Father Benjamin J. Carrier, a 54-year-old Catholic priest known for working with homeless and transient populations, was murdered in Yuma, Arizona. On November 10, 1982, he was found dead in a room at the El Rancho Motel on south 4th Avenue, lying face down on the bed with his hands bound behind his back with black electrical tape. The cause of death was asphyxiation by strangulation.

Witness accounts place Father Carrier at the motel pool the day before his death with two young white men, each about 5 feet 6 inches and of average build. The motel manager said Carrier checked in accompanied by a man in his early twenties with light facial hair, and paid for two people to stay. Father Carrier’s 1981 Toyota pickup was recovered in Las Vegas three days after the murder. No arrests have been announced and the two men seen with him have not been identified.

Does anyone have memories of Father Carrier in Yuma in 1982 or information about the two men seen with him?