India, May 6 -- FBI director Kash Patel and Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos found themselves on opposing sides of the Nancy Guthrie probe over the handling of DNA evidence. Patel, appearing on Sean Hannity's show, the FBI director stated that they'd had a plane on standby to analyze the DNA evidence in the Guthrie case.

He noted that Pima County Sheriff, Chris Nanos, instead chose to send the evidence to a private lab in Florida for DNA testing. Reports in the initial days of Guthrie's disappearance had hinted at some unrest over this, but the Pima County Sheriff's Department had junked all such claims.

Now, responding to Patel, Nanos released a statement saying "Sheriff Nanos responded to the scene the night of the incident, providing ...