India, April 19 -- A University of California, Los Angeles professor has outlined the grim reality that the Nancy Guthrie case has hit, as the FBI is now turning to cutting-edge DNA technology in an attempt to locate Savannah Guthrie's missing mother. The FBI recently received a DNA sample collected at Nancy's residence in Arizona from a private Florida laboratory that partnered with the Pima County Sheriff's Department.

Now, FBI agents are using advanced forensic techniques on the evidence, hoping to crack the case.

A criminal justice professor at UCLA, who is familiar with criminal abduction cases, told the Irish Star that the FBI's decision to re-examine existing evidence with newer technology leaves a clue.

"When a law enforcement ...