The remains of 66-year-old Steven Mark Brashear were discovered near Pima Canyon, Tuscon, sparking a homicide investigation.
The Pima County Sheriff's Department has now arrested and charged 21-year-old Thornton with first-degree murder.
"Mr. Thornton was booked into the Pima County Adult Detention Center for first-degree murder, abandonment of a dead body, fraudulent schemes and artifices, theft of a credit card and taking the identity of another." Jim DeVos, assistant director of wildlife management said his department did not make the decision to put the animals down"cavalierly."
"The fact of the matter is that being responsible doesn't always mean acquiescing to public comment."
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