Former Washington resident found guilty of dumping body parts in Arizona

PRESCOTT, Ariz. — A man who used to live in Seattle, Washington, has been found guilty of dumping body parts in Arizona. According to a news releas...

October 1, 2022
6:56 AM

PRESCOTT, Ariz. — A man who used to live in Seattle, Washington, has been found guilty of dumping body parts in Arizona. According to a news release from the Yavapai County Attorney's Office, Walter Harold Mitchell, 61, was found guilty of 29 counts of concealment or abandonment of a dead body on Thursday. YCAO said that on December 26, 2020, a pair of woodcutters found a human arm and leg in an area outside of Prescott, Arizona. The Yavapai County Sheriff's Office responded to the scene and found a total of 24 human body parts.

Jessica Goodman