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FBI: DNA from glove near Guthrie home appears to match glove worn by suspect

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By
− The
+ Bill
− Associated
+ Chappell , Alina
− Press
+ Selyukh
Law enforcement
+ personnel
from the Pima County Sheriff's Department and the FBI work on a Range Rover in a Culver's
+ restaurant
parking lot in Tucson, Ariz., early Saturday. Ty O'Neil/AP hide caption A glove
− containing
+ recovered
− DNA
+ near
− found
+ Nancy
− about
+ Guthrie's
− two
+ house
− miles
+ appears
− from
+ to match a pair worn by a masked man caught on video
the
− house
+ night
− of
+ Guthrie
− Today
+ disappeared
− show
+ in
− host
+ Tucson,
− Savannah
+ Ariz.,
− Guthrie's
+ the
− mother
+ FBI
− appears
+ says. The
− to
+ agency
− match
+ says
− those
+ the
− worn
+ glove
− by
+ has
a
− masked
+ man's
− person
+ DNA
− outside
+ on
− her
+ it.
− front
+ The
− door
+ FBI
− in
+ received
− Tucson
+ preliminary
− the
+ test
− night
+ results
− she
+ on
− vanished,
+ Saturday and was awaiting confirmation of those tests before cross-referencing
the
− FBI
+ DNA
− said
+ with
− Sunday.
+ a national database.
− The
+ National
− glove,
+ How
− discovered
+ the
− in
+ FBI
− a
+ might
− field
+ have
− beside
+ gotten
− a
+ inaccessible
− road,
+ camera
− was
+ footage
− sent
+ from
− for
+ Nancy
− DNA
+ Guthrie's
− testing.
+ house
The FBI
− said
+ announced
− in
+ the
− a
+ DNA
− statement
+ findings
− that
+ on
− it
+ Sunday,
− received
+ two
− preliminary
+ weeks
− results
+ since
− Saturday
+ Guthrie,
− and
+ the mother of Today show co-host Savannah Guthrie,
was
− awaiting
+ reported
− official
+ missing. "It
− confirmation.
+ is
− The
+ never
− development
+ too
− comes
+ late
− as
+ to
− law
+ do
− enforcement
+ the
− gathers
+ right
− more
+ thing,"
− potential
+ Savannah
− evidence
+ Guthrie said in an Instagram video Sunday,
as
− the
+ she urged anyone, "whoever has her or knows where she is," to come forward. The
search for
− Guthrie's
+ Nancy
− mother
+ Guthrie
− heads
+ is
− into
+ now in
its third week.
− Authorities
+ Police
− had
+ say
− previously
+ they
− said
+ believe she was taken from her home, but
they
− had
+ have
not
− identified
− a
+ substantiated
− suspect. Nancy
+ any
− Guthrie,
+ of
− 84,
+ the
− was
+ purported
− last
+ ransom
− seen
+ notes
− at
+ that
− her
+ were
− Arizona
+ sent
− home
+ to
− on
+ media
− Jan.
+ outlets. The
− 31
+ FBI
− and
+ says
− was
+ that
− reported
+ searchers
− missing
+ in
the
− following
− day.
+ desert
− Authorities
+ landscape
− say
+ around
− her
+ Nancy
− blood
+ Guthrie's
− was
+ house
found
− on
− the
+ around
− front
+ 16
− porch.
+ gloves,
− Purported
+ most
− ransom
+ of
− notes
+ which
were
− sent
− to
+ used
− news
+ in
− outlets,
+ the
− but
+ large
− two
+ search
− deadlines
+ effort
for
− paying
+ Guthrie. But
− have
+ one
− passed. National
+ glove
− How
+ —
− the
+ found
− FBI
+ in
− might
+ a
− have
+ field
− gotten
+ near
− inaccessible
+ a
− camera
+ road
− footage
+ some
− from
+ 2
− Nancy
+ miles from
Guthrie's house
− The
− discovery
+ —
was
− revealed
+ different,
− days
+ according
− after
+ to
− investigators
+ the
− had
+ agency.
− released
+ It
− surveillance
+ resembled
− videos
+ the
− of
+ gloves
− the
+ seen
− masked
+ in
− person
+ the
− outside
+ chilling
− Guthrie's
+ video
− front
+ captured
− door.
+ by
− A
+ a
− porch
+ doorbell
camera
− recorded
+ from
− video
+ Guthrie's
− of
+ front
− a
+ porch. National
− person
+ Shocking
− with
+ and
− a
+ strange:
− backpack
+ Experts
− who
+ compare
− was
+ Nancy
− wearing
+ Guthrie's
− a
+ case
− ski
+ to
− mask,
+ other
− long
+ missing
− pants,
+ persons
− jacket
+ The FBI says the masked
and
− gloves. On
+ gloved
− Thursday,
+ figure in
the
− FBI
+ video,
− called
+ who
− the
+ also
− person
+ seemed
− a
+ to
− suspect.
+ be
− It
+ wearing
− described
+ a
− him
+ gun
− as
+ holster, is
a man about 5 feet, 9 inches
− tall
+ to 5 feet, 10 inches tall,
with
− a
+ an
− medium
+ average
build. The agency
− said
+ identified the backpack
he
− was
+ is
− carrying
+ wearing as
a
+ black,
25-liter
− "Ozark
+ "Hiker
− Trail
+ Pack"
− Hiker
+ model
− Pack"
+ made
− backpack.
+ by Ozark Trail, a brand owned by Walmart.
