SAN TAN VALLEY, AZ – An 18-year-old man is in custody after police say he kidnapped and killed a female relative in San Tan Valley.

The Pinal County Sheriff’s Office says shortly after 9 a.m. Wednesday they received a report of a body in a farm field near Gantzel Road and Skyline Drive.

Officers arrived and found the body of a woman. The woman, according to PCSO, appeared to be the victim of a homicide.

Less than 10 minutes after the original call, a second call came in reporting a kidnapping at a home about a mile away from where the body was found.

The agents were able to confirm that the alleged kidnapped person was the woman who was found in the agricultural field.

PCSO was able to identify an 18-year-old male relative of the woman at the home where the alleged kidnapping took place as a suspect.

He was taken to hospital after officers found him with self-inflicted wounds, and will be booked when he is released from hospital.

The victim and suspect have not yet been identified.

PCSO continues to investigate the incident.