Overview
- Officers were called just after 7:45 a.m. Friday to a central Phoenix canal area for an unknown trouble report and found Fleming unresponsive with signs of trauma, and she was pronounced dead at the scene.
- Homicide detectives are collecting evidence and reviewing nearby surveillance footage.
- Location details varied in initial reports, with later coverage citing 28th and Oak streets and other outlets listing 28th Street and McDowell Road.
- Officials addressed online speculation by saying there was no connection to a separate case referenced on social media, according to the Pima County Sheriff’s Department.
- Police asked anyone with information to contact Phoenix police or Silent Witness at 480-WITNESS or 480-TESTIGO or to submit an anonymous tip online.