FBI Director Kash Patel and Arizona sheriff Chris Nanos publicly clashed this week over how the search for missing 84 year old Nancy Guthrie has been handled in Tucson, with Patel claiming on Tuesday that the FBI was initially kept out of the investigation and the sheriff insisting his department brought federal agents in without delay.
Guthrie, the mother of Today co anchor Savannah Guthrie, has been missing since 31 January, when relatives last saw her at the Tucson home of her older daughter, Annie. She was reported missing around midday on 1 February after failing to arrive at a friend's house to watch an online church service. More than three months later, there is still no confirmation that Nancy Guthrie has been found, no suspect has been named and no clear motive has emerged, leaving every new disagreement between agencies to land on already frayed nerves.
