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recovered near the scene, to a lab in Florida without keeping the FBI apprised. Nanos clarified the situation, explaining that while federal authorities did find a glove, they worked together to decide its analysis. “Actually, the FBI just wanted to send [to their own lab] the one or two [gloves] they found by the crime scene, closest to it, mile, mile and a half,” Nanos told NBC affiliate KVOA, “I said, ‘No, why do that? Let’s just send them all to where all the DNA exist, all the profiles and the markers exist.’ They agreed, makes sense.” His explanation, while plausible, still left an unsettling question lingering in the air: Was this a genuine misunderstanding and efficient collaboration, or a masterful deflection from deeper issues at play within the command structure of this critical investigation?