Overview
- The 100-day mark on Monday follows Savannah Guthrie’s Mother’s Day post urging tips to 1-800-CALL-FBI and highlighting the family’s $1 million reward.
- Investigators say labs, including an FBI facility and a private lab in Florida, are analyzing DNA and hair recovered from the home with genetic genealogy under review.
- Detectives believe the 84-year-old was taken against her will after finding blood on the porch, a propped-open back door, and her belongings left inside.
- Doorbell camera images released by the FBI show a masked person at the house, and while multiple ransom notes surfaced, authorities questioned their authenticity and made one arrest tied to a fake demand.
- Federal–local tensions persist as FBI Director Kash Patel said agents were kept out for days and Sheriff Chris Nanos said the bureau was notified promptly, with both sides saying testing remains active.