GUILTY AZ - Sandra Stevens, 46, Tucson, 12 June 2010

TUCSON, AZ - On Saturday, family remembered a woman who was found murdered in a Tucson park as a very unique and special woman.

The naked body of 46-year-old Sandra Stevens was found in an east Tucson park Thursday morning.

Police have arrested 26-year-old Francisco Romero after police investigating the murder observed a man near the children's playground.

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TUCSON, AZ - Tucson police have identified a woman whose body was found at a park early Thursday and have made an arrest in the case.

Tucson Police Sgt. Fabian Pacheco said a man was out for his morning walk and discovered an unresponsive female lying on the ground in the east baseball field of Freedom Park at 5:46 a.m.

Officers arrived within minutes and reportedly determined that 46-year-old Sandra L. Stevens, of Tucson, was dead.

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TUCSON, AZ - Tucson police are investigating the discovery of a woman's body at Freedom Park in east Tucson.

Police department spokesman Sgt. Fabian Pacheco told The Associated Press that a man found the body of a naked woman early Thursday in a ball field located in the 5,000 block of East 29th Street.

Pacheco said detectives determined the woman was assaulted and suffered trauma, but police are not releasing the exact cause of death. Police believe the body was there overnight.

Detectives have not released suspect information.

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A Tucson man was sentenced to life in prison plus 14 years Monday for raping and murdering a 46-year-old woman.

Pima County Superior Court Judge Christopher Browning told Frank Romero, 29, he was not giving him a chance at parole because of the extreme pain and horror Sandra Stevens must have endured during her last moments and because of Romero's three prior felony convictions.

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