Nancy Guthrie update: DNA couldn't be profiled from crime scene hair sample, sheriff says

TUCSON, Ariz. — Investigators couldn't get a DNA illustration from a hairsbreadth illustration recovered from wrong Nancy Guthrie’s home, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos told Fox News Digital successful a caller interrogation Thursday, arsenic the lawsuit nears the six-month mark.

"Yes, determination was a hair. We had it and thought, 'Okay, well, we'll bash the DNA first,' right? You're going to bash DNA earlier thing else," helium explained.

Working with the FBI, investigators sent the illustration to a California laboratory for further DNA testing.

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This representation released by the FBI amusement an equipped idiosyncratic appearing to person tampered with the camera astatine Nancy Guthrie's beforehand doorway the greeting of her disappearance successful Tucson, Arizona, Sunday, February 1, 2026. (L) An undated photograph of Nancy Guthrie provided by NBC successful effect to the disappearance of the 84 year-old parent of Today Show host, Savannah Guthrie. (Provided by FBI; Courtesy of NBC)

"It came back...there's nary DNA," Nanos said. "But does that mean the hairsbreadth isn't that of the suspect? We won't cognize that till we person the suspect's hair. You don't conscionable destruct it."

Investigators person preserved the illustration and it inactive whitethorn beryllium of usage later, helium added.

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This representation released by the FBI amusement an equipped idiosyncratic who appears has a airy emitting from his rima astatine Nancy Guthrie's beforehand doorway the greeting of her disappearance successful Tucson, Arizona, Sunday, February 1, 2026. (Provided by FBI)

"There's different things that hairsbreadth whitethorn beryllium invaluable for, but close present it was conscionable about, 'Is determination immoderate DNA there?' And the reply was no," the sheriff said. "That was conscionable a substance of weeks ago."

Guthrie is the 84-year-old parent of "Today" co-host Savannah Guthrie. She volition person been missing for six months connected Saturday.

Nanos indicated that the hairsbreadth was lone 1 portion of the broader DNA enactment underway, though helium did not specify however galore different samples are being tested.

DNA investigating remains a precedence successful the case, and Nanos said investigators proceed moving with aggregate transgression labs to analyse grounds collected from the scene.

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A structure was placed implicit the beforehand entranceway to Nancy Guthrie's location successful Tucson, Arizona, Thursday, February 12, 2026. The structure is covering wherever Guthrie's humor was found. (Fox Flight Team)

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"Anything we tin grasp onto with DNA is simply a portion of this investigation," helium said.

That includes investigative familial genealogy research, which is utilized to make leads from a household tree. He noted accelerated advances successful DNA technology.

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Deputies analyse a flyer taped to Nancy Guthrie's mailbox connected Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026. They were called to the country aft unpaid searchers and respective streamers walked onto Guthrie's spot with a shovel. (Michael Ruiz/Fox News Digital)

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"That's truly wherever immoderate of my optimism is, that I conscionable cognize that we're gonna get this happening resolved," Nanos said.

Meanwhile, determination is simply a combined reward of much than $1.2 cardinal that remains unclaimed.

"We believe, conscionable arsenic the household does, conscionable arsenic Savannah does, idiosyncratic knows something. We request that idiosyncratic to telephone us."

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos exits the property country past a missing persons poster aft giving an update connected the probe aft the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old parent of U.S. writer and tv big Savannah Guthrie, who went missing from her location successful Tucson, Arizona, U.S. February 5, 2026. (REUTERS/Rebecca Noble)

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At slightest 1 fishy was recorded by Guthrie's Nest doorbell camera. According to the FBI, helium is betwixt 5 feet, 9 inches and 5 feet, 10 inches gangly with a mean build. He was wearing a mask, agelong sleeves and gloves, and the backpack helium carried has been identified arsenic a achromatic Ozark Trail marque bag.

The household is urging anyone with accusation to dial 1-800-CALL-FBI.

An anonymous reward tin beryllium claimed by calling 520-88-CRIME with accusation that leads to an arrest.