Nancy Guthrie, 84, was taken from her home early on Feb. 1, authorities said.
The FBI recently received and is now analyzing potentially critical DNA recovered from the Tucson, Arizona, home of Nancy Guthrie, sources familiar with the investigation told ABC News.
Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie, was abducted from her home early on Feb. 1.
This image provided by the FBI Feb. 5, 2026, shows a missing person Nancy Guthrie.
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A private Florida lab that works with the Pima County Sheriff’s Department sent the sample to the FBI in recent days, the sources said. The FBI is now using new technology to conduct advanced analysis on the DNA sample to see if it can lead to Nancy Guthrie’s kidnapper, according to the sources.
The Pima County Sheriff’s Department has previously described the DNA recovered from Nancy Guthrie’s home as a sample that came from more than one person.
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos recently told a Neighborhood Watch group that it could take six more months to untangle the sample, separate the strands and isolate what investigators need.
The sheriff also said as many as five other labs around the country are working on the Guthrie case. It was not immediately clear which ones, what their roles are or whether there are additional DNA samples that are potentially relevant.
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