One other main stumbling block got here relating to DNA proof found inside Nancy’s residence. Not solely was the crime scene closed, then opened to the Guthrie household, then closed once more, doubtlessly contaminating the proof, however the materials discovered was despatched to a lab in Florida, relatively than the FBI’s web site in Quantico, Virginia.
“We had been saying, ‘We’ll course of it.’ I launched a whole lot of brokers and intel workers to Phoenix and Tucson only for this case, simply to be on standby, simply to do the canvassing and we stated we’ll take the DNA,” Patel recalled. “Once more, it’s a state and native matter so it’s their name on the place to ship the DNA.”
When Sheriff Chris Nanos received the outcomes, he claimed the DNA was combined and will take fairly a while to correctly analyze.
“Our lab additionally is aware of that the know-how is shifting so quick and in such a frenzy that they assume some of these items will resolve itself simply in a matter of weeks, months, or perhaps a 12 months, to permit them to do higher with, say, a mix of that form of factor,” Nanos stated on the time.