Crime & Safety
Body Found In Pima County Had 'Obvious Signs Of Trauma': Police
The body of a man was discovered Tuesday afternoon along a trail near the Molino Basin Campground in the Catalina Mountains.

TUCSON, AZ —The Pima County Sheriff's Department said an investigation is ongoing after deputies found a man's body Tuesday afternoon near the Molino Basin Campground in the Catalina Mountains. The body had obvious signs of trauma, the sheriff's department said.
The sheriff's department later identified the victim as 18-year-old Robert Brown, and it confirmed the death has been ruled a homicide.
According to police reports, at approximately noon on Tuesday, officers responded after receiving reports of a dead body located along a hiking trail near the road that leads to Mount Lemmon.
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Detectives from the Criminal Investigations Division were called to the scene to process evidence, authorities said.
As of Thursday afternoon, no arrests had been made in the case.
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The Pima County Sheriff's Department has asked anyone with information about the case to call 9-1-1 or 88-CRIME.
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