Kash Patel blames Arizona cops for sidelining FBI in Nancy Guthrie abduction case
Patel said the bureau could have tested DNA sooner and deployed agents earlier, but local authorities kept it out of the case for four days.
- On Tuesday, FBI Director Kash Patel claimed the Pima County Sheriff's Department sidelined the FBI for four days during the Nancy Guthrie investigation, preventing immediate access to critical evidence.
- Alleging missed opportunities, Patel stated he offered to fly DNA evidence to Quantico but the sheriff chose a Florida lab instead, asserting the FBI could have recovered Google data days earlier.
- Nancy Guthrie went missing from her Tucson home on February 1, prompting her daughter, Today anchor Savannah Guthrie, and siblings to urge residents to share observations regarding the kidnapping.
- Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos disputed Patel's account, stating his department and the FBI Laboratory have 'worked in close partnership from the outset' regarding evidence analysis.
- Despite multiple searches, analyzed DNA, and alleged ransom notes, investigators have named no suspects in connection with Nancy's disappearance, leaving the case unresolved as Tucson residents continue seeking answers.
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Kash Patel Says FBI Was Kept Out of Investigation for Four Days After Nancy Guthrie's Disappearance
Patel said the FBI was prepared to act quickly but had to respect Pima County's decision to send DNA evidence from the scene to a private lab in Florida, a move he said delayed faster analysis.
FBI Director Patel confronts Pima County sheriff over handling of Nancy Guthrie abduction
FBI Director Kash Patel has publicly criticized the Pima County Sheriff’s Department over its handling of the Nancy Guthrie kidnapping investigation, escalating a federal-local dispute that has simmered for months while the 84-year-old Tucson woman remains missing. The rebuke, first reported by TMZ, marks the sharpest public break yet between the FBI and the local...
FBI Director Criticizes Local Sheriff’s Handling of Guthrie Case
A rift between local and federal authorities searching for Nancy Guthrie surfaced publicly this week when Kash Patel, the FBI director, accused a sheriff’s department in southern Arizona of not cooperating with the bureau during the case’s early days.
Kash Patel, director of the FBI, claims that he was excluded at the start of the investigation into the case of the mother of the television presenter avannah Guthrie
FBI director criticizes sheriff’s handling of Guthrie case
A rift between local and federal authorities searching for Nancy Guthrie surfaced publicly this week when Kash Patel, the FBI director, accused a sheriff’s department in Southern Arizona of not cooperating with the bureau during the case’s early days.
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