Law enforcement unearthed the body of a Colorado woman from a burial site near an under-construction garage in northern Texas last week, police said.
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The Amarillo Police Department first received information on Oct. 1 that a woman, later identified as 31-year-old Faith Smith of Colorado, had been shot in a vehicle and buried in the city, according to a Friday news release from the department. Amarillo is one of the most populous cities in the Texas Panhandle.
Smith’s body was found buried behind a detached garage under construction in the 3100 block of Orange Street, police said.
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A 48-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in Smith’s death, which remains under investigation by the department’s homicide unit, police said.
Officers spotted the man driving a vehicle believed to be the one Smith was allegedly shot in, and arrested the man after a short pursuit, police said in the release.
This is a developing story and may be updated.
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