Phoenix dad missing for months likely a victim of murder, family says

A 26-year-old father of three who went missing from north Phoenix in the summer of 2025 is suspected to have been murdered.

Kyle Smith was last known to be alive July 14, 2025, while talking to his wife on his cell phone, which was later found in front of Country Gables Park on Banff Lane near North 35th Avenue, the family previously told The Arizona Republic. His mother, Kristen Cline, told The Republic on March 10 that detectives informed her they linked Smith as the victim in what appeared to be a murder scene discovered at the park the day after he was last heard from.

A large amount of blood was found at the crime scene, Cline said. Smith’s body has not been recovered…

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