A body found Monday morning in Marana has been identified as Tracy Beth Feltes, a woman who was reported missing late last month.
Feltes’ decomposed body was discovered by a couple who told authorities that they had smelled a “foul odor” for the past two weeks, said Sgt. Bill Derfus, a spokesman for the Marana Police Department.
The man and his wife went to look around and found 33-year-old Feltes’ body in the desert near the 5000 block of Tangerine, near North Camino de Oeste, Derfus said.
Authorities were able to positively identify Feltes using dental records supplied by her family.
However, a cause of death has not been determined.
Feltes was last seen leaving her home in the 8000 block of North Hobby Horse Court, near North Oldfather and West Magee roads, after a dispute with her live-in boyfriend, said Lt. Michael O’Connor of the Pima County Sheriff’s Department homicide unit.
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Her mother, Beverly Feltes, 64, reported her missing five days later on Sept. 26.
Feltes’ car was found at Old Father Inn, a bar near her home, but detectives don’t know whether she left it there or if another person did, O’Connor said.
The sheriff’s department has talked with her live-in boyfriend, who is being treated as an investigative lead, O’Connor said. He didn't elaborate on the dispute the couple had prior to her disappearance.
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