COMMUNITY AND
MURDERED... HER BODY
DUMPED IN THE FOREST.
TONIGHT NEWS 13'S
JESSICA GARATE, TAKES US
INSIDE THE
INVESTIGATION, AND
SHOWS US HOW DETECTIVES
TRACKED DOWN THE MAN
THEY SAY
MURDERED SASHA KROUSE.
"A possible 401 man down
on Forest Road 244."
"I'll be out at the
sunset 103. I am now out
with that reporting
party. She is stating a
possible 901 near
her campsite."
"I am just now turning
onto Sunset Crater. Can
you give me further
details?"
"It's a single female.
She is lying face down."
ON A FRIDAY IN LATE
FEBRUARY -- A WOMAN
DROVE TO THE SUNSET
CRATER
VISITOR'S CENTER...ABOUT
20 MILES OUT OF
FLAGSTAFF-- TO
REPORT SHE WAS GATHERING
FIREWOOD AND STUMBLED
UPON A
BODY NEAR HER CAMPSITE.
DEPUTIES DESCRIBE A
CHILLING SCENE.
"I'll go check the camp.
we'll just try to see if
maybe we can I-D her."
THEY FIND A WOMAN'S BODY
IN THE BRUSH.
SHE'S PETITE --IN A LONG
DRESS.
ONE DEPUTY DESCRIBES IT
AS "HOMEMADE" AND THEY
CAN SEE HER
HAIR IS PINNED UP IN A
BUN.
INVESTIGATORS NOTE HER
HANDS ARE BOUND WITH
TAPE AND SHE'S NOT
WEARING UNDERWEAR.
THEY SAY SHE WAS SHOT IN
THE BACK OF THE HEAD.
"Those are tracks right
here.
And that's how they
found her?
Yep, we didn't move her
or nothing."
IN THEIR REPORT
INVESTIGATORS SAY --
THEY FOUND DRAG MARKS
NEAR THE
BODY.
THEY LOOKED FOR SHELL
CASINGS BUT FOUND NONE.
THE CAMPER WHO FOUND HER
IS SHAKEN UP.
"What I will probably do
I think is. I am going
down to Sedona after
this and see my friend,
cause I don't want to be
alone."
AN AUTOPSY LATER
CONFIRMED --THE BODY IS
27-YEAR-OLD SASHA
KRAUSE...WHO VANISHED
FROM HER SMALL MENNONITE
COMMUNITY NEAR
FARMINGTON A MONTH
EARLIER.
SHE LEFT HOME ONE COLD
NIGHT IN JANUARY
...HEADED TO CHURCH TO
GRAB MATERIALS FOR A
PRESCHOOL CLASS THE NEXT
DAY, BUT NEVER RETURNED.
"It is with a heavy
heart that I report the
body of Sasha Krause has
been identified and
located." THE DISCOVERY
WOULD END WEEKS OF
SEARHING FOR KRAUSE AND
FORCE
INVESTIGATORS TO SWITCH
THEIR FOCUS...FROM
MISSING TO MURDER.
"We have partnered with
the Coconino Sheriff's
office and federal
authorities in trying to
identify and apprehend
the individual
responsible for Sasha's
kidnap and murder. We
are fully committed to
capturing
this individual and
bringing peace to the
Krause family."
PEOPLE IN NEW MEXICO
WERE SHOCKED, WHILE
PEOPLE IN ARIZONA
WERE WONDERING WHO SASHA
KRAUSE WAS, AND HOW HER
BODY ENDED UP
THERE. FELICIA
FONSECA IS A REPORTER IN
FLAGSTAFF.
"People would consider
it unusual."
Tourists who have second
homes up in Flagstaff
come up for the summer
13:04:36 It's a college
town, it's home
to Northern Arizona
University. It's got a
ski resort here.
13:04:42
REPORTS A MISSING NEW
MEXICO WOMAN MAY HAVE
BEEN FOUND DEAD
GOT HER ATTENTION.
"for the Associated
Press, we were looking
at is as a broader story
because it covered so
many states." 13:05:40
13:05:50 "Sasha Krause
grew up in Texas. She
was 11 years-old when
she decided to become
part of
the Mennonite community
13:05:58.
"then a disagreement
with another teacher led
her to her post at the
Mennonite community
outside of
Farmington, New Mexico."
KRAUSE SPOKE SPANISH AND
WAS LEARNING FRENCH TO
HELP WITH HER
MINISTRY.
13:06:52 She did things
like make sure people
who did not understand
English could understand
the church services. You
know sitting next to
them and simultaneously
translating the church
service into
Spanish for them
13:07:03.
DETECTIVES IN ARIZONA
WOULD NOW FOCUS ON
FINDING KRAUSE'S
KILLER.
AUTHORITIES SAY-- THERE
WAS ONLY ONE CELL PHONE
COMMUNICATING WITH THE
SAME CELL TOWERS AS
KRAUSE'S PHONE BEFORE
HER'S
DROPPED OFF.
airplane nats
IT BELONGED TO AN AIRMAN
--MARK GOOCH STATIONED
AT LUKE AIR FORCE BASE
IN PHOENIX..
DETECTIVES GOT A SEARCH
WARRANT AND CONFIRMED
GOOCH WAS AT
SUNSET CRATER AROUND THE
TIME KRAUSE WENT
MISSING.
THEY ALSO FOUND A STRING
OF DISTURBING TEXT
MESSAGES IN HIS
PHONE...WHERE GOOCH
ALLEGEDLY TALKS ABOUT
SURVEILLING
MENNONITES. IN AN
EXCHANGE JUST DAYS
BEFORE KRAUSE'S
DISAPPEARANCE, GOOCH IS
ACCUSED OF WRITING--
"HMM, SAME FOR SOME
REASON. EVEN THIS
MORNING'S SURVEILLANCE
WAS BORING."
"A BUNCH OF OLD PEOPLE
WITHOUT MUCH TO LIVE
FOR." AND-- "CLEARLY NOT
THE PEOPLE WE GREW UP
WITH. SAD TO SAY ANOTHER
DISAPPOINTMENT."
THAT'S WHEN DETECTIVES
PAY THE 21-YEAR-OLD A
VISIT AT THE AIR FORCE
BASE TO SEE WHAT HE CAN
TELL THEM ABOUT SASHA'S
ABDUCTION AND
MURDER.
TOMORROW NIGHT WE'LL
HEAR FROM MARK GOOCH
HIMSELF.
JESSICA GARATE SHOWS US
HIS ARREST, AND WHAT HE
TOLD DEPUTIES
WHEN THEY QUESTIONED HIM
ABOUT THE CRIME.
SOME MONSOON ACTION
AROUND THE METRO THIS
EVENING.
OUR CREWS CAUGHT THESE
PUDDLE JUMPERS DOWNTOWN.