Overview
- Police arrested 24‑year‑old Domonic Rodolico and booked him on a first‑degree premeditated murder charge; he is held on a $2 million cash bond.
- Investigators say 21‑year‑old Arianna Bailey Jones met Rodolico via social media and went on a date on July 5 before she was reported missing on July 7.
- Cadaver dogs located decomposing human remains in a shallow grave near Lake Pleasant on July 11 and officers recovered clothing and movie concession cups at the scene.
- Authorities say surveillance video, vehicle tracking and cell‑phone location data tied the pair to the movie theater and the remote burial site and that Rodolico’s statements changed during questioning.
- Formal forensic identification and the Maricopa County medical examiner’s cause and manner of death determinations remain pending as prosecutors prepare the case.