Tucson police said they solved the murder of a Phoenix couple who disappeared when they drove to southern Arizona to buy a motorcycle in 2002.
Investigators on Wednesday arrested Brian Ferry, 44, on suspicion of first-degree murder in the deaths of Charles Russell and Catherine Nelson who were originally reported missing on Feb. 6, 2002.
Police said Russell, 58, and Nelson, 42, drove to Tucson on Feb. 2, 2002 to buy a motorcycle and never returned home. A missing person’s report was filed several days later when they failed to show up for work, police said.
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Within a week of their disappearance, Tucson police found the couple’s truck abandoned in a church parking lot in southwest Tucson, according to investigators.
Detectives continued investigating but could not find the couple and the case became a missing persons case.
Police reopened the case within the last five years and made an arrest this week.
A Tucson police spokesman declined to release any additional details because investigators are continuing to conduct interviews.
Ferry was arrested on suspicion of two counts of first-degree murder.
Detectives are still looking for information regarding the incident and are asking anybody with information to call 88-C-R-I-M-E.
