Pima Sheriff Defends 4-Month Nancy Guthrie Probe as $1.2 Million Reward Goes Unclaimed
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 3
Pima Sheriff Defends 4-Month Nancy Guthrie Probe as $1.2 Million Reward Goes Unclaimed
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 3
Summary
Four months into Nancy Guthrie’s suspected abduction, Sheriff Christopher Nanos said DNA, video and digital forensics — plus judicial safeguards — are slowing the case and preventing a premature arrest.
Eleven weeks after hair samples were sent to a private Florida lab, they were forwarded to the FBI’s Quantico lab for more advanced testing; mixed DNA samples and ongoing digital analysis have added complexity.
No suspects have been publicly identified, no arrests have been made and Guthrie’s whereabouts remain unknown, though Nanos said investigators are getting closer to solving the case.
Federal sources told Fox News Digital the FBI is discussing new technological tools, with outside experts pointing to video forensics, signals analysis and investigative genetic genealogy as possible breakthroughs.
Guthrie, 84 and the mother of NBC’s Savannah Guthrie, disappeared from her Tucson-area home on Feb. 1; a combined reward of more than $1.2 million remains unclaimed.