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Double homicide along Highway 93 unsolved for 24 years

Yavapai County, Arizona — A $10,000 Reward They are seeking information leading to arrests in the 1999 unsolved murder of two people in Yavapai County.

According to the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office, on April 23, 1999, the bodies of 39-year-old William Rodriguez of Mesa and 20-year-old Rebecca Rubalkaba of Phoenix were found in a drain between rivers. Boundary fence on Highway 93 between the towns of Wickenburg and Wickyup.

Both Rodriguez and Rubalcaba had been shot in the head, according to the sheriff’s office.

According to the sheriff’s office, Rodriguez was 5 feet 10 inches tall, weighed 175 pounds, and had dark hair and brown eyes. He was also known as “Cuba” or Cubano.


Credit: Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office



Rubalcava was 5 feet 7 inches tall, 140 pounds, with brown hair and green eyes. She passed by Rebecca LaRue on occasion, according to the sheriff’s office.


Credit: Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office



If you have information about the death of either of these two people, please call the Yavapai Silent Witness at 1-800-932-3232. You can also send a tip by clicking here.

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