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Phoenix police investigating homicide that leaves 41-year-old woman dead

May 7, 2022, 8:08 AM | Updated: 8:45 am
(Phoenix Police Department)...
(Phoenix Police Department)
(Phoenix Police Department)

PHOENIX — Phoenix police are investigating a strangulation that left a 41-year-old woman dead after the incident occurred on Friday morning, authorities said.

Police responded to the area near south 27th Avenue and Baseline Road about a person on a bus not breathing, according to a press release.

When police arrived to the scene, they found Diane Craig, 41, with signs of strangulation.

Craig was taken to a local hospital where she later died from her injuries, the release said.

After course of an investigation, police named Joshua Bagley, 26, as a suspect.

Bagley has not been located and Phoenix police are asking the public for its help in locating the suspect.

No further information was made available and the investigation remains ongoing.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Phoenix Police Department at 602-262-6151 or Silent Witness at 480-WITNESS.

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