Feb 18, 2026, 5:21 PM EST
Rewards total over $200K after anonymous donation
The rewards for information leading to Nancy Guthrie or her captor now total more than $200,000 following an anonymous donation on Wednesday, according to the Pima County Sheriff’s Department.
An anonymous donation of $100,000 to 88-CRIME increased the program’s reward to $102,500, the sheriff’s department said. That’s in addition to the FBI’s $100,000 reward.
Feb 18, 2026, 3:15 PM EST
FBI has reached out to Mexican authorities: Sources
The FBI has reached out to Mexican authorities to make them aware of Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance, law enforcement sources told ABC News.
There is no evidence she was taken across the border, but it’s an avenue investigators are exploring given the proximity to Tucson, Arizona, the sources said.
-ABC News’ Aaron Katersky and Luke Barr
Feb 17, 2026, 7:24 PM EST
Genetic genealogy options eyed for glove DNA
Investigators are looking into genetic genealogy options to check for matches against DNA from a set of gloves found 2 miles away from Nancy Guthrie’s property, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department said Tuesday.
No DNA match was found in the national database known as CODIS or at the property, the department said in an update, noting that CODIS is «one option of many databases that are available.»
DNA found at Nancy Guthrie’s property is also being analyzed and «further testing needs to be done as part of the investigation,» the department said.
Feb 17, 2026, 2:34 PM EST
Glove DNA doesn’t match anyone in CODIS: Sheriff
The FBI ran DNA from a glove found during a roadside search through the national database known as CODIS, and did not get a match to any of the roughly 22 million samples in the database, according to the Pima County Sheriff’s Department.
That glove — which was found about 2 miles from Nancy Guthrie’s house — also did not match DNA found at Guthrie’s property, law enforcement sources told ABC News.
The DNA found at the property is being analyzed and further testing needs to be done on it, the sources said.
-ABC News’ Aaron Katersky
