Sheriff Chris Nanos of Pima County, Arizona, tells CBS Information that investigators trying to find Nancy Guthrie imagine the clothes and face masks worn by the suspect within the chilling doorbell video launched final week have been bought at Walmart.
They’re nonetheless working to establish every model. CBS Information first reported that the suspect’s backpack, recognized as a black Ozark Path Hiker, was bought completely at Walmart.
It stays unclear whether or not the objects have been purchased on-line or in-store in Arizona or elsewhere. The sheriff mentioned investigators have spent a number of days reviewing surveillance video at native Walmarts.
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Guthrie, 84, the mom of “In the present day” present co-host Savannah Guthrie, has been lacking since Feb. 1. Authorities imagine she was kidnapped from her house in Tucson in the midst of the evening.
Nanos referred to as the backpack probably the most promising leads within the case.
Walmart has supplied information of all Ozark Path Hiker on-line and in-store purchases over the previous a number of months, together with gross sales past the Tucson space, to investigators.
CBS Information reached out to Walmart company places of work, however a spokesperson declined to remark.
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Investigators imagine the face masks the suspect wore is black however seems lighter on the video footage as a result of Nest digital camera’s infrared expertise.
DNA proof on glove
In the meantime, authorities are conducting DNA testing on a black glove discovered close to Guthrie’s house which “seems to match the gloves of the topic within the surveillance video,” the FBI mentioned in a press release on Sunday.
The FBI mentioned it acquired preliminary outcomes of DNA testing on Saturday, and as soon as these findings have been confirmed it could enter what it referred to as “the unknown male profile” into CoDIS, the FBI’s nationwide database for matching DNA profiles.
The bureau beforehand described the person as a male with a mean construct who’s about 5 ft, 9 inches to five ft, 10 inches tall.
Investigators have additionally collected different DNA proof from Nancy Guthrie’s property as a part of the continued investigation, however the outcomes haven’t led to a suspect, in line with Nanos.
A number of legislation enforcement companies spent hours Friday night looking out a residence lower than two miles from Nancy Guthrie’s house.
Nanos instructed CBS affiliate KOLD that the exercise was the results of following up on “a lead that led to a search warrant and no arrest.” Authorities didn’t launch different particulars on what led them there or what, if something, could have been discovered.
