Arizona Couple Reports Finding Blood-Stained Gloves A Mile From Missing Nancy Guthrie’s Home
Authorities in Arizona are investigating after a pair of black gloves was discovered about a mile from the home of missing Nancy Guthrie in Tucson.
The 84-year-old vanished on January 31, and search efforts remain ongoing. The latest development comes as Harvey Levin, founder of TMZ, says his outlet received a second, more detailed cryptocurrency ransom demand allegedly linked to the case.
Gloves found in desert near home
An Arizona couple told local station KVOA they discovered what looked like blood-stained gloves and a nearby rock with a dried droplet of blood on February 11 while walking off Campbell Avenue in the Catalina Foothills, roughly a mile from Guthrie’s residence. They asked not to be identified.
According to the couple, the two black gloves were lying about 10 feet apart. One appeared torn, with dark reddish stains near the wrist and along the index finger.
“It didn’t just look like a regular glove. It looked like this was a glove used for something that could’ve possibly been what they were looking for,” the woman told New York Post.
The second glove rested on a rock that seemed to have a dried blood spot beneath it. Fearing they might disturb evidence, the couple said they avoided touching anything, photographed the scene, and alerted the Pima County Sheriff’s Department.
Deputies responded, interviewed the pair, and secured the site, remaining there into the early morning as part of the investigation.
Prior glove evidence and DNA testing
Investigators have previously confirmed recovering multiple gloves in the surrounding neighborhood. One was visually consistent with gloves worn by an unidentified armed, masked individual seen outside Guthrie’s home the morning she disappeared, based on doorbell-camera footage.
Officials have not said whether the newly discovered gloves are among those submitted for forensic testing. They have acknowledged that several gloves are undergoing analysis but declined further comment.
Earlier testing found DNA from some recovered gloves did not match profiles in the FBI database. DNA from a key glove also differed from genetic material collected inside Guthrie’s home.
No suspects or persons of interest have been publicly identified.
Second crypto ransom message reported
Separately, Levin said TMZ received another ransom demand on Wednesday, February 18, seeking millions of dollars in cryptocurrency. Unlike an earlier message that requested Bitcoin, the new note reportedly demands payment in a different digital currency.
Authorities have not verified whether any of the ransom communications sent to media outlets are authentic or connected to Guthrie’s disappearance.
Speaking Wednesday on Erin Burnett OutFront on CNN, Levin described the new message as more detailed and disturbing than the first. He said it outlined complex payment conditions in which specific actions would automatically trigger transfers of funds and appeared to reference media coverage as part of the scheme.
Levin estimated the financial demand is similar to the roughly $6 million sought in the first note and said the latest message explicitly describes consequences if payment is not made. However, he added that it stops short of proving Guthrie is alive or revealing inside details of an abduction.
The investigation and search for Guthrie continue.
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