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Evin Paolos was found dead in 2017 after a friend allegedly stabbed him to death

The case went cold for eight years

Then, a Good Samaritan in Mexico alerted the family that they knew where the suspect was, police said

A tip that led to an arrest in an cold case from eight years ago came from the unlikeliest of places: a GoFundMe page.

In 2017, Evin Paulos, 25, died after he was allegedly stabbed by his friend, Michael Anthony Arredondo, now 34, during an argument when they were traveling in a car together, the Phoenix Police Department said, according to AZ Family, Fox 10 and Action News 5 .

The two were arguing inside a car and then got out of the car, where the fight escalated, police said.

Arredondo allegedly stabbed Paulos 30 times before fleeing the scene and

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