Official: Bullhead City girl was strangled to death

Sep 5, 2014, 9:39 AM | Updated: 9:40 am

PHOENIX — An Arizona medical examiner said a little girl whose body was found in a shallow grave in Bullhead City had been strangled to death.

Isabella Grogan-Cannella, 8, died of asphyxiation, a Mohave County official said.

Cannella went missing on Tuesday, last seen playing at home in Bullhead City with her older sister and friend of the family, Justin James Rector, 26.

A police statement said other details had not been determined.

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