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As the search for "Today" anchorSavannah Guthrie's missing mother has stretched into its third week, the Pima County Sheriff's Department and the FBI continue to pursue various leads, review surveillance footage and analyze DNA evidence recovered at and near the 84-year-old's home outside Tucson, Arizona.

Authorities have not named a person of interest as of Tuesday, Feb. 17, but are seeking to identifya suspect shown in doorbell camera footage at Guthrie's front door, released on Feb. 10. The suspect is described as a "male, approximately 5'9"-5'10" tall, with an average build."

Gloves found in a field near a road appear to match those worn by the suspect in the doorbell camera video, the FBI confirmed to USA TODAY on Feb. 15.

Here's what to know about the DNA evidence collected, what it has revealed so far and what results authorities are awaiting.

"Today" show host Savannah Guthrie's 84-year-old mother, Nancy Guthrie, was seemingly abducted from her home outside Tucson, Arizona, in the early hours of Feb. 1, 2026. Authorities released photos and videos on Feb. 10, of a potential suspect who was caught tampering with a camera on her front door on the morning of her disappearance. 

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> New images from a Nest camera show an armed individual appearing to have tampered with the camera at Nancy Guthrie's front door on the morning of her disappearance.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> U.S. journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie, accompanied by her siblings Annie and Camron, speaks in a video message, addressing that they are willing to pay for the release of their elderly mother, Nancy Guthrie, who went missing from her Arizona home several days ago, in this screen grab obtained from social media video taken at an unspecified location and released February 7, 2026.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of "Today" anchor Savannah Guthrie is missing, and Arizona officials say they are investigating her disappearance as a "crime."

"Today" show cohost Savannah Guthrie, accompanied by her siblings Annie and Camron Guthrie, speaks in a video message addressing a possible kidnapper who might be holding her 84-year-old mother, Nancy Guthrie in this screen grab obtained from social media video taken at an unspecified location and released Feb. 4, 2026.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> The Pima County Sheriff's Office in Arizona received a 911 call reporting Nancy Guthrie missing from her home outside Tucson around noon local time on Sunday, Feb. 1.

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Search for Nancy Guthrie and person suspected of taking her continues

"Today" show host Savannah Guthrie's 84-year-old mother,Nancy Guthrie, was seemingly abducted from her home outside Tucson, Arizona, in the early hours of Feb. 1, 2026. Authorities released photos and videos on Feb. 10, of a potential suspect who was caught tampering with a camera on her front door on the morning of her disappearance.

What DNA has been collection in Savannah Guthrie missing mom case?

Among the DNA recovered at the scene weredried blood dropletsspotted on the Spanish tile entrance at the home on Feb. 3, which the Pima County Sheriff's Department later confirmed was Nancy Guthrie's blood.

The sheriff revealed on Feb. 13 that investigators collected DNA from the 84-year-old's home that did not belong to her or anyone in close contact with her.

Around 16 gloves have been collected near the Guthrie house, the FBI confirmed, while clarifying that most "were searchers' gloves discarded in various areas when they searched the vicinity." Gloves closest to the property, approximately 2 miles away, were sent for testing.

Who is analyzing the DNA?

DNA evidence in the Nancy Guthrie investigation has been sent toDNA Labs International, a private lab in South Florida.

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos has shut down speculation of friction between local authorities and the FBI, prompted by a Feb. 12Reutersreport citing a "U.S. law enforcement official with knowledge of the case" about a dispute over where to send DNA samples.

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In an interview with NBC affiliateKVOApublished Friday, Feb. 13, Nanos confirmed he had disagreed with the bureau's attempt to send "one or two" gloves to its lab close by, but said the FBI eventually agreed that it made more "sense" to centralize the evidence at the Florida lab. "There's no arguing there. There's no fight. Sheriff didn't block anything. This has always been a case where we both work very close together."

What DNA results have been found in Nancy Guthrie case?

The Pima County Sheriff's Department confirmed Tuesday, Feb. 17, that preliminary results failed to match the DNA collection at her home to the gloves the FBI said resembled those of the suspect seen in the surveillance video.

The DNA profile also did not match anyone in the FBI's Combined DNA Index System(CODIS), the sheriff's department said in a Feb. 17 news release.

"Investigators are currently looking into additional investigative genetic genealogy options for DNA evidence to check for matches," the news release said. "CODIS is one option of many databases that are available."

What DNA results are pending?

Following the preliminary results released Tuesday, the FBI is now "awaiting quality control and official confirmation today before putting 'unknown male profile'" into its national database.

Investigators are also awaiting the results for additional DNA evidence found at Nancy Guthrie's home, which did not belong to the missing mother or her inner circle.

New images released by authorities on Feb. 10, 2026, from a Nest camera outside Nancy Guthrie's home show an armed individual appearing to have tampered with the camera at the front door on the morning of her disappearance on Feb. 1.

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Nancy Guthrie kidnapping suspect seen in new photos as search continues

New imagesreleased by authorities on Feb. 10, 2026, from a Nest camera outside Nancy Guthrie's home show an armed individual appearing to have tampered with the camera at the front door on the morning of her disappearance on Feb. 1.

