Forensic hair test ends, mixed DNA remains in Guthrie case

Six months after the abduction of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of "Today" show co-host Savannah Guthrie, investigators have confirmed that a key forensic lead has been exhausted. Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos stated that forensic testing on a hair sample recovered from Guthrie's Tucson, Arizona, home is complete and has not pointed to a suspect. The announcement, made in late July, leaves a complex, mixed DNA sample as the only known piece of biological evidence in the case.

Guthrie was last seen on the evening of Jan. 31, 2026, and was reported missing on Feb. 1 after she failed to appear for a scheduled church livestream. Authorities believe she was forcibly taken from her Catalina Foothills home in the early morning hours of Feb. 1. The most significant publicly disclosed evidence is footage from her doorbell camera, recovered by the FBI, which shows a masked, armed individual tampering with the camera at 1:47 a.m. on Feb. 1. The FBI has described the suspect as a man between 5 feet 9 inches and 5 feet 10 inches tall with a medium build, seen wearing a mask, long sleeves, gloves, and carrying a black Ozark Trail backpack.

Sheriff Nanos revealed that the mixed DNA...