PEARCE, Ariz. (TCN) — Authorities arrested a person on suspicion of kidnapping a 75-year-old lady and killing her 67-year-old boyfriend final week.
In accordance with the Cochise County Sheriff’s Workplace, on the night of Jan. 3, deputies responded to a report of a attainable kidnapping and made contact with a 75-year-old feminine sufferer. Thirty-seven-year-old Rynn Prairie-Rocca, who was sporting a masks and darkish clothes, allegedly entered the lady’s workshop and “pointed a handgun at her” earlier than forcing her into the house and restraining and blindfolding her.
The sufferer reportedly informed officers she “heard a number of loud noises a short while later” however wasn’t positive what was occurring. Later that night, Prairie-Rocca allegedly positioned the sufferer into the again seat of her personal automobile.
In accordance with the sheriff’s workplace, the lady mentioned the car stopped, and he or she safely escaped the restraints and ran to a home for assist. Prairie-Rocca reportedly went right into a Greenback Common retailer, and the sufferer believed he was nonetheless contained in the enterprise when she sought help.
The 75-year-old lady requested that deputies converse along with her boyfriend, who she believed was at her home, to tell him she was being transported to a hospital for minor accidents from the incident.
Deputies tried to contact anybody contained in the residence. They ultimately made entry and located the boyfriend deceased. The sheriff’s workplace didn’t disclose his title.
Officers recognized Prairie-Rocca as an individual of curiosity and commenced trying to find him. He reportedly barricaded himself close to the realm of Catclaw and Freeway 181, and the sheriff’s workplace issued a shelter-in-place order. In accordance with KTVK/KPHO-TV, officers positioned the suspect in an deserted RV and took him into custody. The shelter-in-place order was subsequently lifted.
Prairie-Rocca was reportedly charged with aggravated assault with a lethal weapon in 2023 and launched from jail in August.
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