A DNA profile recovered from gloves found near the scene of Nancy Guthrie's disappearance did not match any entries in the national Combined DNA Index System (CODIS), the Pima County Sheriff's Department announced Tuesday. Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of "Today" show host Savannah Guthrie, was reportedly kidnapped from her Tucson, Arizona, home on February 1.
The DNA profile, belonging to an unknown male, was obtained from gloves discovered approximately two miles from Guthrie's residence, according to the FBI. The gloves appeared to match those worn by a suspect seen in surveillance footage from Guthrie's Nest doorbell camera. The sheriff's department submitted the profile to CODIS, a database maintained by the FBI, on Tuesday morning. The database could have provided a match if the individual had a prior arrest for certain crimes and had submitted a DNA sample. The search for Guthrie remains ongoing.
In other news, civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson died Tuesday morning at the age of 84. Jackson, a Baptist minister and pioneering politician, launched two bids for the U.S. presidency and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2000. His family released a statement, saying, "Our father was a servant leader -- not only to our family, but to the oppressed, the voiceless, and the overlooked around the world."
Also on Tuesday, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton accused the Trump administration of a "continuing cover-up" regarding the release of files related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Clinton is scheduled to appear before the House Oversight Committee on February 26 for a deposition as part of its Epstein investigation, with former President Bill Clinton scheduled to be deposed the following day. "There's something about this administration's attitude toward this, which I think really leads us to conclude they have something to hide," Clinton told the BBC in an interview.
Finally, Tricia McLaughlin, the Department of Homeland Security's top spokeswoman, is leaving her post next week, according to two U.S. officials. McLaughlin, who has been a prominent voice defending the Trump administration's immigration policies, planned her departure in December, but delayed it following the fatal shooting of two U.S. citizens by federal immigration officers. Katie Zacharia, a commentator who has appeared on Fox News, is expected to assist DHS.
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