Albuquerque Journal

Remains of missing Arizona woman identified

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KINGMAN, Ariz. — Authoritie­s have identified human remains as those of an Arizona woman reported missing in 2015 and say the main suspect in her death died in prison last year.

Mohave County sheriff’s officials said skeletal remains were found in a remote area of Topock in May 2019 and were identified in December as those of Nancy Hartz.

They said Hartz was reported missing in July 2015 by family members and was last seen with Robert Lawson Carnochan of Lake Havasu City.

Carnochan was arrested in April 2016 on fraud and credit card theft charges unrelated to Hartz’s death.

He later was convicted and sentenced to 16 years in Arizona’s prison system. He died in prison in September 2020.

Sheriff’s officials said the county medical examiner determined last week that Hartz died of gunshot wounds and that the manner of death was homicide.

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