BIZARRE: Arizona Sheriff BLOCKS FBI From Accessing Key Evidence in Guthrie Case

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In a suspicious move, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos is now blocking the FBI from accessing key evidence in the Nancy Guthrie case.

A glove and DNA was discovered inside the home that Guthrie went missing from.

The FBI wanted to send the evidence to their state-of-the-art lab in Quantico for testing, but the Democrat sheriff prevented that from happening.

Instead, he had it sent to a private lab in Florida.

This clip from Fox News explained further:

Notably, the suspect seen on surveillance footage outside Nancy’s home was wearing gloves.

Authorities have not confirmed if the glove that was found inside the house matched the description of the suspect’s, however, it goes without saying that this is an important lead.

Reuters has more details:

The FBI asked Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos for physical evidence in the case, including a glove and DNA from the home of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, to be processed at the FBI’s national crime laboratory in Quantico, Virginia, but Nanos has insisted instead on using a private lab in Florida, the official said.

Outsourcing forensic analysis to a Florida contractor, effectively denying the access of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to crucial evidence in the case, is delaying the FBI ability to assist in the case, according to the official.
A spokesperson for the sheriff did not immediately respond to Reuters’ request by email seeking comment.
In a daily press update released earlier in the day, the sheriff’s department said investigators had “recovered several items of evidence, including gloves,” adding that all viable evidence is submitted for analysis.” The agency did not elaborate.
The Pima County sheriff has primary jurisdiction over the case, and FBI assistance must be officially requested by the county, otherwise the FBI is legally precluded from taking part in the investigation. The official said the county has spent some $200,000 so far to send evidence in the Guthrie case to the the Florida lab.
“It risks further slowing a case that grows more urgent by the minute,” the official told Reuters, citing unspecified “earlier setbacks” in the investigation.
The official also criticized the sheriff for not seeking FBI assistance in the investigation sooner.
“It’s clear the fastest path to answers is leveraging federal resources and technology. Anything less only prolongs the Guthrie family’s grief and the community’s wait for justice,” the official said.

Why not let the FBI send a crucial piece of evidence to Quantico?

Is this a case of corruption or just incompetence?

Folks have some interesting thoughts online:

What do you think is going on here?



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