Sheriff's Office renews calls for leads in 2015 double homicide near Tonopah
The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office renewed calls for help investigating a suspected double homicide from 2015 in a case that has since grown cold.
The agency posted a video on YouTube on Nov. 7 in which Detective Michael Stevens with the Sheriff's Office said a man was driving on Salome Highway near 411th Avenue on Aug. 18, 2015, at around 5:45 a.m. when he noticed the body of a girl lying along the side of the road who appeared to be dead and called law enforcement.
Stevens said responding deputies investigated the area and found a man's body roughly 120 yards away from the girl. The two were later identified as 17-year-old Sophia Gibbs and 18-year-old Jesse Romero.
A medical examiner ruled both deaths homicide, with Romero dying from a gunshot wound to the chest and Gibbs suffering multiple gunshot wounds.
Stevens addressed family and friends of the two people, saying the investigation remained active despite being over 9 years old and that detectives were "burning the candle at both ends" in coming up with a breakthrough. He noted that a reward of up to $2,000 was available for any information that produced viable leads.
Ten years later, our detectives continue their search for the murder suspect of Jesse Romero and Sophia Gibbs.
If you have any information that could lead to an arrest, please call the MCSO Tips Line at: 602-876-8477 and reference IR# 15-020710— Maricopa County Sheriff's Office (@mcsoaz) November 7, 2024
Tipsters can contact the Sheriff's Office's tip line at 602-876-8477 or report anonymously through Silent Witness at 480-WITNESS or 480-TESTIGO for Spanish.
This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: Police seek help in 2015 double homicide near Tonopah
