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18-year-old accused of kidnapping and killing relative in San Tan Valley
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18-year-old accused of kidnapping and killing relative in San Tan Valley

SAN TAN VALLEY, AZ — An 18-year-old man is in custody after police say he kidnapped and killed a relative in the San Tan Valley.

The Pinal County Sheriff’s Office says shortly after 9 a.m. Wednesday, they received a report of a body in a farm field near Gantzel Road and Skyline Drive.

Deputies arrived and found the body of a female. The woman, according to the PCSO, appeared to be the victim of a homicide.

Less than 10 minutes after the initial call, a second call came in to report a kidnapping at a home about a mile away from where the body was found.

Deputies were able to confirm that the alleged abductee is the woman who was found in the farm field.

PCSO was able to identify as a suspect an 18-year-old male relative of the woman at the residence where the alleged abduction took place.

He was taken to the hospital after deputies found him with self-inflicted wounds, and will be arrested when he leaves the hospital.

The victim and suspect have not yet been identified.

PCSO is continuing to investigate the incident.