Apache Junction man arrested in connection with wife's death at their home

Apache Junction police arrested the husband of 29-year-old Kassondra Maloney after her death last week was declared to be a homicide, according to police officials. 

Carl Hansen is accused of second-degree murder after reporting to police that he found Maloney's body when he returned to their home near Ironwood Drive and Lost Dutchman Boulevard on May 13, said Marshall Harshman, a spokesman for Apache Junction Police Department. 

Preliminary investigation showed "obvious signs of trauma" to Maloney's body and prompted investigators to notify the Criminal Investigations Division, police said. 

Police obtained a warrant to search the home and investigated further, Harshman said. 

A medical examiner declared Maloney's death a homicide on May 14, and Hansen was brought in for questioning, according to officials. 

Hansen was booked into the Pinal County Detention Center with a bond set at $275,000.

Reporter Chelsea Hofmann can be reached at email chelsea.hofmann@arizonarepublic.com and follow her on twitter @chofmann528.

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