Valley man accused of murdering his girlfriend in November

PHOENIX — A Valley man has been arrested after allegedly killing his girlfriend in late November, authorities announced.

On Monday, 64-year-old Virgil Lee Lindsey was booked into the Fourth Avenue Jail on charges including second-degree murder related to the death of 66-year-old Lilly Jean Fields, according to the Phoenix Police Department.

He is being held on a $1.1 million bond.

Why was Valley man arrested for murder of girlfriend?

Phoenix police officers found Fields dead on Nov. 22 near Third Avenue and Pima Street, just south of downtown Phoenix.

Evidence at the scene showed that Fields’ death was a homicide. That was later confirmed by the Maricopa County Medical Examiner’s Office.

Detectives later established probable cause to arrest Lindsey.

The department said Lindsey and Fields were “intimate partners,” and that there are no outstanding suspects in this case.

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