What we know about the Nancy Guthrie kidnapping suspect
More information is coming to light about the unidentified person who kidnapped Nancy Guthrie, the mother of "Today" show host Savannah Guthrie.
The 84-year-old was taken from her Tucson, Arizona, home in the early hours of Sunday, Feb. 1. The first images of the suspect were released by the FBI last week, showing an armed person in a mask in front of Nancy Guthrie's house, appearing to tamper with a security camera.
Although the suspect's name remains unknown, the FBI said analysis of the video determined he is a man with an average build who stands at about 5 feet 9 inches to 5 feet 10 inches tall.
The FBI said the suspect was wearing a black, 25-liter Ozark Trail Hiker Pack backpack.
The Pima County Sheriff’s Department said "several items of evidence" have been recovered, including gloves.
A glove was recovered near Nancy Guthrie’s home and was sent on Feb. 12 to a private lab in Florida for DNA testing, sources told ABC News. The sample is still undergoing quality control tests before the FBI hopes to run it through the national DNA database CODIS in the “near future,” the sources said.
While the suspect's identity is not known, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos on Monday did publicly clear Nancy Guthrie’s family members as suspects.
“To be clear … the Guthrie family -- to include all siblings and spouses -- has been cleared as possible suspects in this case,” the sheriff said in a statement. “The family has been nothing but cooperative and gracious and are victims in this case.”
Anyone with information is urged to call 911 or the Pima County Sheriff's Department at 520-351-4900.
