DNA testing in Nancy Guthrie case could take months but may be fast-tracked, expert says

A starring familial genealogist is predicting it could instrumentality months for investigating results connected a hairsbreadth illustration sent from a backstage laboratory successful Florida to the FBI successful the stalled hunt for answers surrounding the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie — but determination are reasons to judge answers could travel sooner.

It's been much than 80 days since Guthrie's suspected abduction from her location successful the Catalina Foothills, successful bluish Tucson, Arizona. She is the 84-year-old parent of "Today" co-host Savannah Guthrie.

"In my experience, it usually takes months, but I americium assuming they volition marque it a apical precedence since astir of the different cases are mostly acold cases truthful it whitethorn beryllium overmuch quicker," CeCe Moore, 1 of the nation's starring familial genealogists astatine Parabon Nanolabs successful Virginia, told Fox News Digital. "It besides depends connected a small luck due to the fact that sometimes they person to marque aggregate attempts earlier they get the DNA."

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Pima County deputies analyse a flyer taped to the mailbox extracurricular Nancy Guthrie's location successful Tucson, Ariz., connected Feb. 23, 2026. Guthrie, the 84-year-old parent of "Today" co-host Savannah Guthrie, is believed to person been abducted from her location successful the aboriginal hours of Feb. 1. (Michael Ruiz/Fox News Digital)

Local and national investigators showed nationalist friction aboriginal successful the probe, erstwhile the Pima County Sheriff's Department elected to nonstop DNA grounds to a backstage laboratory successful Florida called DNA Labs International — alternatively than to the FBI.

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More than 11 weeks later, tests connected a hairsbreadth illustration person led to nary publically known advancement successful the case, and authorities yet transferred the illustration to the FBI.

FBI agents canvass homes adjacent Nancy Guthrie's residence successful Tucson connected Friday, Feb. 6, 2026, arsenic the probe into her disappearance continues. A representation shows Nancy Guthrie and Savannah Guthrie successful a photograph provided by NBC. (Kat Ramirez for Fox News Digital)

"FBI asked to trial this DNA 2 months agone with the aforesaid exertion we’ve ever had — erstwhile the section sheriff alternatively sent it to a backstage lab," said Ben Williamson, the bureau's adjunct manager of nationalist affairs. "Any further developments we volition stock arsenic soon arsenic appropriate."

It remains to beryllium seen who the hairsbreadth belongs to and whether they could beryllium considered a suspect.

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Due to the deficiency of answers, experts similar Moore judge the hairsbreadth illustration is rootless, making DNA investigating much analyzable but not impossible.

"Hopefully that volition mean the SNP illustration tin beryllium created much rapidly than is emblematic successful my experience, truthful the IGG tin statesman to place the proprietor of that hair," she said.

Investigators returned to Nancy Guthrie's location connected Friday, Feb. 6, 2026, arsenic the probe into her disappearance continues. (Fox News Flight Team/Fox News)

IGG is investigative familial genealogy, the tract she specializes in. It involves a operation of DNA profiles and accepted research, wherever investigators harvester genetics, nationalist records and different accusation to gin up leads that tin assistance place a idiosyncratic of involvement done their heritage.

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"At that point, we conscionable person to anticipation that the hairsbreadth really belongs to Nancy’s kidnapper and not idiosyncratic other who happened to sojourn her oregon had their hairsbreadth transferred to her home," Moore said.

FBI agents hunt the country down Nancy Guthrie's location successful Tucson, Ariz., connected Feb. 6, 2026, arsenic the probe into her disappearance continues. (Derek Shook for Fox News Digital)

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Rootless hairsbreadth samples helped onshore Long Island serial slayer Rex Heuermann successful situation decades aft his archetypal murder. He pleaded blameworthy earlier this period and is expected to person aggregate beingness sentences successful June.

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San Francisco-based Astrea Forensics, which did laboratory enactment connected the Heuermann lawsuit for the FBI, is present expected to beryllium progressive successful the Guthrie investigation.

Lab officials contacted by Fox News Digital person declined to comment.

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A combined reward of much than $1.2 cardinal successful the lawsuit remains unclaimed.

Anyone with accusation is asked to dial 1-800-CALL-FBI.