FBI: Newly Found Glove Appears to Match Guthrie Suspect's

Investigators await conclusive DNA results
By Newser Editors and Wire Services
Posted Feb 15, 2026 2:28 PM CST
Newly Found Glove in Guthrie Case Tested for DNA
A Pima County sheriff's official stays outside Nancy Guthrie‘s home on Saturday in Tucson, Ariz.   (AP Photo/Ty O'Neil)

The FBI said Sunday that a glove containing DNA was found about two miles from Nancy Guthrie's Arizona home and appears to match those worn by a masked person outside her front door the night she vanished. The glove, found in a field near the side of the road, was sent off for DNA testing, the AP reports. The FBI said in a statement that it received preliminary results Saturday and is awaiting official confirmation. Approximately 16 gloves have been found in various spots near Guthrie's house, most of which were searchers' gloves that had been discarded, the FBI said.

The DNA profile, which matches that of an unknown male, will be put in the national DNA database managed by the FBI, per NBC News. Investigators have released surveillance videos of the masked person outside Guthrie's front door. A porch camera recorded video of a person with a backpack who was wearing a ski mask, long pants, jacket, and gloves. On Thursday, the FBI called the person a suspect. Investigators described him as a man about 5 feet, 9 inches tall with a medium build. The agency said he was carrying a 25-liter "Ozark Trail Hiker Pack" backpack.

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