“The boyfriend of a San Diego teen who went missing in Pheonix and
whose body was found on a rural Arizona highway is being charged with her murder Tuesday, police said.
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It was not until today that investigators have probable cause to charge him with first-degree murder,’ [Phoenix police Sgt. Vincent Lewis] said.
The reason it took so long to charge Clark was that investigators had to wait for results of some evidence and for certain parts of the investigation to be completed, Lewis said.
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We are confident that harm befell her on (Aug. 4). She was last seen alive at her residence,’ Lewis said. ‘
The questions we don’t have answers right now that we are still waiting for — and hopefully the medical examiner can answer — are cause and manner of death.’
Route 85, where Bergman’s body was found, is a popular route to and from San Diego from the Phoenix area, Lewis said. It connects Interstates 10 and 8.”
https://timesofsandiego.com/crime/2...o-teens-murder/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
When I read the last sentence, I immediately thought of
@AZShamus ’s post from earlier:
“I’ve been following this case because I live in the neighborhood next to the apartment complex. I’m so sad for her family and hope they find justice for Kiera.
I am very suspicious of JC. Even more so since her body was discovered off the 85. This highway is the route one would take if traveling to or from San Diego. It is a remote area and lesser traveled. People don’t use this road unless you’re going to Gila Bend or SD. There are far more remote areas much closer to my house, specifically north of here, maybe a 20 minute drive.
So it doesn’t make logistical sense for someone to go all the way to the 85, unless that someone is not familiar with the area, but familiar with that drive.“
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Found Deceased - AZ - Kiera Bergman, 19, Glendale, 4 August 2018
That was a great observation, and you were absolutely right.
One thing I find particularly interesting and unusual (IMO) here is that they went ahead and charged Clark with first degree murder, despite the fact that the cause or even manner of death are yet to be determined.
I understand somewhat why they would charge him with improper removal of a body and evidence tampering. They might have found a significant amount of Kiera’s blood in the trunk of Clark’s car: An amount so large, she would not have survived. Or there might have been evidence of Clark trying to remove a blood stain.
I’m sure we will not find out until much later (unless the affidavit for the arrest warrant is made public soon), but I would really like to know what evidence they have to charge him with first degree murder. I’m mainly interested because there are some case I have been following on here for quite some time, where it seems like (to me, a layperson, anyway) LE has so much evidence against someone, but no arrests are made for a long time, if ever. I would love to find out what kinds of investigative techniques were used to gather evidence in this case.
