Overview
- Officers responded to a trouble call near 24th Street and Fawn Drive and found a man’s body along a south Phoenix canal, with Phoenix Fire Department crews confirming he was dead.
- Phoenix Police Sgt. Lorraine Fernandez said investigators are treating the death as a homicide because the circumstances are highly suspicious.
- Detectives searched the area overnight for evidence and witnesses while the Maricopa County Medical Examiner’s Office prepares to perform an autopsy to establish how the man died.
- Less than four hours after the discovery, authorities found another man’s body on fire near a different city canal but investigators have not indicated a connection between the cases.
- Police are asking anyone with information to contact the Phoenix Police Department at 602-262-6151 or Silent Witness at 480-WITNESS, with an anonymous Spanish-language tip line at 480-TESTIGO.