As the search for Nancy Guthrie continues, former FBI special agent Jen Coffindaffer says Today co-anchor Savannah Guthrie and other family members should be upset by the handling of the DNA evidence.
Coffindaffer sounded off on her True Crime podcast on Saturday, April 18, reflecting on reports that a private Florida lab that was working with the Pima County Sheriff’s Department had recently sent a DNA sample to the FBI to make use of the bureau’s advanced analysis technology.
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