India, May 15 -- Fresh controversy has erupted around the investigation into the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of Savannah Guthrie. A Pima County official has accused Sheriff Chris Nanos of "scolding" her office over cooperation with the FBI.

According to Newsweek, Pima County Assessor Suzanne Droubie claimed Nanos became frustrated after learning her office had complied with a federal request for information linked to the case.

Guthrie disappeared from her home outside Tucson, Arizona, on January 31 and was reported missing the next day. Authorities have said she was taken against her will, and blood drops were discovered on her front porch.

Droubie told the Arizona Republic that she contacted Nanos as a after...