Authorities in Arizona opened case and began surveillance of a couple who lived together in a connection about unreported murder. The police received a tip about the murder that happened months earlier.
When they finally obtained a search warrant for the property, investigators made a grisly discovery.
Buried in the backyard, “approximately a few feet down, not very deep at all,” was a 60-gallon drum, police said. Inside the drum was a body.
Police arrested the residents, 23-year-old C. Conlyn and her boyfriend, 31-year-old M. Anthony Jr., on charges of first-degree murder, says authorities.
Based upon statements made by the suspects, the victim is believed to be Conlyn’s mother, approximately 62 years of age.
“Both subjects confessed to their involvement in the murder,” according to the sheriff’s office.
“The victim has not been positively identified by the medical examiner yet. However, with the confession by the couple, that is who we believe the victim is going to be identified as.”
Authorities did not reveal a cause of death, when the body was recovered, or say whether the victim lived at the same address with the suspects. Unofficially, the couple wanted to get the woman’s apartment and continue living there, something that she previously rejected.
The investigation is continuing.
