Police believe they may have found the body of missing Mennonite woman Sasha Marie Krause, 27, in Arizona after she disappeared nearly a month ago from New Mexico
Police believe they have found the body of a missing Mennonite woman in Arizona after she disappeared a month ago from her rural community in New Mexico.
Sasha Marie Krause, 27, vanished on January 18 from her Farmington home.
On February 21, the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office in Arizona reported finding a body of a woman that matched her description.
The body has not been positively identified yet and an autopsy is slated for Monday to establish identity and determine cause of death.
‘They described what she was wearing and, based off that general description, our detectives went to the Flagstaff area to take a look,’ San Juan County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Jayme Harcrow said to the Farmington Daily Times.
The San Juan County Sheriff’s Office believes her disappearance was suspicious but it’s not clear what could have taken her from New Mexico to Arizona.
On February 21, the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office in Arizona reported finding a body of a woman that matched her description. The body has not been positively identified yet and an autopsy is slated for Monday to establish identity and determine cause of death
The San Juan County Sheriff’s Office announced a $50,000 reward on February 12 to locate her. She was last seen leaving her Farmington home around 8pm on January 18 and did not return
Over the weekend Krause’s family members posted on social media saying her body has been found.
‘My precious, beautiful niece has been found. Our hearts are breaking and I hardly know what to say but we so appreciate everyone’s prayers for our family during this time,’ one woman who said she was Krause’s aunt posted on Saturday.
Krause was last seen leaving her home around 8pm and did not return.
Cops found her car parked at a nearby church in the area of her residence, but she left behind items she would usually take with her.
On January 19, deputies were dispatched around 3am to Lamp & Lighters Publishers on County Road 5577 in the Crouch Mesa area on reports connected to her disappearance. Crouch worked at that publishing store.
Since her disappearance Mennonite community members have been sharing her image on social media, saying she possibly interrupted a burglary in process and was abducted.
The San Juan County Sheriff’s Office announced a $50,000 reward on February 12 to locate her.
‘We’re definitely investigating all avenues as possible. As for the burglary in progress, we have no information to indicate it’s actually true,’ Harcrow said.
The San Juan County Sheriff’s Office shared this notice on Saturday, saying Arizona officials flagged the body believed to be Krause to them. The body identification is pending an autopsy
Over the weekend Krause’s family members posted on social media saying her body has been found. ‘My precious, beautiful niece has been found. Our hearts are breaking and I hardly know what to say but we so appreciate everyone’s prayers for our family during this time,’ one woman who said she was Krause’s aunt posted on Saturday
The body believed to be Krause was found in the Wupatki National Monument area but no additional details were released. A woman named Jennifer Krause shared this post on Saturday saying Sasha’s body had been found
The body believed to be Krause was found in the Wupatki National Monument area but no additional details were released.
‘Detectives from the San Juan County Sheriff’s Office responded to the area to assist and to determine if it was her or not,’ the sheriff’s office said in a statement Saturday.
‘Positively identifying the body can only be done after an autopsy is performed. An autopsy is tentatively scheduled for Monday to establish the identity and to determine the official cause of death,’ the statement added.
Investigators reviewed surveillance video footage in their search for Krause and conducted helicopter searches.
‘We would like to reassure the public that we have thoroughly searched the area where she was last seen with multiple tracking teams, a tracking canine and volunteers from the community. We continue to search the surrounding area of Lamp & Light Publishing and the community where she lives,’ the sheriff’s office said Thursday.
Krause is described as 5’3” with brown eyes with long, dark brown hair.
If you have any information please contact San Juan County Sheriff’s Office at 505-333-7878