The FBI on Sunday announced that it had achieved a potential forensic breakthrough in the Nancy Guthrie case, as a black glove found in a brush area not far from Guthrie’s Catalina Foothills home appears to match the gloves worn by the suspect on the night of the January 31 abduction.
Investigators recovered a glove containing DNA evidence approximately two miles from Guthrie’s residence in the Catalina Foothills area on February 11. The discover came just a day after investigators released an image of a masked suspect approaching Guthrie’s home and followed two days of consistent searches in brush and other outlying areas in the neighborhood.
The FBI stated that this glove visually appears consistent with those worn by the individual captured on doorbell camera footage from the night of Guthrie’s disappearance. “The one with the DNA profile recovered is different and appears to match the gloves of the subject in the surveillance video,” an FBI spokesperson confirmed in a statement Sunday.
Authorities collected roughly 16 gloves in the search area, most of which were discarded by search team members and deemed unrelated.
The glove yielding the DNA profile stood out as distinct from the others. It was sent to a private laboratory in Florida for analysis, with samples arriving on Friday after collection earlier in the week. Preliminary DNA results, identifying an unknown male profile, were received by the FBI on Saturday, according to a report from the New York Post.
The bureau is currently awaiting quality control and official confirmation of the results, a process that typically takes about 24 hours. Once confirmed, the DNA profile is expected to be entered into CODIS, the FBI’s national Combined DNA Index System database, which could potentially link it to a known individual if a match exists.
This part of the FBI statement is significant:
“The one with the DNA profile recovered is different and appears to match the gloves of the subject in the surveillance video.” https://t.co/CJgzqRUKVP— Brian Entin (@BrianEntin) February 15, 2026
The latest update comes as the search for the abducted 84-year-old enters its third week. Guthrie was last seen on the night of January 31 and was likely abducted against her will soon after, as authorities uncovered evidence of forced entry and blood splatters belonging to Guthrie on her front porch.
The suspected abductor managed to disable the property’s doorbell camera, though the FBI was able to access residual data and release an image of the suspect on February 11. Footage shows a masked man armed with a handgun and a 25-liter Ozark Trail Hiker backpack approaching the door before covering the camera with a clump of brush.
In a physical description released Thursday, the FBI described the individual as a male standing approximately 5’9′ and announced that the reward for any information leading to Guthrie’s return, or an arrest, had been increased to $100,000.
Investigators have carried out two different raids over the course of the investigation, though no arrests have been made as of this report. The latter raid, which was carried out in the Catalina Foothills neighborhood this past Friday, reportedly produced leads that investigators were “interested” in but did not result in anyone being detained for an extended period of time.
NewsNation correspondent Brian Entin reported Sunday that a small device known as a “signal sniffer” had been deployed in order to uncover any potential trace of Guthrie’s pacemaker, which lost contact shortly after 2 a.m. on the morning of February 1.
“It is a small device that was sent in and attached to the Sheriff’s helicopter. It can detect Nancy Guthrie’s pacemaker signal. The helicopter has to stay low and move slowly for it to work,” Entin reported.
