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Searchers had been concentrating in an area a couple of miles west of the Superstition Mountains and near the popular Lost Dutchman State Park.
Police are treating the case as a possible homicide, but there are no suspects identified despite an exhaustive investigation that has,
until now, been hindered by a lack of physical evidence and
witnesses.
Everything is on the table, said Sgt. Mike Pooley, and he added that no one has been ruled out as a potential suspect.
We are just happy we were able to find her, he said. With the way her body was found, it is difficult to tell what happened to her.
Police have interviewed hundreds of people, some of whom allowed searches of their personal property. Some of those interviewed also have agreed to polygraph examinations that are inadmissible in court but used by police as an investigative tool.
In addition, police searched the area near Salinas apartment, west of Arizona
State University, and they also searched Tempe Town Lake.
More than 100 people, including volunteers, searched a wide swath of Apache Junction for evidence on Thursday, concentrating on 4 miles of a wash that includes private property. Searchers found articles of clothing and trash, but they were unsure if the items belonged to Salinas. The search was called off at about 1 p.m. due to excessive heat and the threat of rattlesnakes.
The search continued at about 5 a.m. Friday with at least 70 people. Pooley said crews hoped to cover a different part of the wash and that what they are able to cover on Friday would determine if the search continued into the weekend.
After an excessive-heat warning was issued on Friday, Pooley said the temperature would be a factor in determining how long the search lasted.
Authorities said its not clear where the body originated from because of recent flooding in the hilly area studded with cactus and the occasional house southeast of Lost Dutchman Boulevard and Arizona 88.
Pooley said police believe Salinas body was dumped or she was killed at another location along the wash and that water pushed the remains to where they were found. There was significant flooding on July 21.
Constance Halonen, an Apache Junction police spokeswoman, said the wash is popular for outdoor recreation, including horseback riding and the riding of all-terrain vehicles. She asked anyone who saw anything suspicious between June 15 and Aug. 6 to call police.