Authorities have revealed mystery DNA on one of the gloves discovered near Nancy Guthrie’s Arizona home finally has a match — to an employee who works at a restaurant across the street.
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos, who has faced criticism over his handling of the investigation, insisted in an interview with KVOA that officials had always suspected that might be the case.
“There was some talk and discussion that it was police officers out in the field just discarding [the gloves], that is so far from the truth. We knew that at that time, we believed wholeheartedly that those gloves belonged to a restaurant and guess what? The owner of the glove, we found working at a restaurant across the street,” he told the local outlet.
“It has nothing to do with the case.”
The floundering sheriff said that other gloves found near the 84-year-old’s home, which were sent off to a Florida lab and are still being tested, could have a different DNA match.