What's next in DNA analysis?

In a Feb. 17 interview withNBC News, Nanos said the lack of a match from the DNA found on the gloves is "not the end."

"Now we start with genealogy and some of the partial DNA we have at the home," he told the outlet. "To me, that's more critical than any glove I found 2 miles away. I'm not dismissing the glove 2 miles away, but I have gloves 5 miles away, 10 miles away, so we prioritize."

He continued: "We believe that we may have some DNA there that may be our suspect, but we won't know that until that DNA is separated, sorted out, maybe admitted to CODIS, maybe through genealogy."

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:Nancy Guthrie DNA findings so far and what's still awaiting results

US district judge Mark Pittman, an appointee of Donald Trump, declared a mistrial only hours after jury selection began at the federal courthouse in downtown Fort Worth. He abruptly halted the proceedings after MarQuetta Clayton, an attorney for one of the defendants, had been questioning potential jurors for about 20 minutes, taking issue with a shirt she was wearing underneath a black blazer. The shirt contained images of civil rights movement leaders, including Martin Luther King Jr and Shirley Chisholm, as well as images of protests from that time.

Clayton was present in the courtroom all day with her shirt visible to Pittman, but the judge did not stop the proceedings until Clayton began questioning the approximately 75 potential jurors who had assembled.

Pittman claimed the shirt sent a political message that could bias jurors and equate the actions of the defendants in the case with that of the civil rights movement, adding that the decision to wear the shirt may have been intentional. Pittman also argued that the defense lawyers would be outraged if prosecutors were to wear shirts that showed pro-ICE or pro-Trump imagery in front of a jury.

The mistrial means the trial will start over with a completely new panel of potential jurors. The judge announced the trial would restart on Monday at 9am.

"I don't think I have any choice but to declare a mistrial," said Pittman, who also admonished Clayton for showing a poster to potential jurors that had not been submitted to the court ahead of time. "This has to be a first in the history of American jurisprudence, I would think."

Clayton isrunningfor a county judge position in Texas, where early voting started on Tuesday. She declined to comment as she left the courthouse, only saying that she would continue to represent her client in the case.

The nine defendants whose trial began on Tuesdaywere partof a group of protesters who were criminally charged after a demonstration at an ICE detention facility near Fort Worth on 4 July.

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Demonstrators set off fireworks outside in solidarity with people detained inside, and some of the protesters are accused of spraying graffiti on a guard shack and vehicles in the parking lot, slashing the tires on a government vehicle and destroying a security camera. In court papers, prosecutors described the incident as a coordinated attack, saying the protesters dressed in all black to conceal their identities and were armed. They also alleged one protester shot and wounded a police officer on the scene.

The case is the first time the government has filed terrorism charges against antifa, short for anti-fascist, which is not a defined entity but rather an umbrella of left-leaning ideologies. The Trump administration has vowed to crack down on antifa, andexperts believethe case could set a dangerous precedent for prosecutors to bring criminal charges against protesters who demonstrate against ICE.

Lawyers for the nine defendants unanimously agreed they did not think a mistrial was necessary, questioning whether jurors had even seen Clayton's shirt and saying any potential bias could be rooted out during jury selection by questioning the jurors. Shawn Smith, the lead federal prosecutor in the case, did not take a position, simply saying he had not seen a similar situation before.

Harrison Stables, 23, one of the potential jurors who was dismissed after Pittman declared a mistrial, said in an interview he did not see Clayton's shirt, nor did he think it would have influenced his decision-making in the case at all.

Another dismissed juror who declined to give his name said he recognized the imagery on the shirt as saying something about "the fight", but that it would not have biased his assessment of the case.

"I struggle to understand how this could be fair or reasonable in this judicial environment," Lydia Koza, whose wife, Autumn Hill, is one of the defendants, said in an interview across the street from the courthouse where supporters had gathered with signs, coffee and food. A cadre of family members, attorneys, journalists, observers and supporters also crammed into an overflow room in the federal courthouse to watch jury selection through a simulcast on Tuesday.

Before the mistrial, questions to the potential jurors on Tuesday offered a glimpse into themes that are likely to be key to the strategy on both sides in the case. Smith, the prosecutor, asked potential jurors about bias against ICE and Trump, among other issues. Clayton asked jurors about the difference between a riot, a noise demonstration and a protest, and whether it was ever acceptable to bring a gun to a protest.

Pittman's decision on Tuesday came after a series of pretrial rulings penalizing lawyers for the defense. In December, he ordered three defense attorneys toeach pay a $500 finefor filing aggressive motions for discovery. He also nearly blocked George Lobb, an attorney, from representing one of the defendants, saying he had not met the residency requirements to practice in the district. Lobb eventually withdrew from the federal case and Clayton replaced him.

After declaring the mistrial, Pittman gave a short speech decrying partisan division in the country, saying he was "absolutely disgusted" by it and that "we have to find a way to turn down the anger".