Cops need help finding man’s family after remains ID’d
Luis Alonso Paredes of El Salvador was found dead by a hiker in the desert near Katherine's Landing in Arizona on November 23, 1976, his attorney said. Mohave County Sheriff's Office Luis Alonso Paredes’ remains were found by hikers in the Arizona desert in 1976, deputies said. [–> His remains were identified 47 years later, […]
RV owners safe, victim ID’d in fatal Monday accident | Local News Stories
This week, a Lake Havasu City man was killed in a head-on collision while fleeing law enforcement officers on State Route 95. The other victims are now recovering, and a pet cat is missing in the aftermath. Police said 49-year-old Adam Zinke was encountered by patrol officers near the intersection of South Acoma Boulevard and […]
Florida man who died in 2011 in Yavapai County ID’d
A body recovered in Yavapai County more than a decade ago has been identified. David Emil Jacobsen, 46, of Largo, Florida, was found unidentified in the Beaver Creek area in August 2011, according to the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office. County spokeswoman Kristin Green said an autopsy on Jacobsen determined he died of natural causes due […]
Santa Cruz murder victim ID’d after 24 years
After 24 years, an unidentified young man who was brutally murdered by a couple in Santa Cruz has finally regained his name. When Eric P. Cupo came to California in 1998, he was just 22 years old. James He ran into Erwin Dotson, 25, and his girlfriend Kimberly Lee Labore, 26, while he was walking […]
Sarah Scott, Jacob De Zeeuw Jr. ID’d as Phoenix murder-suicide victims
Phoenix police have identified two adults and a child found dead Tuesday morning in their south Phoenix home as the result of a murder-suicide. Brian Bower, a spokesperson for the Sgt. He said he found another adult inside. Those who died include 37-year-old Sarah Scott (also four months pregnant) and 6-year-old Jacob de Zeeu Jr. […]
Slain woman found in 1989 Mohave County ID’d; person of interest sought
Authorities are searching for a man linked to a woman who died in Mojave County in 1989 and whose children remain missing. According to the Mojave County Sheriff’s Office, DNA analysis has identified Marina Ramos, then 28, of Bakersfield, Calif., as the woman killed on Old Temple Bar Road off White Hills Road on December […]
Woman found in a canvas sack in 1971 ID’d through community-funded DNA testing
Arizona law enforcement was finally able to identify a woman found dead in 1971 after community members rallied to help fund a vital DNA test. The Mojave County Sheriff’s Office was notified on January 23, 1971 that human remains had been found in a desert area near US Route 93 on Hackberry Road. The corpse […]
