FBI confirms DNA recovered from gloves

Investigators have obtained a DNA sample from a glove that was found near Nancy Guthrie's Arizona home and appears to match the pair worn by a masked prowler seen in doorbell camera footage before she was abducted two weeks ago.



The preliminary findings from a private crime laboratory in Florida were received by the FBI on Saturday and were awaiting "quality control and official confirmation" on Sunday before the results ​are submitted for comparison against ‌known DNA profiles in a national database, the FBI said in a statement.

The process of running a specimen through CoDIS, short for the Combined DNA Index System, typically takes 24 hours from when the Federal Bureau of Investigation receives a DNA ​sample.



The glove is one of roughly 16 collected by investigators in recent days in a roadside field about two miles from the Tucson-area residence of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, the mother of U.S. television journalist Savannah Guthrie.



Most of the gloves recovered by investigators turned out to have been dropped on the ground by searchers in the vicinity.