"Chris Nanos, the Pima county sheriff leading the investigation in Tucson, has been accused of bypassing federal analysts, according to an unnamed source at the FBI who spoke to Reuters. The sheriff reportedly sent the evidence in question to a private lab in Florida. It included DNA evidence and gloves recovered in a search close to the home just north-east of Tucson from where Nancy Guthrie, Savannah Guthrie's mother, was reported missing on 1 February."
"It risks further slowing a case that grows more urgent by the minute, the source said to Reuters, noting that a masked and gloved suspect captured on video and still images at the scene still eluded capture three days after the images were released to the public. But on Friday, Nanos denied the report of tension between the investigating agencies."
Investigators in Pima County are searching for 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, reported missing from a home northeast of Tucson on 1 February. Gloves and DNA were recovered near the property, and blood on the front porch was matched to Nancy Guthrie. An unnamed FBI source said the sheriff sent evidence to a private Florida lab rather than the FBI lab, a move described as potentially slowing the probe. Sheriff Chris Nanos denied interagency tension and said multiple glove samples were sent to the same facility holding DNA profiles to expedite testing. A masked, gloved suspect captured on video remained at large.
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