Nancy Guthrie Disappearance: Mystery Deepens As DNA Results From A Key Glove Reveal Disappointing News

The search for Nancy Guthrie hit a recent roadblock after DNA results from a recovered glove failed to produce a match in the FBI database.

The glove was one of many recovered from the area around the octogenarian's home after a search by the police.

However, this particular glove was of key importance due to its similarity to the one worn by Nancy Guthrie's alleged abductor as seen in video footage from her home camera.

In the wake of the investigation into the kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie, authorities recovered a discarded glove two miles from the elderly woman's home.

The glove was linked to Guthrie's kidnapper, given the proximity of the recovery point to Guthrie's home. However, while DNA was found on the glove, running it through the FBI's database, known as the Combined DNA Index System, returned no match.

The results were revealed by Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos, who is in charge of the local law enforcement in the area where the incident occurred.

"We're hopeful that we're always getting closer, but the news now, I think, is we had heard this morning that, of course, the DNA on the glove that was found 2 miles away was submitted for CODIS. And I just heard that CODIS had no hits," the law officer said in an interview with Fox News, per reports.

The reason the glove became a key item is that it appeared similar to the one worn by an individual in a video captured by the front camera of Guthrie's home.

Interestingly, it was one of many gloves recovered by authorities from areas around Guthrie's home. However, most were ruled out as items worn by concerned citizens who had been searching for Guthrie.

Beyond the DNA recovered from the key glove, the investigating team also collected additional DNA from inside Guthrie's home.

Unfortunately, when these samples were run through CODIS, they yielded no matches and did not correspond to the DNA found on the glove.

No arrests have been made in connection with the case, despite authorities having interviewed a number of people in the weeks following Guthrie's mysterious disappearance.

As part of the investigation, Guthrie's family members were also interviewed, and all have been cleared.

This includes Guthrie's children, Savannah, Annie, and Camron, as well as Tommaso Cioni, Annie's husband.

"The Guthrie family – to include all siblings and spouses – has been cleared as possible suspects in this case," Nanos said, per the New York Post.

"The family has been nothing but cooperative and gracious and are victims in this case," he added. "To suggest otherwise is not only wrong, it is cruel. The Guthrie family are victims plain and simple."

For now, authorities have yet to identify the suspect seen in video footage recovered from Guthrie's home camera.

The individual has been described as a male, approximately 5'9" to 5'10" tall, with an average build.

Meanwhile, authoritiespreviously stated that all involved agencies will continue to pursue every lead in an effort to locate the octogenarian, whose health has been a significant concern since her abduction.

"The Pima County Sheriff's Department and the FBI continue to work together around the clock on this investigation, tracking all leads," read a recent update from the authorities, per USA Today.

The latest development in the Nancy Guthrie case comes shortly after her daughter, "Today" co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, pleaded with her mother's captors to have a change of heart and release the 84-year-old.

In a video shared to her Instagram page, which has reportedly left friends of the journalist "worried," Savannah said, "It's been two weeks since our mom was taken, and I just wanted to come on and say that we still have hope, and we still believe."

"I wanted to say to whoever has her, or knows where she is, that it's never too late," she noted in the video recorded outdoors. "And you're not lost or alone, and it is never too late to do the right thing, and we are here."