Overview
- Authorities report no named suspect or verified proof of life as several hundred personnel remain on the case and the FBI tallies more than 20,000 tips.
- Mixed DNA recovered at Nancy Guthrie’s property is proving difficult to separate for database comparison, prompting a shift to investigative genetic genealogy that could take weeks or longer.
- Sheriff Chris Nanos says investigators are narrowing the make of the suspect’s shoes, pants, shirt or jacket and tracing a 25‑liter Ozark Trail backpack through Walmart, while a unique holster image is being shown to local gun shops.
- Volunteers turned over a SwissGear backpack later deemed not a viable lead and reported another glove, and the Sheriff’s Department asked private search groups to stand down to protect evidence as deputies continued canvassing.
- Rewards include $100,000 from the FBI and $102,500 via 88‑CRIME, and the public is urged to submit surveillance from the Catalina Foothills area and tips to 1‑800‑CALL‑FBI, 520‑351‑4900, 88‑CRIME or tips.fbi.gov.