Manhunt For North Carolina Murder Suspect Ends In Arizona

TUCSON, CA — The manhunt for Lynn Keel, a North Carolina man wanted in connection with the murder of his wife, ended with his arrest outside Tucson Arizona Sunday morning.

Nash County Sheriff’s officials were scouring Nash and Franklin counties for Keel, suspected of murdering his wife Diana Alejandro Keel, a 38-year-old emergency room nurse whose body was found in the forest 30 miles from their home, WRAL.com reported.

Lynn Keel, 57, was considered armed and dangerous, and authorities investigated sightings of the fugitive reported across the country. Keel was initially named a person of interest in his wife’s death and let go by homicide detectives when no charges could be filed. Lynn Keel is a widower whose first wife died in a fall at the home they shared, ABC 11 reported.

Diana Keel’s body was discovered by a Department of Transportation worker in the forest 30 miles from her home five days after her teenage daughter reported her missing, the News & Observer reported.

Lynn Keel reportedly told police he had last seen his wife when she prepared to go out with some friends.

“The most difficult aspect of this case is a 10-year-old son and an 18-year-old daughter are without their mother,” Nash County Sheriff Keith Stone told ABC 11.