Investigate connections between Nancy Guthrie case The Gilgo Beach murders have been revealed. The San Francisco forensic laboratory that helped solve the case of the Long Island serial killer is also believed to be involved in the search for answers after Nancy’s possible abduction.
Earlier this month, Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann admitted to killing eight women between 1993 and 2010. His defense could not overcome groundbreaking DNA evidence collected from rootless hair samples.
“I’m very confident that they will want to use their very successful lab, which is Astrea,” said CeCe Moore, one of the nation’s top genetic genealogists at Parabon Nanolabs in Virginia, Fox News reported. “DLI has been working on perfecting their own rootless hair analysis, but I haven’t seen any success from them.”
Moore was talking about International DNA Labs, the lab where the Pima County, Florida, Sheriff’s Department originally sent the sample days after Nancy disappeared. With the materials in the FBI’s hands, Astrea Forensics may be on a shortlist of specialized private labs that might be able to help.
“By far the safest option”
exist Hoylmann’s caseThe lab developed DNA profiles from evidence of rootless hair, and Moore claimed she was personally involved in six successful cases in which Astrea had done similar work.
“The FBI used them in the Gilgo case,” she told Fox News Digital. “So they have a lot of confidence in Astraea.”
An FBI official recently told the media that the hair sample was among the evidence collected at Nancy’s home and sent by the Pima County Sheriff’s Department to a private laboratory in Florida days after her alleged abduction.
“If there was an opportunity for them to resolve Nancy’s case through this lab, there’s no question in my mind that it should be sent there,” said Alison Winter, a social worker and psychotherapist who has been working with the Heuermann family.
In the meantime, Moore said, “Sending it to Astrea, which has a good track record, is by far the safest option.”
FBI Assistant Director for Public Affairs Ben Williamson said the FBI wanted to obtain the sample more than two months ago
“This is not new evidence or information,” He wrote on X on Monday. “Two months ago, the FBI requested that this DNA be tested using the same technology we have always had before the local sheriff sent it to a private laboratory. Any further developments will be shared as soon as possible.”
Months after Nancy went missing, there has been no update on her whereabouts, and no suspects have been found. While the Guthrie family is tormented by the uncertainty surrounding the case’s outcome, her daughter Savannah Guthrie Previously even admitted that her mother may be dead.