− Late
+ The
− Friday
+ FBI's
− night,
+ next
− law
+ step
− enforcement
+ is
− agents
+ to
− sealed
+ analyze
− off
+ the
− a
+ DNA
− road
+ found
− about
+ on
− two
+ the
− miles
+ glove
− (3.2
+ and
− kilometers)
+ run
− from
+ the
− Guthrie's
+ results
− home
+ through its database of genetic records known
as
− part
+ the Combined DNA Index System, or CODIS. The agency said on Sunday that it received preliminary results from a private lab in Florida, but that it wouldn't enter the DNA profile
of
− their
+ the
− investigation.
+ "unknown
− A
+ male"
− series
+ into CODIS until it confirms the analysis — a process that often takes 24 hours. "That database contain[s] the names
of
− sheriff's
+ people primarily that have been convicted
and
+ incarcerated in different prisons throughout the United States," said Mary Ellen O'Toole, a retired
FBI
− vehicles,
+ agent
− including
+ who's
− forensics
+ now
− vehicles,
+ the
− passed
+ director
− through
+ of
the
− roadblock. National
+ forensic
− Shocking
+ science
− and
+ program
− strange:
+ at
− Experts
+ George
− compare
+ Mason
− Nancy
+ University. "All
− Guthrie's
+ states
− case
+ contribute their DNA samples"
to
− other
+ that
− missing
+ federal
− persons
+ database,
− The
+ O'Toole
− investigators
+ added,
− also
+ "which
− tagged
+ is
− and
+ what
− towed
+ makes
− a
+ it
− Range
+ so
− Rover
+ effective." If
− SUV
+ the search of DNA
from
− a
+ previously
− nearby
+ convicted
− restaurant
+ people
− parking
+ doesn't
− lot
+ bring
− late
+ a
− Friday.
+ match,
− The
+ investigators
− sheriff's
+ could
− department
+ also
− later
+ turn
− said
+ to
− the
+ genetic
− activity
+ genealogy,
− was
+ looking
− part
+ for relatives
of the
− Guthrie
+ person
− investigation
+ who
− but
+ left
− no
+ DNA
− arrests
+ on
− were
+ the
− made.
+ glove.
− On
+ Ideally,
− Tuesday,
+ the
− sheriff
+ DNA
− deputies
+ evidence
− detained
+ would lead investigators to an individual — or help to develop new leads. And, O'Toole says, if
a
− person
+ suspect
− for
+ removes
− questioning
+ a
− during
+ glove, it raises
a
− traffic
+ key
− stop
+ question. "If
− south
+ this
− of
+ offender
− Tucson.
+ was
− Authorities
+ taking
− didn't
+ off
− say
+ gloves,
what
− led
+ else
− them
+ did
− to
+ they
− stop
+ take off that might also be located out in
the
− man
+ desert?" Nancy
− but
+ Guthrie
− confirmed
+ was
− he
+ last seen on Jan. 31, just four days after she turned 84. She
was
− released.
+ reported
− The
+ missing
− same
+ on
− day,
+ Feb.
− deputies
+ 1,
− and
+ after
− FBI
+ she
− agents
+ didn't
− conducted
+ make it to
a
− court-authorized
+ church
− search
+ service. National
− in
+ How
− Rio
+ the
− Rico,
+ use
− about
+ of
− an
+ AI
− hour's
+ and
− drive
+ 'deepfakes'
− south
+ plays
− of
+ a role in
the
− city. Authorities
+ search
− have
+ for
− expressed
+ Nancy
− concern
+ Guthrie
− about
+ Police
− Nancy
+ quickly
− Guthrie's
+ became
− health
+ convinced
− because
+ that
− she
+ the
− needs
+ grandmother,
− vital
+ who
− daily
+ lives
− medicine.
+ alone
− She
+ in
− is
+ the
− said
+ Catalina
− to
+ Foothills
− have
+ area
− a
+ of
− pacemaker
+ Tucson,
− and
+ did
− have
+ not
− dealt
+ leave
− with
+ her
− high
+ house
− blood
+ voluntarily.
− pressure
+ Guthrie has mobility issues
and
− heart
+ takes
− issues,
+ daily
− according
+ medicines;
− to
+ her
− sheriff's
+ blood
− dispatcher
+ was
− audio
+ found
on
− broadcastify.com.
+ her porch.
− Earlier
+ A
− in
+ massive search ensued, but for days,
the
− investigation,
+ Pima
− authorities
+ County
− had
+ Sheriff's Department
said
− they
+ it
− had
+ hadn't
− collected
+ identified
− DNA
+ any
− from
+ suspects
− Nancy
+ or
− Guthrie's
+ vehicles
− property
+ related
− which
+ to
− doesn't
+ the
− belong
+ case. A
− to
+ potential
− Guthrie
+ breakthrough
− or
+ emerged
− those
+ last
− in
+ week,
− close
+ when
− contact
+ the
− with
+ FBI
− her.
+ released
− Investigators
+ images of a masked man that
were
− working
+ retrieved
− to
+ from
− identify
+ the
− who
+ Nest
− it
+ camera
− belongs
+ on
− to.
+ Guthrie's porch.
− The
+ Authorities
− FBI
+ say
− also
+ they
− has
+ executed
− said
+ at
− approximately
+ least
− 16
+ two
− gloves
+ court-authorized
− were
+ searches
− found
+ related to the Guthrie case last week: one on Tuesday at a property
in
− various
+ Rio
− spots
+ Rico,
near the
− house,
+ U.S.-Mexico
− most
+ border south
of
− which
+ Tucson;
− were
+ and
− searchers'
+ another
− gloves
+ on
− that
+ Friday
− had
+ night,
− been
+ at
− discarded.
+ a home near E. Orange Grove Road and N. First Avenue, a couple of miles from Guthrie's house. The FBI recently doubled a reward it's offering in Guthrie's case, from $50,000 to $100,000.
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