on Saturday, Jan. 31, is the mother of Savannah Guthrie, longtime journalist and cohost of Today.