An arrest has been made within the case of the 2 Valley teenagers killed in Might whereas tenting northeast of Phoenix, the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Workplace stated.
The Sheriff’s Workplace apprehended and booked Thomas Brown, 31, in reference to the deaths of Evan Clark, 17, and Pandora Kjolsrud, 18, in line with spokesperson Calbert Gillett.
Clark and Kjolsrud have been discovered with gunshot wounds simply off State Route 87 close to Mount Ord, north of Sunflower, in line with the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Workplace, who discovered the our bodies on Might 27.
“I am elated,” stated Clark’s mom, Sandra Malibu Sweeney, in a tearful interview Oct. 2 with The Arizona Republic. “It has been a nightmare. He was my all the things, Evan was my all the things.”
Malibu Sweeney stated she discovered of the arrest within the case solely slightly greater than an hour earlier than the Sheriff’s Workplace posted the information on social media. She thanked Sheriff’s Detective Fernando De La Torre for his work on the case.
“To have that is closure for me, and I do not want something unhealthy for the person who did this,” Malibu Sweeney stated.
Sheriff Jerry Sheridan will maintain a information convention in regards to the arrest on Oct. 3, Gillett stated.
On the morning of June 3, Kjolsrud’s mom, Simone, advised The Arizona Republic that on Might 26, the pair have been victims of a double murder whereas the teenagers have been on a tenting journey.
The journey was “to have fun the beginning of summer time trip,” Simone stated in a press release.
Invoice Clark, Evan’s father, confirmed to The Republic on June 3 that the teenagers went on the journey. Evan left their Paradise Valley dwelling to move to the campsite lower than an hour away, Invoice Clark stated.
Evan and Pandora have been each college students at Arcadia Excessive Faculty.
The Republic’s Rey Covarrubias Jr. contributed to this story.
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