YCSO tracing human remains found in remote areas of Arizona, suspect arrested
By FOX 10 Staff
Man arrested after human remains were found near Prescott
An arrest has been made days after human remains were found at two locations near Prescott and police were able to track down the suspect by connecting him to a business he once owned.
PRESCOTT, Ariz. - An arrest has been made days after human remains were found at two locations near Prescott and police were able to track down the suspect by connecting him to a business he once owned.
Authorities in central Arizona are working to identify several body parts that were found in remote areas while scouring the landscape to determine if there are more, the Yavapai County Sheriff s Office said on Dec. 28.
Former Seattle resident arrested after body parts found scattered in Arizona
Walter Mitchell (Yavapai County Sheriff s Office Photo)
A former Seattle resident is accused of dumping human body parts in remote Arizona.
According to the Yavapai Sheriff’s Office, 59-year-old Walter Mitchell moved to Scottsdale earlier this year. He ran a company called Future Gen X, which managed cadavers for medical research.
On Dec. 26, 2020, around 20 human limbs were discovered near Prescott, Ariz. The next day, a hunter found two human heads.
“Deputies arrived and confirmed what he had seen, and a follow-up search revealed three more human heads,” a representative from the Yavapai Sheriff’s Office told KIRO Radio.
Ex-Seattle man who owned cadaver business arrested for allegedly dumping body parts in remote Arizona By Christine Clarridge, The Seattle Times
Published: December 30, 2020, 10:35am
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Dec. 30–A former Seattle man who had recently closed his business managing cadavers for research and moved to Arizona was arrested Tuesday for allegedly dumping severed limbs and heads throughout two remote areas outside of Prescott, according to the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office.
The investigation started over the weekend when 19 human limbs and five severed human heads were found, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
The remains were traced back to Walter Mitchell, 59, who closed his business, Future GenX, earlier this year and moved to Scottsdale, where he was arrested Tuesday and charged with 28 counts of unlawful discarding of human remains.