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A couple has been arrested in Nevada on first-degree murder charges after a man was found stabbed to death along a remote desert road in Bullhead City, Arizona, police said.
Jacob Dylan Middlebrook, 35, and Layne Justine McIntosh, 36, were taken into custody at a casino in Laughlin, Nevada, by officers with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.
The couple, described by local authorities as transients from Bullhead City, had initially been booked on second-degree homicide charges before prosecutors upgraded the counts, according to the Bullhead City Police Department.
The victim was identified as Arron Christopher Warren, 29, who was also living unhoused in the area. A passing motorist discovered his body on the shoulder of the road near Silver Creek Road and Bullhead Parkway in western Arizona, prompting detectives to initiate a homicide investigation, FOX 10 Phoenix reported.
Detectives noted that Warren’s vehicle was absent from the scene. Hours later, police located the vehicle parked outside the casino in nearby Laughlin, where Middlebrook and McIntosh were later apprehended.
Investigators said the couple had known Warren for several months and had planned the killing, driven by animosity toward registered sex offenders.
