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Body of missing teacher found

Posted at 6:45 PM, Oct 13, 2017
and last updated 2017-10-14 01:05:17-04

The Latest on a missing woman whose body was found Friday evening (all times local):
    
6:30 p.m.
    
Police in Flagstaff say they've found what is likely the body of a 44-year-old woman who went missing a week ago when she posted bond for a friend.
    
Police say they discovered the remains on Friday, one week after Cathryn Gorospe went missing. The body hasn't been positively identified but police believe it belongs to Gorospe.
    
Flagstaff police wouldn't say where the body was found or what the cause of death was. An autopsy is pending.
    
Gorospe hadn't been seen since posting bond for 27-year-old Charlie Malzahn.
    
Malzahn had been jailed since Aug. 20 on charges of theft of a means of transportation, being a prohibited possessor of a gun and possessing a gun during the commission of a felony.
    
The woman's vehicle was spotted early Monday in Phoenix. Malzahn was arrested after he crashed the SUV following a police pursuit.
    
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12:05 p.m.
    
Family and friends are searching for a Glendale kindergarten teacher who went missing last week after posting bond for a man.
    
Police in Flagstaff say 44-year-old Cathryn Gorospe hasn't been seen since last Friday when she posted bond for her friend, 27-year-old Charlie Malzahn.
    
Deidre Gorospe says about 30 people are searching the national forest around Williams for her stepdaughter or any other clues.
    
Authorities say Malzahn won't tell investigators about the woman's whereabouts.
    
Malzahn had been jailed since Aug. 20 on charges of theft of a means of transportation, being a prohibited possessor of a gun and possessing a gun during the commission of a felony.
    
The woman's vehicle was spotted early Monday in Phoenix. Malzahn was arrested after he crashed the SUV following a police pursuit.