A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after police discovered a woman’s body in a duffel bag inside her storage unit.
On Friday, Brett was arrested on charges that included second degree murder in connection with the death of Debra, police in the western Arizona city of Kingman reported.
Debra, 64, a Kingman area resident who primarily lived out of her car, had been reported missing. Investigators suspect Brett had been withdrawing money from her bank account over the last several months, CNN reported.
Debra’s son, who does not live in the area, reported her missing to the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office on May 12. He said he had not heard from his mother in several months.
Authorities investigating the bank withdrawals discovered that Brett was also driving her car. On Friday, they searched two storage units belonging to Debra and found a body concealed in a large duffel bag, according to police.
“(The body) appeared to have been inside the storage unit for several months,” police said in a news release Saturday.
The Mohave County Medical Examiner’s Office must still confirm that the body is Debra. However, police believe it is her and that a gunshot killed her.
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Detectives have confirmed Brett as the person driving Debra’s car and making the withdrawals.
“He has admitted involvement in the killing and subsequent money withdrawals, as well as transporting and concealing her body,” Kingman police stated in a news release. Police said Debra was shot and killed sometime in November while the two were sharing a motel room in Kingman, and that the two were possibly in a platonic relationship.
The charges are allegations and he has not been convicted.
