Investigators have recovered DNA evidence from somebody not known to be “in close contact” with Nancy Guthrie, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department revealed on Friday.
Officials investigating the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie have recovered DNA from a glove found near her house. If they don't get an exact match, they could turn to genealogy websites for clues.
Genetic genealogy technology that solved Golden State Killer and Idaho murders now being used in Nancy Guthrie case to identify suspects from DNA evidence.
If unidentified DNA evidence can be connected to someone — even a distant relative — in a common genealogy database, it would give investigators more information and possibly lead to a suspect.
DNA science has helped solve criminal cases for decades. But increasingly, investigative genetic genealogy — which was first used for cold cases — is helping to solve active cases as well.
Investigators searching for clues in the Arizona kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie are turning to genetic genealogy, a forensic technology that has already helped to crack several notorious cold cases in Massachusetts and throughout New England.
Authorities trying to solve the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie say they might tap DNA genealogy databases, the same step that police took to unravel a decades-old series
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