Three months into the search for Savannah Guthrie's mother, Nancy Guthrie, FBI Director Kash Patel criticized Arizona law enforcement for its handling of the 84-year-old's suspected kidnapping.
On the May 5 episode of Sean Hannity's "Hang Out with Sean Hannity" podcast, Patel agreed with the Fox News personality's assertion that the Pima County Sheriff's Department attempted "to keep [the FBI] out" early in the case, which unfolded after Nancy Guthrie was reported missing from her Arizona home on Feb. 1.
"The first 48 hours of anyone's disappearance are the most critical," Patel said. "For four days, we were kept out of the investigation. And when we were finally let in, Sean, look what we did."
Patel noted that on Feb. 10, the FBI released footage from Nancy Guthrie's front doorbell, which had previously been "inaccessible," showing an "armed" person tampering with the device. Based on the images, the agency described the suspect in the case as "a male, approximately 5'9" - 5'10" tall, with an average build."
"That's why you have that image, because the FBI worked with Google to put that image out," Patel told Hannity, claiming he'd called Google's leadership team himself.
