PHOENIX — A man who went missing earlier this year turned up dead after his body was discovered in a west Phoenix neighborhood Saturday morning.
Maison Whitson, 44, disappeared in January, and police received 911 calls reporting his body had been located weeks later next to a home near 35th Avenue and Alice Avenue.
Officers found that Whitson had been dead for some time given the state of his body.
Phoenix police are investigating his death as a homicide as detectives gather clues and interview people in the area.
No suspect information has been released yet, and Whitson’s cause of death hasn’t been explained.
Anyone with information is urged to call Phoenix police or Silent Witness at 480-WITNESS or 480-TESTIGO for Spanish speakers if you wish to remain anonymous.
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Silent Witness:
Arizona's Silent Witness program allows people to send in tips and share information about crimes happening within their local communities.
The program shares unsolved felony case information in multiple ways, including TV, radio and social media.
Anyone who has information on a crime or recognizes a suspect described by the program is asked to call 480-948-6377, go to the program's website online or download the Silent Witness app to provide a tip. The identity of anyone who submits a tip is kept anonymous.
Calls to Silent Witness are answered 24/7 by a live person and submitted tips are accepted at all times. Submitted tips are then sent to the detective(s) in charge of the specific case.
Individuals who submit tips that lead to an arrest or indictment in the case can get a reward of up to $1,000.