Phoenix Police Department detectives have arrested a man after years of investigation in the 1998 murder of a 28-year-old woman.

On July 9, 1998, Phoenix police officers responded to the shooting of a woman in a home near 14^th Street and McDowell Road. Inside the house, officers found Sarah Carr with a gunshot wound. Carr died from her injury, and the case was turned over to detectives assigned the homicide unit.

The original detectives who worked the case had a nickname for the suspect, but his identity was unknown, according to a Phoenix Police Department release.

The homicide investigation went cold until 2016 when cold case detectives were able to identify the suspect as Javier Lorenzano-Nunez, now 58, the release stated.

Detectives learned Lorenzano-Nunez spent years in California after the murder and had been living in Mexico for the past decade. Working with the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, investigators were able to submit the case, which resulted in Lorenzano-Nunez being indicted, and an outstanding arrest warrant was issued for the homicide.

Detectives contacted the U.S. Justice Department’s Office of Internal Affairs who worked with law enforcement officials in Mexico to find and arrest Lorenzano-Nunez. The Department of Justice and the U.S. Marshals Service worked to finalize and complete the extradition of Lorenzano-Nunez to Phoenix on Oct. 23, according to the release.

The Phoenix Police Department took custody of Lorenzano-Nunez Wednesday night, and he was then booked into jail for the outstanding homicide warrant, police said.

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