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Nov 2024
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Angel #333 /// Part 1 /// 798

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Angel #333 /// Part 1 ///  798 

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In the early morning hours of Monday, April 17, 2023 around 12:30 a.m., the Department of Public Safety received a 9-1-1 call of a vehicle on fire on interstate 10 outside of Tonopah, Arizona.  The Fire Department extinguished the fire and found 22-year-old Mercedes Vega inside deceased.  This vehicle fire quickly became a homicide investigation.  If you have any information regarding this case you may contact Silent Witness at 480-948-6377 / 480-WITNESS, or 480-T-E-S-T-I-G-O for Spanish speaking.  You can leave a anonymous tip at www.SilentWitness.org


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