{"id":706478,"date":"2026-04-05T12:15:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T12:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/706478\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T12:15:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T12:15:27","slug":"suspect-arrested-after-body-found-inside-trunk-in-phoenix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/706478\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspect arrested after body found inside trunk in Phoenix"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\"><strong>PHOENIX<\/strong> &#8211; A murder suspect has been arrested after police say a man&#8217;s body was found inside the trunk of a car in Phoenix.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KSAZ\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox10phoenix.com\/tag\/us\/az\/maricopa-county\/phoenix\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>Phoenix<\/strong><\/a> Police say an officer on March 28 &#8220;obtained credible information&#8221; that a man had been killed near <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/oa2KRJPqqfaaQQtL9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">24th and Van Buren streets<\/a>, and the victim&#8217;s body had been placed inside the trunk of a car and driven away from the scene.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">The vehicle believed to be involved in the crime was found nearby, and a body was found inside the trunk. The victim was identified as 44-year-old Derek Standridge.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KSAZ\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">&#8220;Detectives pursued multiple leads and determined that the homicide occurred in a hotel room near 24th Street and Van Buren Street on March 26, 2026,&#8221; Sgt. Rob Scherer said. &#8220;Detectives also identified the suspect as 26 year old Charlie Carldwell.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Carldwell was found on April 1 and arrested. He was booked into jail and is accused of multiple charges, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox10phoenix.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>murder<\/strong><\/a>. Police don&#8217;t believe any other suspects are involved in the crime.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KSAZ\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">The motive for the murder is unknown.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/oa2KRJPqqfaaQQtL9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>Map<\/strong><\/a><strong> of area where the crime happened:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\"><b data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source:<\/b> The Phoenix Police Department<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox10phoenix.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox10phoenix.com\/tag\/us\/az\/maricopa-county\/phoenix\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Phoenix<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox10phoenix.com\/tag\/news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHOENIX &#8211; A murder suspect has been arrested after police say a man&#8217;s body was found inside the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":706479,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5131],"tags":[5229,5643,1587,6082,1588,50,1589,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-706478","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phoenix","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-arizona","10":"tag-az","11":"tag-crime-publicsafety","12":"tag-maricopa-county","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-phoenix","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-united-states-of-america","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","19":"tag-us","20":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116352052606625141","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=706478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706478\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/706479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=706478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=706478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=706478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}