Hair present in Nancy Guthrie’s dwelling in Arizona shouldn’t be linked to any potential suspects in her disappearance, federal regulation enforcement officers mentioned Thursday.
In a short assertion, the FBI’s Phoenix workplace mentioned that “all hair had been resolved and it doesn’t level to a suspect” within the investigation.
The FBI declined to remark additional.
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos instructed NBC Information that the hair had no DNA on it.
“To search out DNA on hair is extraordinarily uncommon,” he mentioned. “Hair doesn’t produce DNA like contact DNA or bodily fluids.”
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The announcement got here six months after Guthrie, 84, the mom of “TODAY” co-host Savannah Guthrie, disappeared in what federal authorities have described as a kidnapping-for-ransom case.
The FBI mentioned in a press release on July 1 that it had obtained a number of ransom notes, together with some that could possibly be official, since Guthrie was reported lacking on Feb. 1. It described others as illegitimate extortion makes an attempt.
The FBI mentioned it’s nonetheless investigating a few of these calls for. Earlier Thursday, the Pima County Sheriff’s Division mentioned the investigation is lively and ongoing.
Monday on Instagram, Guthrie pleaded with whoever might have taken her mom to “inform us the place to search for her.”
