An Arizona man killed a lady, then stored her body in a duffel bag for months whereas he drove her automobile and sapped her checking account, police mentioned.
Kingman resident Daniel Puett, 35, was arrested Friday and charged in the homicide of Debra Lynn Childers who native authorities consider was shot and killed in November.
Childers’ son reported her lacking on Might 12 — however hadn’t heard from his 64-year-old mother in months, Kingman police mentioned in an announcement on Saturday.
Childers had been largely dwelling in her automobile in the world of Kingman, the assertion mentioned.
Investigators busted Puett driving Childers’ automobile and making withdrawals from her checking account, police mentioned.
On Friday, investigators searched two storage models belonging to Childers, the place they discovered a body in a big duffel bag that appeared to have been in storage for “a number of months.”
“Based mostly on proof and data investigators consider the body to be Debra Lynn Childers, nonetheless official identification have to be made by the Mohave County Medical Examiner’s Workplace,” the police assertion mentioned.
Puett and Childers had met final summer season whereas they every lived out of their automobiles, police mentioned. Cops consider Childers was killed whereas she and Puett shared a motel room in Kingman late final yr.
“It’s believed that their relationship was platonic,” the assertion mentioned. Police aren’t wanting for different suspects.
“Puett has admitted involvement in the killing and subsequent cash withdrawals, in addition to transporting and concealing her body,” the assertion added.
Puett is dealing with expenses together with second diploma homicide and abandonment and concealment of a lifeless body.
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