An Arizona man was arrested Tuesday in connection with the disappearance and death of a Farmington woman, whose body was found Feb. 21 in a remote location north of Flagstaff.
Mark Gooch was arrested about 9:30 a.m. at the Luke Air Force Base in Glendale, Arizona, for the homicide of Sasha Krause, according to a news release issued Tuesday by the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office.
Krause, 27, was reported as a missing person in January from the Mennonite Community in Farmington. Her body was found Feb. 21 near Sunset Crater National Monument in Arizona.
Detectives with the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office learned that during the time Krause went missing, Gooch had traveled from Luke Air Force Base, where he lives, to Farmington. Further investigation placed Gooch near Sunset Crater in Coconino County, where Krause’s body was located, according to the news release.
In addition to the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office, other agencies that assisted included the San Juan County Sheriff’s Office, the Department of Public Safety Crime Lab, Glendale Police Department, Office of Special Investigation Detachment 421, U.S. Air Force and the FBI.
No further information was immediately available Tuesday afternoon.
