State Glance
Police: Man arrested in fatal stabbing of his twin brother
PHOENIX — A 27-yearold Phoenix man has been arrested in the fatal stabbing of his twin bother, police said Saturday.
A Police Department statement said Christian Piedra was arrested on suspicion of second-degree murder in the Friday evening killing of Bryan Piedra during a “domestic violence dispute” in their apartment.
The arrested brother remained in jail Saturday while awaiting an initial court appearance.
Deputies: Woman used fake lease to move into Ariz. home
An Arizona woman is facing charges after authorities said she faked a lease agreement and moved into a home without the homeowner’s permission.
KPHO-TV reports Stephanie Heinrich was arrested last month after Yavapai County Sheriff’s deputies found her moving into a home without permission.
Deputies say they found the 45-year-old Heinrich and her boyfriend unloading a moving truck outside a Prescott, Arizona home. Heinrich showed deputies an 11-year lease agreement.
After deputies got a search warrant, Heinrich admitted that she forged and downloaded all of the forms off of the internet because she didn’t want her boyfriend to know they were in financial trouble.
She was booked at the Camp Verde Detention Center
on fraud charges and ordered held on a $75,000 bond.
Sheriff’s office: Exposure suspected in couple’s deaths
ASH FORK — Exposure is suspected in the deaths of a married couple whose bodies were found Friday in snow along a road in rural Arizona where a major winter storm hit a week ago, authorities said Saturday.
“It is possible snow kept their bodies from view for a period of time,” the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office said.
The medical examiner will determine cause of death of Richard Alexander, 74, and Elizabeth Alexander, 79, but authorities said there was no indication of foul play.
Mike and Diane Haas told KNXV-TV that they spotted the bodies in snow as they left their home along Old Route 66 outside Ash Fork, a small community about 47 miles west of Flagstaff.
Mike Haas wondered if they were sleeping, so he “yelled at them and they didn’t respond,” Diane Haas said.
“I said ‘Sir, sir!’ And of course they didn’t respond. It became pretty obvious pretty quick, their skin color and other details that they were deceased ... They were headed to our house we believe. But 100 yards short,” he said.
The couple’s car was found nearby.
They “may have succumbed to weather-related conditions,” the Sheriff’s Office said.