Nancy Guthrie has been missing for over 100 days and counting, but Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos has revealed that he thinks investigators are “getting closer” to identifying DNA.
Speaking to People, Nanos pushed back against the claims that the case has gone cold and suggested that blood found at Nancy’s property could soon be identified.
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