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Arrest Made in Blue Ridge Homicide

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Patrick D. Nagal, booking photo – CCSO

HAPPY JACK – On March 30 around 3:30 p.m., the Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a partially decomposed body at Bly Pit in the Blue Ridge area.

Detectives were able to make a preliminary identification of the victim as 37-year-old Tika Young of Happy Jack, Arizona. The ID is still pending by the Coconino County Medical Examiner’s office.

With the preliminary identification, CCSO detectives served a search warrant at a residence in the community where they discovered evidence of a crime. During the search, they identified a person of interest. The person of interest was Patrick D. Nagel, 62-years-old of Happy Jack.

Nagal was brought into the Sheriff’s Office for questioning. During an interview with Detectives, the person admitted to striking the victim several times while the victim was lying in bed. The subject then moved the victim and concealed her in the area identified as Bly Pit where her body was subsequently found.

Nagel was arrested and booked into the Coconino County Jail for First Degree Homicide, Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon, Tampering with Physical Evidence, Abandonment/Concealment of a Dead Body, and Consuming Liquor While Operating a Vehicle.

Body Found at Bly Pit in Blue Ridge

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HAPPY JACK, Arizona – On Saturday, March 30, 2019 around 3:30 pm, the Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a deceased body found at Bly Pit in the Blue Ridge area. Investigators responded to the scene and located the body of a female. The body had undergone some decomposition. There was no identification on the deceased person and Detectives and the Medical Examiner’s Office are working to identify the deceased. The death is being investigated as a homicide. There is no further information being released at this time.

Missing Two-Year Old in Happy Jack Area Located Safe

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Flagstaff – After several hours of searching, emergency responders located a two-year old boy who had wandered away from a family campsite in the Happy Jack, AZ area.

On September 21, 2018 around 9:45 am, a two-year old boy was reported as missing from his family’s campsite in the Happy Jack, AZ area. The Coconino County Sheriff’s Office managed the search efforts and was assisted by several Northern Arizona agencies including, Coconino Sheriff Search and Rescue, US Forest Service, Arizona Game and Fish, Arizona Department of Public Safety. A Search and Rescue Dog Team and an AZ Department of Public Safety helicopter were deployed as part of the search efforts.

Search and Rescue personnel located the boy approximately ½ mile from the place he was last seen. He was walking and appeared to be responding to the calling out of his name by the searchers.
We are happy to report the boy and his family have been reunited. We express gratitude to the other agencies and personnel who assisted in the search.