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Man arrested after woman's body found in suitcase near Tucson

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BENSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — The Tucson Police Department recently charged 57-year-old Victor Lawrence Farber in connection to the death of 21-year-old Alexis Ochotorena.

Officers arrested him Friday after a second witness came forward, giving authorities enough evidence to charge Farber with first-degree murder.

Police say they found Ochotorena's body stuffed into a suitcase inside an overturned shopping cart back in September 2022.

This led them to initially charge Farber with the concealment of a dead body.

However, once the second witness told officers what she knew, which matched the autopsy findings, Farber had another charge tacked on.

Court documents reveal he is scheduled to appear before a judge on the new murder charge at the beginning of February.