PHOENIX — A suspect was arrested in connection to the murder of a Nevada woman in Buckeye last year, police said Wednesday.
Joshua Escoto-Cisneros, 28, was arrested in connection to the murder of Marisa Bell from Nevada, the Buckeye Police Department said.
Officers responded to the Robbins Butte Wildlife area west of State Route 85 near Robbins Butte Game Road on April 10, 2019, regarding a partially buried body.
A couple of people came across the body while walking their dogs in the area on a stop along their way to California.
Bell had been reported missing in Nevada when the body was found, but was known to be living in the Phoenix area.
Detectives arrested Escoto-Cisneros on Tuesday and brought him to the Buckeye Police Department for questioning.
According to police, Escoto-Cisneros admitted to murdering Bell and later disposing of her body and belongings.
The two were very casual acquaintances, police said.
Escoto-Cisneros was booked into the Maricopa County's Fourth Avenue Jail on second-degree murder, tampering with evidence, concealing a dead body and other charges.
