The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office announced tonight that a 38-year-old Maricopa woman has been murdered.

Crystal Upten was found dead around noon on Dec. 5 near the Butterfield Station Landfill in Mobile.

MCSO deputies responded and found “suspicious circumstances involving the scene,” including unexplained injuries, MCSO spokeswoman Monica Bretado said. In Maricopa.

The MCSO Homicide Division took over in response.

According to public records, Maricopa police reported Ms. Upteyn missing from the home she shared with her husband on Grantham Road in Homestead.

Neighbors said someone outside her home reported her missing to local police, who executed a search warrant at her home.

Mentioned by a spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police Department Inmaricopa To MCSO.

“The MCSO Homicide Unit, with assistance from the Maricopa Police Department, is actively investigating Ms. Crystal's death,” Bretado said.

“This is the information available at this time.”

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