Yessenia Norman: Missing AZ woman stabbed 27 times; arrest made in case

The Brief

  • Yessenia Norman, 18, was reported missing on Jan. 19. She had been living at a Valley transitional facility.
  • Police confirmed to FOX 10 that she was found dead on Jan. 28 at a Tolleson apartment complex.
  • Court documents have named the suspect in the case.

PHOENIX There is a break in the case involving the murder of an 18-year-old who went missing for two weeks, as authorities say they have made an arrest.

What we know:

According to a statement released by police in Biloxi, Miss., officers with the department’s Emergency Services Unit (ESU) responded to a home in that city on the morning of Feb. 6 to serve an arrest warrant on 27-year-old Randal Basilio Santillan.

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