An insight at ‘Jennifer Beede Missing: Woman Found By A Cyclist In A Suitcase With Bloody Head’ After a cyclist discovered a head poking out of a bag in the desert covered in blood, a BODY has been located.
A cyclist riding in the Arizona desert early Saturday morning made a grisly roadside discovery: a suitcase filled with the remains of a woman.
This woman, who has since been identified as 39-year-old Jennifer Beede, is now remembered by her social media loved ones as a “great friend” who was “truly the best”.
Arizona authorities have released few details about Beede’s disappearance and death, but police have confirmed it was a homicide.
Beede’s body was found by the bicyclist around 6:45 a.m. in Carefree, Arizona, about 35 miles north of Phoenix. The cyclist who discovered the remains not only called 911, but also posted on the social media site Nextdoor her frightening encounter, which happened while she was riding on a rural gravel road.
“I stumbled upon a suitcase in the middle of the desert that appeared to be little more than a piece of junk and I decided to take a closer look at it,” the woman wrote, according to Fox 3. “…I noticed that there was a head would have. It was damp and I thought I saw a leg or a knee or something sticking out of the ground.”
Police came and confirmed the worst – there was a body in the suitcase – and later identified the woman killed as Beede.
Jennifer Beede Missing: Woman Found By A Cyclist In A Suitcase With Bloody Head
The horrifying find was made early on Saturday in Cave Creek, Arizona, a town close to Phoenix, in a hiking area.
That woman, since identified as 39-year-old Jennifer Beede, is now being remembered by loved ones on social media as a “great friend” who was “truly the best.”
Few details surrounding Beede’s disappearance and death have been released by Arizona authorities, but police have confirmed it’s being investigated as a homicide.
Beede’s body was found by the bicyclist around 6:45 a.m. in Carefree, Arizona, about 35 miles north of Phoenix.
The body belongs to Jennifer Beede, 39, according to Phoenix police.
A woman had been on her usual bike ride when she saw what appeared to her to be a dead body.
“I was going on this dirt road. I saw this suitcase just kind of looked like junk that was out in the desert, and I thought well I’ll look at it more,” she told Fox10.
A neighbor said that after spotting the suitcase, the bicyclist posted that she had seen something disturbing on the Next Door app, Arizona’s Family reported.
On her way back when it was light out, the woman got a second look at the suitcase, which was on a public trail about 100 from the main road.
She added: “I looked at it, I ride by it, and I noticed a head. It was wet and I kind of noticed a knee or something, a leg coming out.”
Once police reached the scene, they informed the cyclist that the discovery was a woman’s dead body.
Residents of the area told FOX10 the trail is highly trafficked so the body must not have been there for a long time.
Cyclist finds suitcase full of missing woman Jennifer Beede’s body in Arizona desert
Authorities have not named a potential suspect or motive behind the 39-year-old’s killing. It is not known how long Beede’s body was left on the side of the road.
Friends of Beede, who lived in Phoenix and was called “Jay” on Facebook, paid tribute to her Sunday after police released her name.
After calling her a great friend and his homegirl, Rogelio Contreras wrote in a post that he “never thought I’d have to say goodbye to you like that.”
Under a second post from Contreras filled with pictures of Beede smiling on a boat, another friend commented that “her smile makes me smile.”
“She really was the best,” wrote Amanda Raelynn McDowell. “I wish I still had all my pictures of her and me. Life won’t be the same knowing she’s not a phone call away.”
