Amber-Leah Valentine and Jon Imes: Arizona couple arrested for disposing off their 16-year-old son’s body and claiming he ran away
Daniel Moore
Updated on January 21, 2026
MOHAVE Region, ARIZONA: The dead body of a 16-year-old kid was supposedly disposed of by his folks who guaranteed he took off. The Arizona couple was captured alongside a third individual who is accused of irritated attack and youngster maltreatment in association with the case, as per police.
On Monday, Walk 6, specialists expressed that they are yet to decide the reason for death of the youngster and are anticipating more charges. Jon Imes, 41, and Golden Leah Valentine, 41, residing in the city of Kingman on the 2300 block of Packard Avenu asserted their adolescent child took off from home and representatives from the Mohave District Sheriff’s Office were first dispatched to the put on February 25, revealed Regulation and Wrongdoing.
When was the young person last seen? As indicated by the sheriff’s office, the representatives were informed the young person was most recently seen on February 24 at around 10 am, a day prior to their underlying examination. After three days, cops were educated that a disposed of body was found in Kingman in the space of Anson Smith Street and Indian Gorge Street.
“A departed white male was found enclosed by a sweeping behind a stone wall. Criminal investigators answered the scene and the decedent was conveyed by The Mohave District Clinical Inspector’s Office. The personality of the departed was obscure, and a post-mortem examination was planned to decide the reason/way of death,” composed the sheriff’s office.
Who is the third individual engaged with the case? While the instance of death stayed perplexing, Valentine called the Mohave Province office on Thursday to illuminate that she just “liberated” her adolescent little girl. Richard Pounds, 34, and a lady who was Valentine’s flat mate supposedly held the 14-year-old young lady hostage. The lady isn’t named as she was not accused of a wrongdoing.
The young lady and Valentine were moved to Kingman Local Clinical Center, specialists said. “Golden Leah Valentine demonstrated that she and her better half, Jon Imes, had arranged off their kid child’s body at the recently referenced area,” as indicated by specialists. “She conceded that she deceived Delegates when they detailed him as a runaway and recognized that he was at that point expired at the hour of the report. During addressing, Jon Imes conceded to arranging off his child’s body and deceiving Representatives about him taking off,” police added.
Arizona parents claimed their 16-year-old son ran away, but they actually discarded his dead body: Police
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At the emergency clinic, specialists who talked with the young lady were informed that utilizing a BB firearm, Pounds fired her in the eye. The 14-year-old young lady likewise guaranteed of being a survivor of maltreatment in the home. She is at present getting clinical treatment after she was arrested by the Arizona Division of Youngster Wellbeing, as per Regulation and Wrongdoing.
Meanwhile, for crime surrender/covering of a departed body, the Arizona couple Imes and Valentine were busted and arrested at the Mohave Province Grown-up Confinement Office. Following a court order executed at their home, Pounds and the lady were addressed after they were arrested, as per specialists.
“In the wake of addressing, Richard Pounds was captured for crime Youngster Misuse and Disturbed Attack and set up for the Mohave Province Grown-up Detainment Place,” police composed and added that the female flat mate was delivered. “This case stays under dynamic examination and extra charges are forthcoming,” specialists said on Monday, Walk 6, as dissection results were forthcoming.