Nancy Guthrie live updates: Officials not ruling out possibility that multiple people were involved

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Last updated: Sunday, February 22, 2026 9:03AM GMT
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PIMA COUNTY, Ariz. -- The search for 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, the mother of "Today" host Savannah Guthrie, began after she was abducted from her home near Tucson, Arizona, on Sunday, Feb. 1, authorities said.

The Guthrie family has made multiple public pleas for any information surrounding their missing mother.

The FBI last week released photos and videos of an armed person in a mask in front of her home, appearing to tamper with a security camera.

The FBI updated their missing person poster for Nancy Guthrie, Feb. 10, 2026.
The FBI updated their missing person poster for Nancy Guthrie, Feb. 10, 2026.
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Anyone with information is urged to call 911 or the Pima County Sheriff's Department at 520-351-4900.

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Feb 17, 2026, 6:17 PM

Timeline of Nancy Guthrie's disappearance and investigation

Investigators believe Nancy Guthrie was abducted in her sleep early on Feb. 1, according to the sheriff's department.

1:47 a.m.: Nancy Guthrie's doorbell camera disconnected, the sheriff said.

2:12 a.m.: The camera software detected a person on camera, but no video is available, the sheriff said.

11:56 a.m.: Relatives responded to Nancy Guthrie's home and discovered she was missing, the sheriff said.

12:03 p.m.: The family called 911, the sheriff said.

Click here for a full timeline of the case.

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Feb 17, 2026, 7:53 PM GMT

Glove DNA doesn't match anyone in CODIS: Sheriff

The FBI ran DNA from a glove found during a roadside search through the national database known as CODIS, and did not get a match to any of the roughly 22 million samples in the database, according to the Pima County Sheriff's Department.

That glove -- which was found about 2 miles from Nancy Guthrie's house -- also did not match DNA found at Guthrie's property, law enforcement sources told ABC News.

The DNA found at the property is being analyzed and further testing needs to be done on it, the sources said.

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Feb 17, 2026, 6:17 PM GMT

DNA from glove found near Guthrie's home undergoing testing in Florida: Sources

DNA from the glove recovered near Nancy Guthrie's home remains at a private lab in Florida, where the Pima County Sheriff's Department sent it on Feb. 12, law enforcement sources told ABC News.

The sample is still undergoing quality control tests before the FBI hopes to run it through CoDIS in the "near future," the sources said.

-ABC News' Luke Barr and Aaron Katersky

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Feb 17, 2026, 6:17 PM GMT

Guthrie family cleared as possible suspects: sheriff

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said Monday that members of the Guthrie family are "cleared" as suspects in Nancy Guthrie's disappearance.

"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."

"The Guthrie family are victims plain and simple," the statement said.

ABC News previously reported that, according to law enforcement sources, investigators were leaning away from the Guthries as suspects.

-ABC News' Aaron Katersky

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Feb 17, 2026, 6:17 PM GMT

Suspect's clothing may have been purchased at Walmart

The Pima County Sheriff's Department said it's possible the suspect in Nancy Guthrie's kidnapping may have purchased the clothes he's seen wearing on the surveillance camera at Walmart, but that clothing is not exclusively available at Walmart.

Investigators last week were working to trace the point of sale of the suspect's backpack, which was sold at Walmart.

Meanwhile, the FBI is focused on the unknown male DNA from a glove found about 2 miles from Nancy Guthrie's home.

The FBI said it received preliminary results on Saturday. The FBI said on Sunday it was "awaiting quality control and official confirmation" before putting unknown male profile into the Combined DNA Index System, the national database known as CODIS.

The glove with the DNA profile "appears to match the gloves of the subject in the surveillance video," the FBI said.

-ABC News' Aaron Katersky