Sheriff Chris Nanos of Pima County, Arizona, tells CBS Information that investigators trying to find Nancy Guthrie consider the clothes and face masks worn by the suspect within the chilling doorbell video released last week have been bought at Walmart.
They’re nonetheless working to determine every model. CBS Information first reported that the suspect’s backpack, recognized as a black Ozark Path Hiker, was bought completely at Walmart.
It stays unclear whether or not the objects have been purchased on-line or in-store in Arizona or elsewhere. The sheriff stated investigators have spent a number of days reviewing surveillance video at native Walmarts.
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Guthrie, 84, the mom of “Immediately” present co-host Savannah Guthrie, has been lacking since Feb. 1. Authorities consider she was kidnapped from her house in Tucson in the midst of the night time.
Nanos known as the backpack some of the promising leads within the case.
Walmart has supplied data of all Ozark Path Hiker on-line and in-store purchases over the previous a number of months, together with gross sales past the Tucson space, to investigators.
CBS Information reached out to Walmart company workplaces, however a spokesperson declined to remark.
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Investigators consider the face masks the suspect wore is black however seems lighter on the video footage as a consequence of Nest digicam’s infrared expertise.
DNA proof on glove
In the meantime, authorities are conducting DNA testing on a black glove discovered close to Guthrie’s house which “seems to match the gloves of the topic within the surveillance video,” the FBI stated in an announcement on Sunday.
The FBI stated it obtained preliminary outcomes of DNA testing on Saturday, and as soon as these findings have been confirmed it might enter what it known as “the unknown male profile” into CoDIS, the FBI’s nationwide database for matching DNA profiles.
The bureau beforehand described the person as a male with a median construct who’s about 5 toes, 9 inches to five toes, 10 inches tall.
Investigators have additionally collected other DNA evidence from Nancy Guthrie’s property as a part of the continued investigation, however the outcomes haven’t led to a suspect, based on Nanos.
A number of regulation enforcement companies spent hours Friday evening looking out a residence lower than two miles from Nancy Guthrie’s house.
Nanos advised CBS affiliate KOLD that the exercise was the results of following up on “a lead that led to a search warrant and no arrest.” Authorities didn’t launch different particulars on what led them there or what, if something, might have been discovered.
