BULLHEAD CITY, Ariz. – Bullhead City police report two transients targeted and murdered another homeless person because of his child sex crime convictions. Agency spokeswoman Emily Fromelt said Arron Warren was stabbed to death before his body was located in the desert just east of the city limits on Saturday, Nov. 7.
The Bullhead City couple allegedly responsible for the murder was arrested in Laughlin about five hours after Warren’s body was found on the side of the road in the 3100 block of Silver Creek Road, about one mile east of the Bullhead Parkway. Jacob Middlebrook, 35, and Layne McIntosh, 36, are held in the Clark County jail in Las Vegas on first degree murder charges.
“Detectives discovered that the couple had expressed distaste for registered sex offenders and had planned the homicide in advance,” Fromelt said. “The couple reportedly pre-determined the desert location where they intended to leave Warren’s body.”
Fromelt said investigators believe that Warren was stabbed at a location within the city limits before it was positioned along the roadway, just outside the city limits. She said a couch was placed over the top of the body.
Court records indicate that Warren was a Golden Valley resident when arrested in 2021 before pleading guilty in Feb. 2022 to two counts reduced to attempted sexual conduct with a minor. He was placed on supervised probation, but ended up in prison before his release in March of this year.
Fromelt said the suspects had known Warren for a few months before the killing. Middlebrook and McIntosh are jailed in Las Vegas, pending extradition back to Arizona.
