{"id":138516,"date":"2026-02-19T07:39:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T07:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/138516\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T07:39:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T07:39:14","slug":"new-biological-evidence-found-in-nancy-guthries-home-could-be-from-kidnap-suspect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/138516\/","title":{"rendered":"New &#8216;biological evidence&#8217; found in Nancy Guthrie&#8217;s home could be from kidnap suspect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Investigators uncovered DNA evidence that does not belong to Nancy Guthrie during a search of her Catalina Foothills home more than two weeks after she was kidnapped, sources told The Post.<\/p>\n<p>The discovery of new evidence was revealed Wednesday after investigators did yet another search of the residence belonging to the 84-year-old mother of \u201cToday\u201d show anchor Savannah Guthrie with a fine-tooth comb, sources said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not clear what the evidence is, when exactly it was discovered,\u00a0or whether it has been shared with the FBI.<\/p>\n<p>In an aerial view, a Pima County Sheriff escorts a person off Nancy Guthrie\u2019s property on February 16, 2026, in Tucson, Arizona. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The revelation comes as the investigation into Nancy\u2019s disappearance has stretched into its third week with no suspects or clear leads.<\/p>\n<p>The Pima County Sheriff\u2019s Department said in a statement on Wednesday that investigators are \u201ccurrently analyzing biological evidence\u201d found at Nancy\u2019s home and that DNA profiles are under lab analysis.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe number of profiles and other related details remain part of the active investigation,\u201d the statement said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe that we may have some DNA there that may be our suspect,\u201d Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said on \u201cToday\u201d on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities won\u2019t be able to confirm if the sample recovered from the home belongs to the suspect until it is \u201cseparated, sorted out,\u201d Nanos added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Pima County Sheriff\u2019s Department confirmed when reached by The Post that DNA evidence was uncovered at the home and that it is \u201call part of the investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>FBI Director Kash Patel released surveillance images on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026, of a suspect wanted in connection with the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie from her Tucson, Arizona, home. FBI<\/p>\n<p>That new evidence follows tests on a\u00a0discarded\u00a0black glove found about\u00a0two miles\u00a0from Nancy\u2019s home<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/17\/us-news\/dna-results-from-glove-found-near-nancy-guthries-home-revealed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">, which did not return any matches in the federal DNA database<\/a>,\u00a0Nanos told Fox News earlier this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Separate DNA found earlier in Nancy\u2019s home also did not match any records in the FBI database, the sheriff said.<\/p>\n<p>The glove was one of more than a dozen collected from the scene near the main highway that heads through the Catalina Foothills neighborhood north of Tucson, where Nancy\u2019s residence is located.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Most of those gloves were determined to have been dropped on the ground by searchers taking part in the initial hunt for Nancy, the FBI said.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with all you need to know\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMorning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>DNA samples from blood spattered on Nancy\u2019s doorstep\u00a0were also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/05\/us-news\/blood-found-at-savannah-guthries-missing-moms-home-belonged-to-her-police\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">confirmed to belong to the missing 84-year-old grandmother<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Outside of the DNA collected, investigators have followed leads from other evidence, including the Walmart-bought clothing and backpack that Nancy\u2019s alleged kidnapper appeared to wear in doorbell camera footage uncovered from the night she vanished.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Investigators are still working to identify the brands of all the items worn by the suspect and whether they were purchased in-store or online.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The suspect\u2019s backpack, a black Ozark Trail Hiker, is sold exclusively at Walmart. His gun holster, the mask, and other clothing he wore in the eerie video appeared to have been sold by the major retailer,\u00a0<a data-nyp-link-source=\"trackonomics\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/clicks.trx-hub.com\/xid\/nypost_01638_nypost?p=https%3A%2F%2Fnypost.com%2F2026%2F02%2F18%2Fus-news%2Fnew-biological-evidence-found-in-nancy-guthries-home-could-be-from-kidnap-suspect%2F&amp;q=http%3A%2F%2Fgo.nypost.com%2F%3Fid%3D93051X1547088%26isjs%3D1%26jv%3D15.7.1%26sref%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fnypost.com%2F2026%2F02%2F16%2Fus-news%2Fsavannah-guthrie-missing-mom-feb-16%2F%26url%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Fnews%2Fnancy-guthrie-suspect-mask-clothing-walmart%2F%26xs%3D1%26xtz%3D300%26xuuid%3D310334fd9f5a39919a64e09afdd4dcb2%26xjsf%3Dother_click__auxclick%20%5B2%5D&amp;author=Nmascalinyp&amp;articleID=38535236&amp;event_type=click&amp;publishdate=february%2018%2C%202026&amp;linksource=web&amp;primarytag=nancy-guthrie&amp;contentsection=us-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">CBS News previously reported.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nancy Guthrie, mother of \u201cToday\u201d show anchor Savannah Guthrie, disappeared from her Arizona home on Feb. 1, 2026. Courtesy NBC Universal<\/p>\n<p>Walmart has since handed over all records of the Ozark Trail Hiker\u2019s online and in-store purchases from the past several months, even beyond the local area, and investigators have spent hours poring over surveillance footage at local Walmarts in the Tucson, Arizona area.<\/p>\n<p>Betsy Brantner Smith of the National Police Association told The Post that the backpack and holster\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/16\/us-news\/walmart-backpack-a-promising-lead-in-nancy-guthrie-case-expert\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">could be one of the most \u201cpromising\u201d leads yet<\/a>\u00a0for detectives working on the 84-year-old\u2019s kidnapping case.<\/p>\n<p>Nancy\u2019s son-in-law, Tommaso Cioni, was the last person to see her on Jan. 31, when he dropped her off at home after she had dinner with him and her daughter, Annie. She was reported missing the following day.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have cleared all members of the Guthrie family, including Cioni, as possible suspects in the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be clear\u2026the Guthrie family \u2014 to include all siblings and spouses \u2014 has been cleared as possible suspects in this case. The family has been nothing but cooperative and gracious, and are victims in this case,\u201d Nanos said in a statement Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Investigators uncovered DNA evidence that does not belong to Nancy Guthrie during a search of her Catalina Foothills&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":138517,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[56472,1458,28138,7372,53442,9,11,10,29717,58],"class_list":{"0":"post-138516","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-abductions","9":"tag-arizona","10":"tag-dna","11":"tag-kidnappings","12":"tag-nancy-guthrie","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-headlines","15":"tag-new-york-news","16":"tag-savannah-guthrie","17":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138516\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}