CAVE CREEK, AZ — Maricopa County Sheriff's Office continues to investigate a body found in the Cave Creek area in early September.
Deputies were called to the area of 32nd Street and Cloud Road, north of Carefree Highway, just before 6:30 a.m. on September 10 for reports of a dead body.
Limited information regarding the incident is available, though officials say that due to evidence found on the scene, homicide detectives are investigating.
The woman found at the scene was identified by police Thursday as 26-year-old Victoria Hahlen.
Several of Hahlen's friends spoke to ABC15 Monday.
“I always still consider her my best friend. So, like, when you have that with someone, you don't really think that they're going to be gone. And I just feel like she had so much more potential in life, too. Life that she really just didn't get to get,” said Hahlen's childhood friend Natalie Bernal. “There's not only like a life that was lost, but there's friendships that can't continue anymore. There's family that has to grieve. There's a son that won't get to know his mother as he gets older.”
“I just remember her always being hilarious and making everybody laugh. She was really goofy. I'm just shocked that this happened, and honestly, I just want to find out what happened, because I'm not sure who would do this to her," said Mioa Reede. “It's actually affecting us all, because we grew up with her, and she was really kind to us all, and it's affecting us because it doesn't make sense.”
Anyone with information regarding this case is asked to call MCSO at 602-876-1011.
Family members have set up a GoFundMe page to assist with funeral arrangements and expenses for Hahlen's son, who she leaves behind.
