Nancy Guthrie kidnapping case update: DNA of glove found near Savannah Guthrie’s mother’s home finally matched, as authorities inch 'closer' to nab suspects

Nancy Guthrie Case Update: A major update has surfaced in the abduction of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of NBC's "Today" show co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, where authorities reportedly revealed that the mystery DNA on one of the gloves discovered near her Arizona home finally has a match.

On March 4, 2026 (Wednesday), the Pima County Sheriff's Department (PCSD) said that the DNA which was discovered on black gloves, which were found about two miles from Guthrie's Catalina Foothills home, traced back to an employee of a local restaurant across the street, according to NBC affiliate KVOA. The news outlet reported that the worker is not associated with the investigation. A Reuters also claimed that he is not considered a suspect in the case.



In an interview with KVOA, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos stood firm that officials had always suspected that might be the case after an array of random gloves were found near Guthrie’s house in Tucson.

"There was some talk and discussion that it was police officers out in the field just discarding them, that is so far from the truth. We knew that at that time, we believed wholeheartedly that those gloves belonged to a restaurant, and guess what? The owner of the glove, we found, was working at a restaurant across the street. It has nothing to do with the case," Nanos told KVOA.

It has been over a month since Nancy disappeared from her house. She was last seen by family members on January 31 after spending the evening at the Tucson home of her older daughter, Annie Guthrie, and son-in-law.

As the investigation continued, the PCSD and FBI released the video footage of the armed man at Nancy’s door on February 10, 2026. The recording was described by the sheriff as the single biggest clue to surface in the case.

Hours later, authorities search a home in the Arizona border town of Rio Rico, 60 miles (97 ‌km) south of Tucson, and take a man into custody for questioning. He is released, and no arrests are made. Savannah Guthrie reposted the masked man's images on Instagram.

The sheriff admitted that other gloves found near the 84-year-old’s home after her February 1 kidnapping could have a different DNA match. “It’s a challenge because we know we have DNA, but now we have to deal with that mixture and how we’re going to separate it,” Nanos said.

Several gloves found in close proximity to Guthrie’s home were seized as evidence amid the search operation. It is pertinent to note that there was no immediate clarity about which gloves came back as a match to the restaurant employee. Nanos also stated that gloves sent to a Florida lab could be different and DNA testing might take a while, according to KVOA.

Amid the scrutiny over his handling of Nancy’s case, Nanos claimed on Tuesday (February 3, 2026) that authorities were “definitely closer” to tracking down the suspect or suspects. “I think the investigators are definitely closer,” he stressed in an NBC interview. “We got a lot of intel, a lot of leads, but now it’s time to just go to work.”