GLENDALE, AZ — Glendale police say two people have been arrested in connection with the homicide of a man who was previously reported as missing.
WATCH: Glendale PD officials provide new information on the investigation:
Just before 8 a.m. on Nov. 11, 2024, Glendale police received reports of a body found in a water retention area near 56th and Peoria avenues. The body was later identified as 30-year-old Grant Siefert.
The investigation was ruled a homicide, and investigators had asked the public for help with any information.
Police believed the suspect(s) were driving and in possession of Grant's vehicle, described as a black, four-door, 2011 Ford Escape with Arizona temporary license plate 392635U.
Grant was previously reported as missing from Phoenix the day before he was found dead.
On Thursday, July 24, more than eight months later, police announced 33-year-old Maricela Bahschnitt and 35-year-old Jonathan Vazquez were arrested in connection with the investigation.
According to police documents, Siefert had previously filed a report against Bahschnitt, who managed the Wendy’s restaurant where the victim was last seen, for allegedly stealing his phone.
Police say Bahschnitt was arrested on July 22 and told officials that she was with multiple other people who were “planning to do something to the victim,” who they say was harassing them.
She also reportedly admitted to taking part in the attack on the victim, as well as driving to the location and leaving the victim.
Vazquez reportedly admitted to being present during the attack and helping clean out the vehicle after the incident. He said he did not know how far the incident would go, and thought the group was going to “just scare him.”
Siefert was reportedly stabbed nearly two dozen times and had more than a dozen other wounds, according to an autopsy.
Siefert’s vehicle has yet to be recovered, police say.
