An Arizona detective says a sheriff yelled at him about Nancy Guthrie's FBI tip
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An Arizona state coroner says he was scolded by the officer in charge of the search for Nancy Guthrie after his office sent a tip to the FBI about the case, according to a new report.
Guthrie is the 84-year-old mother of “Today” co-host Savannah Guthrie. He is believed to have been abducted from his home in the Catalina Foothills area on February 1.
The official, Suzanne Droubie, told the Arizona Republic that the sheriff scolded her after a technician in her office, which handles property records in Pima County, sent the information to the FBI.
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Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos speaks at the Pima County Sheriff's Department in Tucson, Arizona, Friday, May 8, 2026. Nanos said investigators are getting closer to solving the kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of Savannah Guthrie. (Matt Symons for Fox News Digital)
“It was thought that we created a lot of extra work for the sheriff's department, because we gave this information to the FBI, and they were responsible for following up on all the leads that were given,” he told the newspaper.
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Droubie was on leave Tuesday and could not immediately be reached by Fox News Digital.
A separate photo shows Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos speaking to reporters about the alleged kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie, alongside a photo of Guthrie sitting in the middle of a mahjong game. (Rebecca Noble/Reuters, NBC)
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He did not discuss specifics about the tip in the interview but said the FBI requested the information, which his staff provided. He then had a heated conversation with the police officer.
“It looked like he was stressed, very frustrated,” Droubie told the newspaper. “I wouldn't categorize it as yelling, for example, as yelling and expressing frustration with all the leads he was getting, their responsibility to follow them, and that my office, in fact, was doing more harm than good by providing so many leads that they had to follow.”
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A Pima County sheriff's deputy stands outside Nancy Guthrie's home in Tucson, Ariz., on Feb. 14, 2026. (Photo by Ty O'Neil/AP)
A spokesperson for the Pima County Sheriff's Department said he could not comment.
“We are not authorized to provide any information or comment regarding these claims,” he wrote in an email.
Last week, the sheriff and FBI Director Kash Patel traded barbs about the handling of each other's case. There was tension from the start, when the FBI wanted to send DNA evidence to its lab in Quantico and the sheriff sent it to a contracted lab in Florida instead.
Pima County deputies check a flyer taped to a mailbox outside Nancy Guthrie's home in Tucson, Ariz., on Feb. 23, 2026. Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of fellow “Today” host Savannah Guthrie, is believed to have been abducted from her home in the early hours of Feb. (Michael Ruiz/Fox News Digital)
Eleven weeks later, the Florida lab sent the sample to the FBI for more advanced testing. It has now been more than 14 weeks since Guthrie was allegedly kidnapped.
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Separately, the Pima County Board of Supervisors is expected to address concerns about unrelated allegations of perjury against Nanos at tonight's meeting. Two managers, Dr. Matt Heinz and Steve Christy, told Fox News Digital last week that they plan to leave the sheriff's office under a rare state law.
“I will, second and/or support any proposal or effort to get out,” Christy said Tuesday morning, 100 days after Guthrie's disappearance.
