The Gila River Police Department is asking for the public’s help in solving the homicide of Joyce Lea Branum, a 41-year-old woman whose body was discovered on Saturday, November 13, 2021, near 5100 West Komatke Lane, close to 51st Avenue and south of Komatke Lane, within the Gila River Indian Community.
Location near 5100 Komatke Rd, Laveen Village, AZ 85339
Officers responded to a report of a deceased person in the desert area just south of the Vee Quiva Casino. Upon arrival, police located Branum’s body. She was known to be transient and had frequented the Phoenix area, with no known ties to the Gila River Indian Community.
Vee Quiva Hotel & Casino, Laveen, AZ
The case is being investigated as a homicide. The suspect or suspects remain unknown, and detectives believe that even minor details from the public could help advance the investigation.
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