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Home » Clues in Nancy Guthrie case include video, backpack, possible DNA. Here’s what we know about the evidence so far.
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Clues in Nancy Guthrie case include video, backpack, possible DNA. Here’s what we know about the evidence so far.

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Clues in Nancy Guthrie case include video, backpack, possible DNA. Here’s what we know about the evidence so far.

The investigation into the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie has uncovered several notable pieces of evidence as authorities in Arizona continue to search for the mother of “Today” show co-host Savannah Guthrie.

Investigators believe Nancy Guthrie, 84, was forcibly taken from her Tucson home in the middle of the night before being reported missing Feb. 1. Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos confirmed Monday that all of Guthrie’s family members and their spouses have been cleared as possible suspects. 

While the FBI and the Pima County Sheriff’s Department haven’t revealed everything they’ve uncovered in the weekslong investigation, officials have disclosed some details about the clues and potential evidence in the case. 

Here’s what we know about the evidence so far:

What the suspect wore in Nancy Guthrie’s home security video

Investigators believe the clothing and face mask worn by a suspect in home security video footage may have been bought at Walmart, either at a brick-and-mortar store or online, Sheriff Chris Nanos told CBS News.

The sheriff’s department noted, however, that the clothing is not exclusively available from Walmart.

Walmart sells a mask that looks very similar to the mask worn by the man in the doorbell camera video. It is believed to be black, but it looks lighter in the footage because of the Nest camera’s infrared technology, according to Nanos.

A combination of images show what a security camera captured at Nancy Guthrie’s home in Tucson, Arizona, Feb. 1, 2026.

Pima County Sheriff’s Department via Reuters


The FBI said the suspect was also carrying a black, 25-liter Ozark Trail Hiker Pack backpack in the video. CBS News first reported that the backpack is sold exclusively at Walmart.

Nanos called the backpack “one of the most promising leads” in the case.

Investigators have been reviewing surveillance video footage from local Walmart locations, Nanos said. The company has provided authorities with records of all Ozark Trail Hiker purchases from the past several months, Nanos said.

fbi-backpack.jpg

The FBI released photos of a black Ozark Trail Hiker backpack like the one investigators say the suspect in Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance was carrying.

FBI


A spokesperson for Walmart declined to comment on the case.

DNA recovered from glove near Nancy Guthrie’s home

A DNA profile of an unknown male was recovered from a glove that investigators found near Guthrie’s home, according to the FBI. The glove appears to match the ones seen on the suspect in Guthrie’s Nest camera video.

The FBI said Saturday it was waiting for official confirmation of the DNA results before putting the profile into its national database, known as CoDIS, or Combined DNA Index System. The national DNA database maintained by the FBI could provide a match if the individual had a previous arrest for certain crimes and supplied a DNA sample that put him into the system.

The glove was found approximately 2 miles from Guthrie’s house in a field near a roadside, the FBI said. It was one of 16 gloves found in various areas during the search, but most of them belonged to investigators who had discarded them, the FBI said. 

The sheriff’s department has also said DNA that didn’t belong to Nancy Guthrie or those in close contact with her was collected from her property, and investigators are working to identify who it belongs to. The department did not disclose where on the property the DNA was found.

Video footage recovered from Nancy Guthrie’s security camera

The FBI publicly shared several excerpts of footage from Guthrie’s Nest camera on Feb. 10, saying that the previously inaccessible video from the morning of Guthrie’s disappearance was recovered from “residual data located in backend systems.”

The FBI described the suspect in the video as a male who is about 5 feet, 9 inches to 5 feet, 10 inches tall with an average build.

In one video clip, the suspect approaches the front door and raises a gloved hand to the camera outside the door before turning back. In a separate clip, the masked suspect faces the camera holding a flashlight in their mouth before covering the camera lens with some vegetation.

Nanos previously told reporters at a news conference that the doorbell camera at Guthrie’s home was disconnected at approximately 1:47 a.m. on Feb. 1. 

At around 2:12 a.m., one of the home’s cameras detected what the system classified as a person, but Nanos said video footage wasn’t available.

Google, which makes Nest cameras, previously told CBS News it was assisting with the investigation.

Possible data from Nancy Guthrie’s pacemaker

In another electronic data point, officials said Nancy Guthrie’s pacemaker app showed a disconnect from her phone at 2:28 a.m. on Feb. 1.

Law enforcement sources told CBS News that one of the high-tech tools investigators have deployed in its search is a tracking device known as a “signal sniffer” in an effort to detect possible signals from her heart pacemaker. 

Investigators, mounting the device on a helicopter flying slow and low, have tried to determine if Guthrie’s pacemaker is emitting any detectable signals that could be used to help target her whereabouts, according to the sources. 

The device frequently used in missing person cases is a portable radio detection device used to detect specific low-powered electronic signals such as those from a pacemaker.  

Apparent ransom note demands payment in bitcoin

An apparent ransom note demanding payment in bitcoin was received by CBS Tucson affiliate KOLD-TV on Feb. 2, the day after investigators believe Guthrie was taken.

While authorities haven’t said whether the note is credible, the FBI said it was taking it seriously.

The note included two deadlines, for Feb. 5 and for Feb. 9. 

Separately, a Southern California man has been charged in federal court with allegedly making a fake ransom demand via text messages on Feb. 4. Authorities believe he was trying to take advantage of the situation for monetary gain. 

Several homes searched

Law enforcement agencies have searched at least two homes in connection with the investigation, but details are scant. The first of those searches took place in Rio Rico, Arizona, south of Tucson, on Feb. 10. 

Authorities said they were questioning a person of interest, and a man who gave his name as Carlos later said he was detained by officers and then released. He said he didn’t know why law enforcement thought he had anything to do with it.

“I didn’t do anything,” he said, “I’m innocent.”

Another surge of law enforcement activity took place the night of Feb. 13 about 2 miles from Nancy Guthrie’s home. The sheriff said it was based on “a lead that led to a search warrant.” Several people were apparently questioned but no arrests were made.

Authorities did not release details on what led to that search or what, if anything, may have been found.

Anna Schecter and

Andres Gutierrez

contributed to this report.

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