Debra Lynn Childers, 64, was reported missing to Mohave County authorities on May 12, 2021 by an out-of-state son who had not heard from his mother for months. Childers had been living out of her car in the Kingman, Arizona, area. Investigators found suspicious activity on her bank account and surveillance showing a man driving her vehicle; Kingman detectives identified that man as 35-year-old Brett Daniel Puett.

Search warrants executed May 28, 2021 on two storage units belonging to Childers led to the discovery of a body wrapped inside a large duffel bag in one unit, believed to be Childers and apparently there for several months. Authorities allege Puett and Childers met in summer 2020 while both were living out of their vehicles and that in November 2020 Puett shot and killed her in a Kingman motel room. Puett was arrested after the body was found; he reportedly admitted involvement, transporting and concealing the body, and withdrawing funds from Childers’ account, and was charged with second-degree murder, abandonment and concealment of a dead body, and fraudulent schemes.

Are there anyone who knew Debra Lynn Childers or who may have information about her time in Kingman that could help clarify what happened?