Homicide investigation underway after woman’s body found in Yuma
YUMA, Ariz. (3TV/CBS 5) — A homicide investigation is underway after a woman was found dead in Yuma.
Around 11:45 a.m. Monday, sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to a rural area near Avenue 1E and County 18th Street where a woman’s body was found. She’s since been identified as 35-year-old Georgina Montoya from Somerton, a small city southwest of Yuma.
The Yuma County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Bureau is investigating Montoya’s death as a homicide but has not said how she was killed. No suspect information has been released. Anyone with information is asked to call the Yuma County Sheriff’s Office at (928) 783-4427 or 78-CRIME (783-7463) to remain anonymous. Tips can also be submitted through the sheriff’s office website here.
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