The Pima County Sheriff’s Department said that DNA evidence from gloves found two miles away from Nancy Guthrie’s home “did not trigger a match in a national DNA database and did not match DNA found at the property” in a social media post on Tuesday.
But DNA evidence that was obtained from the property is still being tested.
The sheriff’s department sent out a statement on Tuesday, the seventeenth day of Guthrie’s disappearance, saying that investigators were working with experts and the manufacturer to locate the 84-year-old’s pacemaker.
Investigators are also working with Walmart management to identify the buyer of an Ozark Trail backpack worn by the armed suspect who was seen approaching Guthrie’s front door in surveillance footage.
Officials believe he is between 5 feet, 9-10 inches tall with an average build. Law enforcement is also canvassing local gun shops to determine whether the suspect in the video is familiar.
Evidence obtained from two recent search warrants is also still being processed. Individuals who were questioned have been released and no arrests have been made.
The sheriff’s department has not confirmed the number of leads that investigators are actively pursuing but says that at this point, Guthrie’s family members have been ruled out as suspects.
Guthrie is the mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie. She was taken from her Catalina Foothills home on Sunday, Feb. 1, reportedly against her will.
During the second week of the investigation into Guthrie’s disappearance, the FBI announced a $100,000 reward for information leading to her return and the arrest and conviction of those responsible for her disappearance.
Over the weekend, Guthrie’s daughter Savannah took to social media to say that the family still had hope and addressed potential abductors.“It’s never too late and you’re not lost or alone and it is never too late to do the right thing. And we are here,” she said.
