Two bodies recovered from desert in separate incidents
The Pinal County Sheriff’s Office is investigating two bodies that were discovered in different remote desert locations within the county during the past week.
Last Thursday, at around 1:00 in the afternoon, PCSO was contacted by the U.S. Border Patrol regarding a possible dead body. The Border Patrol had detained seven suspected illegal immigrants and they reported that a member travelling in their party had fallen behind and was deceased.
Members of the Sheriff’s Office searched the area where the individuals described and were able to locate the deceased body of an adult male subject. The body was found four miles south of Interstate 8 and milepost 149. The body was transported to the Medical Examiners Office to determine the cause of death.
This past Monday, around 10:00 pm, PCSO received information from a Spanish-speaking male that he and his wife were lost in the desert after they had been abandoned by a “Coyote.” The Communications Division was able to provide GPS Coordinates from the location of the 9-1-1 call. The location was north of Interstate 8, west of Smith Road and north of the Central Arizona Canal.
The male subject was located by deputies based on the coordinates provided by dispatchers. He was identified by his Mexican Voter Identification Card as Jose Daniel Castaneda-Morales (age 25). Morales reported that he and his wife had been in the desert for several days. He then told deputies that his wife was deceased and he had left a trail of toilet paper which would lead them to her body. The body of the female (25 years of age) was found approximately 400 yards south of where Morales had been located. It was obvious that the female was in fact deceased.
The body of the deceased female was transported to the Medical Examiners Office to determine the cause of death. Morales was treated by medical personnel at the scene for dehydration and then turned over to the U.S. Border Patrol.
Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu stated, “The southern border of our country needs to be secured for many reasons. These two cases show the human tragedy involved while individuals from Mexico attempt to cross into our great state.”
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Where are the whiny liberals to comment? Oh wait, that’s right, they really don’t care about the common man. Just their lame ass agendas.
I found a body this morning. . .
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