in search Nancy GuthrieAn Arizona couple reported finding a pair of blood-stained gloves and a rock with drops of dried blood in the desert a mile from the 84-year-old’s home, days after the man was reported missing. The couple found the pair of black gloves on the ground 10 feet apart on Campbell Avenue in Catalina Foothills, Tucson, on Feb. 11, KVOA reported.
“Sure enough, it was a black glove in the desert. It looked like it was torn. There appeared to be blood on it. Two different colors. The blood was more on the wrist side of the glove, and on the index finger, it looked like it was torn,” they told the outlet.
Concerned that the gloves might be linked to the search for Nancy, the couple reported the sighting to authorities.
“It looked like more than just an ordinary glove. It looked like the glove might have been used to do what they were looking for,” the wife told the outlet.
While the couple didn’t touch gloves, they still took some photos of the scene.
According to reports, there appeared to be at least one blood stain on a rock where the second glove was.
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“From the glove, there was blood dripping on the rock underneath the glove, like dried blood or something. We didn’t move it or touch it. We immediately thought, we have to do something. So I thought I’d call the Sheriff’s Department,” Husband said.
Investigators attended the scene and interviewed the couple before allowing them to leave.
Authorities have not said whether they collected the gloves as DNA evidence. “We have no confirmation at this time. Detectives and agents have collected multiple pairs of gloves from the area and analysis is part of the investigation,” the department told the outlet.
DNA Analysis Update
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos Zeng said there were some problems with the DNA evidence collected there Nancy’s It could take up to a year for private labs in Florida to resolve the issue. Last week, Nanos told NBC News DNA The information local police found from Nancy’s home did not match her, her family, or anyone working at the home. However, the DNA of an 84-year-old man was mixed with it, and the sample was incomplete.
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“Our lab tells us it has challenges, and we understand those challenges,” Nanos said. “But our labs also know that this technology is moving so fast and so wildly that they think some of these problems will resolve themselves in weeks, months or even a year, allowing them to be better able to handle the mix of things like this.”
It’s unclear why Nanos used a private lab in Florida instead of an FBI lab or the Arizona Bureau of Scientific Analysis to obtain the samples. Meanwhile, the FBI is analyzing data, videos and interviews from the search for Nancy.
