PHOENIX (AP) - A body was found Thursday in a north Phoenix desert area and it could be that of a woman who has been missing for almost a month, police said.
They said the body believed to be 59-year-old Julie Concialdi was located about 3 p.m. Thursday and the Maricopa County Medical Examiner will try to positively identify it and determine the cause of death.
Police arrested 57-year-old Joseph Concialdi on Sept. 15 on suspicion of first-degree murder days after he reported his wife of 30 years missing.
They said forensic evidence led them to believe Julie Concialdi was a homicide victim.
Court documents described evidence of a sanitized crime scene at the couple’s Phoenix home house with blood that matched the woman’s DNA.
Police said Julie Concialdi’s truck was found burned and abandoned on Sept. 4.
Two days later, police said Joseph Concialdi called to report his wife missing.
Police said he told them he last saw his wife on Sept. 4 when they had an argument over a vacation and he left to go camping near Payson.
Julie Concialdi’s family said she uncharacteristically stopped returning calls and messages on Sept. 2 and failed to show up for appointments and work.
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