DNA testing on a hair sample found inside Nancy Guthrie's home came back with no usable profile, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos tells Fox News Digital — but investigators aren't giving up on it.
The sample was sent to a California lab working with the FBI. Nanos says the hair has been preserved and could still prove valuable once a suspect is identified. The case is approaching six months with no arrests.
"Does that mean the hair isn't that of the suspect? We won't know that till we have the suspect's hair," he says.
A combined reward of more than $1.2 million remains unclaimed. The family is urging anyone with information to call 1-800-CALL-FBI. Anonymous tips can be called into 520-88-CRIME.
Heuermann was sentenced in June to three consecutive life sentences with no parole followed by four consecutive 25-to-life sentences after admitting to murdering eight women between 1993 and 2010. At sentencing, he said simply: "I'm responsible. The words I would say have no meaning."
Macedonio says the harassment is constant: "They leave stuff on the door or throw stuff. They make comments when they drive by; pointing, taking pictures on a regular basis."
The family's attorney Robert Macedonio told Newsday that Ellerup filed a police report and believes it was an attempted break-in — but a police spokesman said it didn't meet that criteria since no one attempted to enter the home.
Video from the home shows two individuals wearing black masks, t-shirts and shorts running from the porch as the family dog barked. The incident occurred around 8 p.m. Tuesday, according to a Nassau police spokesman.
Two masked individuals were caught on video banging on the door of Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann's Massapequa Park home before fleeing the porch — prompting a police response and a report filed by his ex-wife Asa Ellerup, who was inside with her two children at the time.
The incident comes just over a month after Heuermann was sentenced to three consecutive life sentences with no parole for murdering eight women between 1993 and 2010. A police spokesman confirmed the Tuesday night incident but said it didn't meet the criteria for an attempted break-in since no one tried to enter the home.
The family's attorney says Ellerup and her children face constant harassment — people driving by, leaving items on the door, throwing things, and taking pictures on a regular basis.
ENDURING MYSTERY: 51 years ago today, Jimmy Hoffa walked into a restaurant parking lot in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan — and was never seen again.
His son, former Teamsters president James P. Hoffa, is still pushing for answers. In a letter to FBI Director Kash Patel obtained by Fox News, he wrote that "it is important to us and the country that the truth about my father's disappearance be told and those involved, even if they are deceased, be exposed."
The FBI confirms the case remains active, and that it will continue to follow every credible lead.
A Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy was stabbed within seconds of arriving at a knife attack call in Lancaster before deputies opened fire, killing the suspect.
Newly released bodycam and surveillance footage shows 23-year-old Robert Castro suddenly changing direction and rushing the deputy before his patrol vehicle had even come to a stop. The deputy drew his service weapon and fired after being stabbed. A second deputy arrived moments later and fired again after Castro, on the ground, moved his hand toward one of three knives he was carrying.
Castro was transported to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. The wounded deputy was hospitalized for treatment. The California Department of Justice is now investigating the shooting, as required under state law for officer-involved fatalities.
EVERY MOVE YOU MAKE: More than 119,000 license plate cameras have been mapped across the U.S. — and most drivers have no idea they're being recorded. Every time you pass one, your plate number, vehicle description, location and timestamp enter a searchable database. You don't need to be suspected of anything.
California alone has over 16,000 readers. San Francisco County ranks third nationwide with 1,196 cameras per 1,000 road miles. Flock Safety, which accounts for 83% of the mapped total, says authorized agencies can search by plate, vehicle type and visible features like a roof rack or bumper sticker.
Police say the cameras help recover stolen cars and locate suspects. But privacy advocates warn the same network can reconstruct your daily driving patterns — where you live, where you seek medical care, who you visit — without a warrant.
CHARGED: Four Pennsylvania high school football coaches and six players face criminal charges after a 15-year-old teammate was allegedly stomped with cleats, punched in the groin, and jabbed in the buttocks with a broomstick during two separate locker room attacks.
The coaches weren't present during the assaults — but prosecutors say they learned what happened and actively conspired to keep it quiet, telling the victim not to tell his mother because it could jeopardize the team. The boy's mom only found out from a relative who heard about it from other parents.
The season was canceled after administrators learned of the alleged hazing through an anonymous reporting app.
Montgomery County DA Kevin Steele: "Numerous witnesses, many reluctant to share what they saw and knew, testified about what occurred in the Cheltenham High School locker room... the Grand Jury recommended charges against the four juveniles, two other football players and four coaches."