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Ira Richard Pomerantz, a 60-year-old Mesa bar owner, was found shot and dismembered in January 2001 when a headless, limbless torso was discovered in a trash container behind a grocery store. Investigators concluded the body had been shot and then dismembered; the victim’s head, arms and legs have never been recovered.

Police focused on Pomerantz’s wife, Valerie Pape, a Scottsdale hairdresser, after evidence including a receipt for an electric saw purchased shortly before the killing emerged. Pape initially denied involvement, saying she found her husband already dead; investigators say the body may have been kept frozen for a time before dismemberment. In 2002 Pape pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to 16 years in prison, admitting she shot her husband during a fight but not addressing the dismemberment or the missing remains.

Who has additional information about Pomerantz’s last days or the missing parts of his body?