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A man found dead this week along a roadside north of Mesa was identified Tuesday by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office as Jose Luis Dominguez-Arboles, 26.

Deputies are investigating his death as a homicide and asked for the public to help find his friends or family members.

Dominguez (pictured) was found dead Monday morning with what the sheriff’s office would only say was “head trauma.” He was discovered near the Rio Salado Sportsman’s Club, 3960 N. Usery Pass Road.

The sheriff’s office asked anyone with information to call the detective working the case at (602) 876-4804 or agency’s main number at (602) 876-1011.

Authorities are seeking help in finding a woman who went missing from her home Monday.

The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office said that Lucy Marie Bly, 69, was last seen at approximately 2 p.m. before driving to an unknown location for car repairs. She is considered an endangered missing person because she suffers from dementia. Deputies think that Bly may have driven through the Sun Lakes area.

Bly is 5-feet-4-inches tall, weighs 220 pounds and has short blonde hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing off-white pants, a green and brown leaf-pattern blouse, and brown white leather closed toe shoes. She drives a silver 2004 Subaru Legacy four door sedan, Arizona license plate 052NML.

Anyone with information about Bly’s whereabouts should call detective J. Garcia at (602) 876-1011.

Divers searched the waters of Saguaro Lake Saturday evening for a person that drowned near a boat dock, police say.

The person jumped from a boat or from the dock and did not surface, according to Maricopa County Det. Aaron Douglas.

The search was called off into the late evening because the rescue divers could no longer see in the darkness, Douglas said.

The search will resume in the morning if the body has not been found, he said. Bystanders in the area attempted to rescue the victim before police arrived but were unsuccessful.

Douglas could not confirm the victim’s identity late Saturday.

MCSO could not provide any further details about the case.

Investigating officers from the Arizona Department of Public Safety suspect alcohol impairment was a likely factor in three fatal collisions that occurred on Saturday.  The series of deadly collisions resulted in the deaths of Francisco Perez Cabrera, 43, of Phoenix, Ilse Moreno, 19, of Maricopa and Thomas Verdone, 20, of Scottsdale.

Charges of manslaughter, aggravated assault, and leaving the scene of an injury/fatal accident have been filed by DPS against Jessica L. Robinson, 23, of Gilbert and Brian Brubaker, 30, of Phoenix.
 
The first collision occurred around 1:30 a.m. on the San tan Freeway stretch of Loop 202 eastbound near Elliot Road.  This collision involved a Honda CRV and a full-size Chevy pickup/private street sweeper.  The Honda was traveling eastbound on Loop 202 when it came upon the street sweeper traveling at a slower speed.  Robinson, the driver of the Honda, swerved to avoid rear-ending the street sweeper, lost control and struck the front left corner of the truck causing it to spin clockwise. Both vehicles rolled over and came to rest off the road on the Elliot exit ramp.  The driver of the truck, Perez Cabrera died at the scene. Robinson fled the scene on foot but was later located on Elliot just east of Ellsworth Road and was taken into custody by DPS officers.
 
The second collision occurred around 7:15 p.m. on the Santan Lop 202.  A Dodge Charger was traveling westbound on Loop 202 in the center lane near Gilbert Road when the driver, Brubaker, rear-ended a 1994 Toyota pickup truck causing it to spin out and then roll over, coming to rest on the right side of the road.  The Charger struck the median cable barrier and came to a stop. Witnesses said the Charger was traveling above the posted speed limit before the collision. Moreno,  the passenger in the Toyota, was partially ejected and pronounced dead at the scene. Brubaker fled the scene but returned shortly and was taken into custody by DPS officers.

The third collision occurred at about 9:27 p.m. the Red Mountain stretch of Loop 202. A Pontiac GTO was traveling eastbound near the Center Street overpass, when the driver lost control of the vehicle.  The vehicle went to the right, across the travel lanes, off the roadway onto the dirt shoulder where it struck a drainage ditch and a traffic control sign. The vehicle then rolled over and came to rest on the dirt shoulder. Witnesses reported that the Pontiac appeared to be traveling above the posted speed limit and may have been with three to four other vehicles that may have been racing. Verdone, the driver, was declared dead at the scene as a result of the trauma sustained from the collision impact.

DPS wants to speak with anyone who may have witnessed any of these vehicles before the collisions or witnessed the collisions.  Witnesses should call DPS at (602) 223-2212.