Couple accused of killing registered sex offender in pre-planned stabbing in Arizona desert
An Arizona couple was arrested after allegedly stabbing a registered sex offender to death in a desert area of the state, according to authorities.
Key points
- "While required notifications are mailed to residents living within an approximate 1,000 feet radius of an offender’s registered address, we go a step further by sharing these notifications on social media to reach a broader audience.
- We believe an informed community is a safer community." "Our Bureau of Criminal Investigations conducts monthly address verification checks to help ensure registered sex offenders are complying with registration requirements.
- "The couple reportedly pre-determined the desert location where they intended to leave Warren’s body.
"Detectives discovered that the couple had expressed distaste for registered sex offenders and had planned the homicide in advance," Bullhead City police said.
Additional details
- Warren was a registered Level 2 sex offender," the post added.
- Middlebrook and McIntosh were taken into custody by Las Vegas Metro Police and booked into the Clark County Detention Center in Las Vegas, where they will be held until they can be extradited to Mohave County, Arizona.
- CALIFORNIA SHERIFF FIGHTS PLAN TO HOUSE CONVICTED SEX PREDATOR NEAR GIRL SCOUT CAMP Investigators determined that the two were also "local transients" who had known the victim for the past few months.
- Jacob Middlebrook, 35, and his girlfriend, Layne McIntosh, 36, were initially taken into custody for second-degree homicide in the death of 29-year-old Arron Christopher Warren, Bullhead City Police said on social media.
- Hours later, Las Vegas Metro Police assisted Bullhead City investigators and located the victim’s vehicle parked at a casino in Laughlin, Nevada.
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