Unknown Male DNA? Burglary Gone Wrong? | Nancy Guthrie Missing Day 15

Drop Dead Serious With Ashleigh Banfield

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🗓️ 16 February 2026

⏱️ 50 minutes

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The FBI has confirmed that a glove found roughly two miles from Nancy’s Catalina Foothills home has produced an unknown male DNA profile. Investigators say the type of glove appears to match the glove seen on surveillance video, and it has now been sent for final quality control before being entered into CODIS. At the same time, confusion is growing over reports suggesting this may have been a “burglary gone wrong.” Law enforcement sources are pushing back, saying that theory is not the official working narrative inside the investigation. As Savannah Guthrie posts a new public message urging whoever has her mother to “do the right thing,” investigators continue testing evidence from a towed Range Rover, reviewing surveillance footage, and tracking leads around the clock. In this episode of Drop Dead Serious, Ashleigh Banfield breaks down the unknown male DNA, the controversy over the burglary theory, what CODIS could reveal next, and where the Nancy Guthrie investigation stands right now.

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0:00.0	Hi, everybody. I'm Ashley Banfield. This is Drop Dead Serious. Thank you so much for being here.
0:06.0	It's another late one. I know. It's a really late night because I was about to do this podcast about two hours ago.
0:16.2	And then suddenly things started happening and information started coming in. So I put it off so that I could have a full collection for you. And I have a really big collection of information for you on the Nancy Guthrie investigation. First of all, thank you so much for being here. And thank you for being a subscriber and the members. You guys are like amazing. Thank you so much. If you are not subscribed, do it. Hit the thing, the button to subscribe. Thank you.
0:40.0	I'd appreciate it. It does me a solid. I really love the folks who are joining. I have a lot for
0:45.9	you tonight, starting with a new message from Savannah. Savannah has taken to Instagram again,
0:51.8	and it is just heart-wrenching to see her the pain in her face
0:57.0	as she appeals to the kidnapper, the person who has her mother or those who know where her
1:02.6	mother is, to please for the love of God, it's not too late. It's not too late. She's appealing to
1:09.5	their better angels if they have any.
1:12.2	And I'm going to show you that in just a moment. Also, the FBI did something they do not normally do.
1:17.7	They put out a statement. They actually gave it to News Nation. And at first I thought it was a typo because I thought the FBI doesn't usually do this. They don't update anybody. They work in absolute silence.
1:27.8	And they didn't do that in this particular case.
1:31.0	They made comments about the gloves plural,
1:34.3	the many, 16 gloves that they have now collected.
1:39.1	And the specific one in particular that's the most important.
1:42.7	I'm gonna break down everything about it and why
1:45.1	it matters and some things that people aren't reporting on, like why chain of custody is critical
1:49.9	here. That's coming in just a minute. Also, there's new reporting tonight that people are
1:56.5	beaten up. New reporting that this may be considered by law enforcement authorities as a
2:03.7	burglary gone wrong. But the pushback on it is intense from a number of different sources.
2:11.5	So I'm going to give you the reporting and who's pushing back on it. And I'm going to give you
2:16.3	some information just about the burglaries in this
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