Roommate arrested for death of woman in downtown area home
Tucson police arrested 26-year-old Graham Karber on Sunday on suspicion of killing a woman Friday night in her downtown-area home.
Police officers went to the 400 block of East Fifth Street, near North Fourth Avenue, around 8 p.m. Friday after receiving a 911 call from a man saying that he found Amanda Vinson, 29, dead inside the home, according to Sgt. Chris Widmer, a police spokesman.
Vinson showed "obvious signs of trauma," Widmer said in a news release.
Detectives concluded that Karber and Vinson lived together at the residence on East Fifth Street as roommates. The cause of Vinsonβs death has not been determined yet, but detectives determined that Karber was responsible for the murder, police said.
At about 9 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 19, a TPD officer found Karber during a follow-up investigation. The suspect fled on foot but after a short chase was taken into custody without incident.
After killing Vinson, he cut his hair and beard, police said.Β
Detectives asked anyone who has spoken to Karber since Friday night to contact 911 or 88-CRIME.
South Tucson man arrested in stabbing death of roommate
South Tucson Police arrested Shawn Abbas, 36, in connection with the stabbing death of his roommate Saturday.
Lt. Jeff Inorio, of South Tucson Police Department, reported in a news release that police went to the Bordonβs Court Apartments in the 200 Block of East 33rd Street at 4 p.m. Saturday in response to a report of a stabbing.
South Tucson Police found Christian Logan, 22, with a single stab wound to the chest. Logan was taken to a local hospital, where he died.
Inorio said the two, who had been roommates for about six months, were arguing when Abbas allegedly pulled out a knife and stabbed Logan.
Abbas was booked into Pima County Jail on suspicion of second-degree murder, Inorio said.
