Nancy Guthrie Update: FBI Releases First Statement in Weeks
Nancy Guthrie, the mother of Today host Savannah Guthrie, remains missing more than 10 weeks after she disappeared from her home in the Catalina Foothills of Tucson, AZ.
Earlier this week news broke that the FBI received DNA evidence from the 84-year-old's home.
A private Florida lab that works with the Pima County Sheriff's Department sent the sample to the FBI in recent weeks, ABC News reported. The FBI is now reportedly using new technology to conduct advanced analysis on the DNA sample to see if it can lead to Nancy Guthrie's kidnapper.
FBI Releases First Statement in Weeks
Not long after news broke that a DNA sample was being evaluated, the Federal Bureau of Investigation issued a statement making it clear this is not a new sample.
“There is no new DNA evidence in the Nancy Guthrie case. The FBI requested this material over two months ago,” an FBI official told ABC News. “The Pima County Sheriff’s Office sent it to a private lab in Florida. Eleven weeks later, that lab has now transferred an original hair sample to the FBI Laboratory for testing. We remain fully committed to this investigation.”
The statement from the FBI came shortly after a statement from the Pima County Sheriff's Department.
“PCSD has worked with the FBI since the beginning of the Guthrie investigation," the PCSD said. "This is not new information. The private lab we utilize in Florida continues to share information with the FBI lab and other partner labs across the country. DNA analysis remains ongoing.”
About two dozen Pima County and FBI investigators are still actively working the Guthrie case.
Savannah Guthrie Returns to Work, Leaves Abruptly
Savannah Guthrie took part in a March interview where she apologized to her missing mother if her alleged abduction was because of the Today host.
“To think that I brought this to her bedside, that it's because of me?” Savannah said of the speculation that her fame inspired the kidnapper. “Can I just say, I'm so sorry, Mommy. I'm sorry to my sister and my brother and my kids and my nephew and Tommy, my brother-in-law. I'm just so sorry. I'm so sorry. If it is me, I'm so sorry."
She later returned to co-host the show, but left abruptly this week with no explanation.
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