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Three Months On, Nancy Guthrie Case Hinges on Forensic Leads as FBI Seeks Tips

Investigators call the case an active kidnapping probe pending forensic results.

Overview

  • The sheriff’s renewed plea for information Friday marks three months since the 84-year-old was reported missing from her Tucson home.
  • The FBI is testing DNA recovered from the house, including a hair sample, after local lab work flagged mixed genetic material that needs advanced analysis.
  • The Boulder County Sheriff’s Office said a Longmont search found personal items, including a fitness tracker with heart-rate data from the morning of the disappearance, and reported DNA and fingerprints from a nearby abandoned SUV tied to a previously interviewed person of interest.
  • Doorbell footage shows a masked person with a 25-liter Ozark Trail backpack at the home on the night she vanished, yet no suspect has been publicly identified or arrested.
  • The family is offering a $1 million reward, additional rewards top $200,000, and authorities say ransom messages included hoaxes, with one man charged, while Guthrie’s whereabouts remain unknown.