# Couple accused of killing registered sex offender in pre-planned stabbing in Arizona desert

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/couple-accused-of-killing-registered-sex-offender-in-pre-planned-stabbing-in-arizona-desert/
- Published: 2026-11-13T07:43:08+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-13T08:22:06+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/us/couple-accused-killing-registered-sex-offender-pre-planned-stabbing-arizona-desert
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Arizona couple charged with first-degree homicide.
- Police say the killing was planned in advance.
- The suspects are awaiting extradition from Nevada.

## Summary

Two people in Arizona have been charged with first-degree homicide after allegedly planning and carrying out the stabbing death of a man they knew. Police say the case highlights the danger of using information about someone’s sex-offender status to justify threats or harm.

A motorist found 29-year-old Arron Christopher Warren dead beside Silver Creek Road in Bullhead City on Saturday. Investigators say Jacob Middlebrook, 35, and Layne McIntosh, 36, had known Warren for several months, expressed hostility towards registered sex offenders and chose in advance where to leave his body; his vehicle was later found at a casino in Laughlin, Nevada. Warren was a registered Level 2 sex offender, and the suspects are being held in Nevada pending extradition to Mohave County.

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