Federal investigators have identified a glove containing DNA that reportedly matches the suspect seen in surveillance footage at Nancy Guthrie’s home, marking a significant forensic advance in the three-week kidnapping case.
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🇺🇸 Detectives in the Guthrie case say a glove recovered at the scene and sent to a lab is a match to the one worn by the suspected kidnapper in surveillance video.
Investigators say the forensic result strengthens the link to the suspect.pic.twitter.com/qYdwNCQJzn https://t.co/jYn8R2Ptmm
A glove found near missing 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie’s home appears to match those worn by a suspect recorded in doorbell camera footage outside her home the morning she disappeared, according to the FBI.
The glove, which contained DNA, was one of “approximately” 16 that investigators found near Guthrie’s home, most of which the FBI said belonged to searchers who discarded them while working in the area.
“The one with the DNA profile recovered is different and appears to match the gloves of the subject in the surveillance video,” the FBI said in a statement today as the search for the grandmother entered its third week.
The FBI statement appears to indicate the suspected match is based on a visual comparison of the gloves rather than forensic testing. CNN has reached out to the FBI to clarify its statement.
The FBI is awaiting final test results from the glove, the agency said, adding that the process typically takes 24 hours.