The Brief

PHOENIX - A suspect was arrested in connection to a decomposing body that was found near a Phoenix canal on Sept. 22.

The backstory:

On Sept. 22 at around 11:45 a.m. near 36th Street and Portland Avenue , Phoenix Police officers responded to a nearby canal and found a man "in the beginning stages of decomposition with obvious signs of trauma."

The victim was identified as 48-year-old Efrin Victor Evangelista.

Evangelista's death was considered to be a homicide.

Dig deeper:

On Sept. 24, the Phoenix Police Department said Bryan Flores Barrientos, 23, was arrested in connection to Evangelista's death, and that he admitted to shooting him.

His arrest was made possible because detectives recalled a Sept. 19 report from someone who "reported seeing a suspicious man in the

See Full Page