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Bombshell DNA Evidence Found in Nancy Guthrie’s Home
April 16, 2026
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NBC / Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty IA DNA sample that may reveal who kidnapped Nancy Guthrie is being analyzed by the FBI, according to sources familiar with the investigation who spoke to ABC News. A private lab working with the Pima County Sheriff’s Department sent the sample—discovered during the initial investigation at Nancy Guthrie’s home in Tucson, Arizona—to the federal agency.
The FBI has access to state-of-the-art technology that could help analyze the sample, which the Pima County Sheriff’s Department says contains DNA from more than one person. Sheriff Chris Nanos said the process could take up to six months to isolate the relevant DNA strands, adding that five labs are simultaneously working on evidence from the Guthrie case. The mother of Today show host Savannah Guthrie was last seen on January 31 at her Tucson, Arizona, home and was reported missing by her family on February 1. Savannah returned to her post earlier this month, on the same day two new ransom notes were sent to TMZ, alleging that they knew where the 84-year-old’s dead body was located in exchange for payment in Bitcoin.Read it at ABC NewsRead more at The Daily Beast.
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