A glove with a recovered DNA profile found about two miles from Nancy Guthrie’s home appears to match the glove of the masked, armed suspect seen on Guthrie’s doorbell camera, the FBI told HuffPost on Sunday.

Investigators found about 16 gloves in various areas around Guthrie’s house, and most of them belonged to searchers who had discarded them as they searched the area. However, “the one with the DNA profile recovered is different and appears to match the gloves of the subject in the surveillance video,” the FBI said in a statement to HuffPost.

On Tuesday, the FBI released images and videos of the suspect approaching Guthrie’s front door. The suspect was described as a man, approximately 5′9″ to 5′10″ tall with an “average build.”

The glove was found Thursday and arrived at a private lab on Friday. The FBI said it acquired preliminary results on Saturday, and is now awaiting “quality control and official confirmation” before putting the “unknown male’s profile” into the national database.

“This process typically takes 24 hours from when the bureau receives DNA,” the FBI said.

Guthrie is the 84-year-old mother of Today’s co-host, Savannah Guthrie. She was last seen at her home in Tucson, Arizona, on the night of Jan. 31. The following day, she was reported missing. Investigators found blood on Nancy Guthrie’s front porch, which they confirmed belonged to her.

In the 15 days since Nancy Guthrie has been missing, several alleged ransom notes have surfaced. (In at least one instance, a man is accused of sending a fake ransom note.)

On Feb. 2 and 3, multiple news outlets reported receiving alleged ransom notes from a purported abductor or abductors asking the Guthrie family for substantial amounts of cryptocurrency in exchange for the safe return of Nancy Guthrie.

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos acknowledged the notes in a statement, saying the authorities “are taking all tips and leads very seriously.”

“We are ready to talk,” Savannah Guthrie said next to her siblings Annie and Camron Guthrie in a video on Feb. 4. “However, we live in a world where voices and images are easily manipulated. We need to know, without a doubt, that she is alive, and that you have her.”

Another ransom note was sent to local outlet KOLD on Feb. 6, but they did not share the contents of the note.

“We received your message and we understand,” Savannah Guthrie said in a Feb. 7 video. “We beg you now to return our mother to us so that we can celebrate with her. This is the only way we will have peace. This is very valuable to us, and we will pay.”

In a plea video on Monday as a supposed ransom deadline approached, Savannah Guthrie said, “We are at an hour of desperation, and we need your help.”

At least one man was previously detained for questioning, but he was subsequently released.

On Saturday morning, a spokeswoman for the Pima County Sheriff’s Department reportedly said that no one has been arrested or placed in custody in this case.

The sheriff’s office said Wednesday they and the FBI have received over 18,000 phone tips about the case since Feb. 1.

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