The Pima County Sheriff's Department is facing renewed scrutiny after revealing that DNA evidence in the Nancy Guthrie case contains “mixed samples” requiring further analysis—a process investigators say could take months. The development has sparked intense online reaction and raised fresh questions about what happened in the critical early hours of her disappearance.
Guthrie, 84, has been missing since Sunday, Feb. 1. Authorities believe that she may have been abducted from her home in the Catalina Foothills (just north of Tucson, Arizona) in the middle of the night.
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Upon entering Guthrie's home, which was called a "crime scene" very early on in the investigation, authorities collected DNA samples which were sent off to a lab in Florida for review. Now, weeks later, the public has learned that the DNA were "mixed" which, according to Fox News, means that there was more than one person's DNA mixed together.
The outlet reports that Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos shared an update on those samples, which could be key in identifying the person or persons behind Guthrie's disappearance.
"Our lab tells us that there are challenges with it. The technology is moving so fast and in such a frenzy that they think some of this stuff will resolve itself just in a matter of weeks, months, or maybe a year," Nanos said.
This update has infuriated social media users, many of whom have been following the case for weeks.
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"@FBI needs to go to FLORIDA Lab and GET THAT SAMPLE AND HAND IT OFF TO THEIR LAB!! STOP THE MADNESS!" one person wrote on X after hearing the news.
"I understand that labs are backlogged and that prioritization & processing comes into play. However, there are urgent & high priority cases that can be fast tracked. I'd say this case qualifies as time sensitive. What are the chances that Nanos has done this?" someone else wondered.
Meanwhile, Nanos recently spoke with NBC News and he's not giving up.
"We’re not quitting. We’ll find her," he said.
As of Sunday, Feb. 22, Guthrie has been missing for three full weeks. Authorities have not named a suspect or person or persons of interest in the case, no arrests have been made, and there's no positive lead on where Guthrie might be.
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