DPS investigating woman’s death in car along Phoenix-area freeway
Aug 20, 2018, 4:50 PM
(Facebook/Arizona Department of Public Safety)
(Facebook/Arizona Department of Public Safety)
PHOENIX — The Arizona Department of Public Safety is investigating the death of a woman whose body was found in a vehicle along a Phoenix-area freeway early Sunday morning.
Troopers found the body of Stella W. Kiarie, 29, when they responded to a call of an unknown problem on the Loop 101 near Bell Road in Peoria around 7 a.m.
Upon arrival, troopers found a white vehicle crashed against the concrete median wall. The car had some damage to its passenger side.
Troopers determined that it had been traveling southbound on the highway when it crashed.
They then entered the car through an unlocked door and found an unconscious female in the driver’s seat, later determined to be Kiarie.
She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Kiarie was found with injuries that “were not consistent” with the minor crash with the median wall.
The Associated Press reported Sunday that troopers at the scene reported finding the woman “with a rope around her neck.”
A child safety seat was found in the vehicle, so detectives went to Kiarie’s home and found a 1-year-old boy by himself. He was taken into custody by the Arizona Department of Child Safety.
