Marijuana found in car after woman is killed in rollover

Approximately two pounds of marijuana was found inside a vehicle that overturned and killed a woman in Benson last Saturday.
Deputies with the Cochise County Sheriff’s Office obtained a search warrant for the 2000 Nissan Xterra on Wednesday and collected DNA evidence to determine the events leading up to the fatal wreck that occurred on the morning of New Year’s Eve on Johnson Road.
The details of the vehicle accident remain under investigation, said Carol Capas, spokeswoman for the sheriff’s office.
The vehicle is registered to a man in Phoenix who, according to the sheriff’s office, did not know that his vehicle had been involved in an accident when contacted by authorities.
Half a mile from the scene of the rollover, another vehicle registered to a Bianca Gonzalez was located. The 2002 Honda Civic was registered out of Phoenix.
Deputies later learned that the name was used by the deceased woman, however it is not her real name.
Investigators have determined her true identity, but are withholding it until next of kin have been notified.
According to the sheriff’s office, the woman is from Guatemala, though her legal residency status has yet to be determined.