1999 triple forest killing is being reinvestigated

FLAGSTAFF — The killing of three people shot at a campsite in the forest west of Flagstaff remains unsolved 14 years later, but Coconino County coldcase investigators haven’t forgotten.

Several people were interviewed soon after the shooting deaths of Richard Barnes, Lynn Patrick and Michael Alexander, but no solid suspect information developed.

Fingerprint and DNA evidence from the October 1999 killings are being analyzed, and witnesses are being re-interviewed.

Sheriff’s cold-case-unit investigator Chuck Jones said that there are no leads and that the motive is unknown. Jones said the case still will be difficult to prove in court even if a suspect is found.

The victims’ bodies were discovered by a neighbor in the forest near Bellemont off Forest Road 171.

Barnes was found in a trailer at the campsite, while Patrick was found outside. On the edge of the campsite, Alexan-

Farmworker who saves fellow employee killed

YUMA — Authorities say an Arizona farmworker was fatally injured when she was run over by farm equipment after pushing another woman out of the way.

The Yuma County Sheriff’s Office said 60-year-old Ana Maria Barrera-Bogarin of San Luis was walking with another worker during a break Tuesday, when they realized that a tractor pulling a produce trailer was backing up toward them.

According to the the women tried to run out of the way before Barrera-Bogarin pushed the other woman out from behind the trailer.

However, she was knocked to the ground by the trailer and run over. Barrera-Bogarin was pronounced dead at a Yuma hospital.

Fake MVD websites spur warnings from officials

PHOENIX — The Arizona Department of Transportation has issued a warning about fraudulent Motor Vehicle Division websites.

ADOTis alerting customers that various websites are conducting numerous fraudulent schemes by falsely advertising motor-vehicle services for Arizona driver’s licenses, IDs, vehicle titles or registrations.

The website scams illegally obtain credit-card numbers and charge credit-card accounts for unauthorized, bogus services and for services that will not be conducted.

The captured credit-card information may also be used for future fraudulent purchases and charges.

ADOT officials say consumers should be wary of phone solicitations.

They say the MVD doesn’t conduct phone solicitations for driver’s-license or title/registration services.