The seek for Nancy Guthrie could hinge on a forensic element that doesn’t require an ideal match.
Showing on HannityTuesday, February 18, Crime Tales host Nancy Grace zeroed in on DNA recovered from a glove believed to be tied to the case, explaining that investigators don’t essentially want an actual match within the nationwide database to maneuver ahead.
“CODIS, which is in fact the mixed DNA index system, is nationwide and naturally it has felons and a few misdemeanors in there,” Grace mentioned. “But when we get successful, we are able to get an nearly hit or a close to hit, which implies a relative of the donor, the DNA donor.”
She continued, “So then it would not need to be an ideal match. You may then decide a relative’s DNA is on that glove and from there, from there you go to genetic family tree. It is bam bam bam bam.”
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Grace additionally emphasised that brief tandem repeat testing is already underway, suggesting outcomes shouldn’t take lengthy. “These STR, brief tandem repeat DNA evaluation are being made,” she mentioned, including that it “shouldn’t have taken this lengthy, as a matter of truth.”
Her feedback come amid stress between native and federal authorities. Grace beforehand criticized Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos after reviews surfaced that key proof was despatched to a personal Florida lab relatively than the FBI’s Quantico facility. She argued the transfer might “threat” the case, sustaining that the FBI has the identical capabilities.
In the meantime, investigators proceed pursuing a number of leads. A SWAT group executed search warrants at a Tucson residence roughly two miles from Guthrie’s residence on February 13, detaining two people in the course of the search. Legal professional Chris Scileppi later mentioned his consumer, Luke Daley, has “no hyperlink by any means to Nancy” and was not arrested.
Guthrie, 84, has been lacking now for nearly three weeks—she was kidnapped from her residence on February 1.
