Electrostatic Lifts Hunt for Missing Mom

0:00Stay tapped into pop culture in two minutes or less with entertainment and celebrity news today. Investigators are turning to a high-tech forensic tool in the search for Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of today's show co-host, Savannah Guthrie. She vans from her Arizona home, and an elite FBI team from Quantico has used electrostatic lifts inside the house to capture hidden dust. Impressions from shoe prints. This method applies a high-voltage charge to special film that pulls tiny dust particles forming a clear mirror image of footprints on floors or carpets where regular dusting fails. Experts say these prints could reveal a suspect's shoe size and even estimate their height. Outdoor attempts on the gravel walkway produce no useful leads, but there's optimism for indoor results that might show unique marks linking to. Evidence elsewhere. Forensic analysts are checking for tell-tell anomalies that could point to the person who entered the home. Theory suggests she was taken from inside,

1:01possibly targeted due to her daughter's fame. Video from an Uber ride the day before showed nothing unusual in her behavior. Authorities keep hunting with help from the FBI, offering a $1.2 million reward for tips that crack the case. Advances like these electrostatic lifts offer real hope for answers.