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Arizona police have arrested a murder suspect they believe is linked to a decades-old 1996 cold case.
Whiteriver resident Romeo Massey Jr., 45, was arrested Wednesday by officers from the Pinetop-Lakeside Police Department.
Police believe Massey is connected to the murder of Jody Hemphill, a man found stabbed to death on November 6, 1996 at the Mountain Edge Tapes & CD store.
Hemphill had been an employee of the music store. Massey was about 18 years old at the time of the murder.
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Whiteriver resident Romeo Massey Jr., 45, was arrested by Pinetop-Lakeside Police Department officials for his alleged involvement in a 1996 murder. (Pinetop-Lakeside Police Department)
The Pinetop-Lakeside Police Department said the cold case had been reviewed “numerous times” over the years, but new evidence helped detectives continue their investigation.
“In a recent investigation, new evidence was obtained and analyzed, which led to the arrest of Whiteriver resident Romeo Massey Jr., 45,” police said. said in a statement.
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The Arizona Police Department has released a 1996 composite witness sketch showing a man wearing a baseball cap backwards. (Pinetop-Lakeside Police Department)
Authorities suspect another person was involved in the incident. They released a 1996 composite witness sketch showing a man wearing a baseball cap backwards.
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Police are asking anyone with information about the case to contact them at 928-368-8800. They also have an anonymous hotline at 1-800-782-7463.
