Crime & Safety
Phoenix Mom's Killer "Watched As Jasmine Burned," Say Police
Jasmine Dunbar was reported missing on Tuesday. On Thursday, police recovered her burned body and arrested her ex-boyfriend, Antwaun Ware.
PHOENIX, AZ – "He returned to where Jasmine was left deceased. He out a piece of paper on the body and then poured gasoline on her. He then set it afire with a cigarette. Antwaun watched as Jasmine burned and the fire put itself out."
Those words are from the probable cause statement from the Phoenix Police Department that they used to arrest Antwaun Ware for the murder of his ex-girlfriend, 21-year-old Jasmine Dunbar.
She had been reported missing on Tuesday. Her family told police that she had taken her seven-month-old baby to meet Ware as he took a paternity test.
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Later that night, the baby was found at 83rd and Minnezona – miles from their home.
Dunbar's body was found burned in a field by 107th Avenue and Camelback Road the next day.
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When Ware was arrested, he originally told police that he'd dropped Dunbar back at her apartment. He then admitted having assaulted her and left her at 10th and Camelback.
Ware is charged with murder, kidnapping, and child abuse.
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