A new find near the Arizona home of Nancy Guthrie did nothing to clarify the mystery of her disappearance, but instead added a new one.
Human remains were found about five miles from the Tucson home from which Guthrie disappeared on Feb. 1, according to the New York Post.
A bone was discovered by a livestreamer who was conducting a search of the area.
Tucson police acted quickly to tamp down any speculation the bone could belong to the 84-year-old mother of “Today” host Savannah Guthrie.
“This will be a prehistoric anthropological investigation,” Tucson Police Department said, according to KVOA-TV.
Police said the bone was at least 50 years old, and there is no criminal investigation forthcoming.
The University of Arizona’s Anthropology Department is assisting the Pima County Office of the Medical Examiner in ascertaining details about the bone.
The Post noted that Native American artifacts have been found in the area where the bone was found.
This week, FBI Director Kash Patel criticized the way the Pima County Sheriff’s Office conducted the early stages of the investigation into Guthrie’s disappearance
“For four days we were kept out of the investigation,” Patel said on Sean Hannity’s podcast, according to ABC News.
“The first 48 hours of anyone’s disappearance are the most critical,” he said.
Patel criticized Pima County Chris Nanos for sending DNA samples to a private lab instead of the FBI lab in Quantico, Virginia.
“We have Quantico, best lab in the world,” Patel said.
The Pima County Sheriff’s Office pushed back on both criticisms.
“Sheriff Nanos responded to the scene the night of the incident, providing immediate local leadership and oversight. A member of the FBI Task Force was also notified and present at that scene working alongside our personnel. The FBI was promptly notified by both our department and the Guthrie family. While the FBI Director was not on scene, coordination with the Bureau began without delay,” it said in a statement.
Decisions about processing evidence “were made on scene based on operational needs,” the statement said.
“The laboratory utilized by the Pima County Sheriff’s Department and the FBI Laboratory in Quantico have worked in close partnership from the outset and continue to collaborate in the analysis of evidence,” the statement said.
“We remain committed to a thorough, coordinated, and fact-based investigation and will continue working closely with our federal partners as the process moves forward,” the statement said.
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