Accidental Deaths Arizona

An elderly Alzheimer's patient was left on a nursing home patio in the broiling Arizona sun long enough to suffer a sunburn that killed her. Mary Miles, 86, a patient at the SunRise Thunderbird Care and Rehabilitation Center in Phoenix, died from burns she suffered May 18 to her feet, legs, arms and neck. Investigators are trying to determine whether workers at the nursing home are culpable.

An elderly Alzheimer's patient was left on a nursing home patio in the broiling Arizona sun long enough to suffer a sunburn that killed her. Mary Miles, 86, a patient at the SunRise Thunderbird Care and Rehabilitation Center in Phoenix, died from burns she suffered May 18 to her feet, legs, arms and neck. Investigators are trying to determine whether workers at the nursing home are culpable.

A sunbather who died after lying unconscious for hours in the desert heat had been drinking, authorities said Friday. Judi Lynne Aron, 37, died Thursday at Tucson Medical Center, about 12 hours after other sunbathers around an apartment swimming pool noticed her and summoned help. Tucson Police spokesman Sgt. Roberto Villasenor said Aron had been drinking alcohol and died of extreme body heat "in conjunction with acute ethanol intoxication."

Bounty hunters wearing black ski masks and looking for a bail jumper kicked in the front door of a house, held children at gunpoint and shot a young couple to death in a case of mistaken identity, police said. Three of the bounty hunters were in custody Monday, including one who has been charged with second-degree murder and two who are hospitalized with gunshot wounds. Police were looking for two others.

A Tucson woman died after lying out in the sun for at least six hours, hospital officials said. The 37-year-old woman was unconscious when she was admitted to Tucson Medical Center. Her identity was withheld. The woman had a body temperature of 107 degrees and badly burned flesh, officials said. The temperature in Tucson had reached 107. "She was packed in ice immediately, but she was already into severe sunstroke and had lapsed into a coma," said TMC spokesman Tom Reavis.

Bounty hunters wearing black ski masks and looking for a bail jumper kicked in the front door of a house, held children at gunpoint and shot a young couple to death in a case of mistaken identity, police said. Three of the bounty hunters were in custody Monday, including one who has been charged with second-degree murder and two who are hospitalized with gunshot wounds. Police were looking for two others.

A 24-year-old tourist slipped and fell to his death while posing for a picture above the Grand Canyon, the fifth fatal fall since April, officials said. The accident occurred Tuesday at the canyon's south rim. The man's name was being withheld until relatives could be notified.

A 24-year-old tourist slipped and fell to his death while posing for a picture above the Grand Canyon, the fifth fatal fall since April, officials said. The accident occurred Tuesday at the canyon's south rim. The man's name was being withheld until relatives could be notified.

A sunbather who died after lying unconscious for hours in the desert heat had been drinking, authorities said Friday. Judi Lynne Aron, 37, died Thursday at Tucson Medical Center, about 12 hours after other sunbathers around an apartment swimming pool noticed her and summoned help. Tucson Police spokesman Sgt. Roberto Villasenor said Aron had been drinking alcohol and died of extreme body heat "in conjunction with acute ethanol intoxication."

A Tucson woman died after lying out in the sun for at least six hours, hospital officials said. The 37-year-old woman was unconscious when she was admitted to Tucson Medical Center. Her identity was withheld. The woman had a body temperature of 107 degrees and badly burned flesh, officials said. The temperature in Tucson had reached 107. "She was packed in ice immediately, but she was already into severe sunstroke and had lapsed into a coma," said TMC spokesman Tom Reavis.