The 38-year-old was a mother of four and will be deeply missed by all who knew her. Collier is remembered as kind, loving, caring and patient.

With Halloween decorations hanging on this quiet San Tan Valley street, neighbors struggle to understand how something truly scary happened as families prepare to trick-or-treat.

“Yesterday, my stomach was in knots just thinking about why someone could be so hateful and mean to the person who brought them into this world,” said Jill Appleberry, a neighbor who lives a few doors down from the Collier family. .

He Pinal County Sheriff’s Office says Collier’s 18-year-old son killed her with a knife in a nearby field, then abandoned her body and called 911 to make it appear that she was kidnapped.

“Someone who obviously doesn’t want to get caught for what he did because he has to make up a story and say something that wasn’t true because he finds out that part of it was false. Nobody kidnapped his mother, he did it himself. —Appleberry said.

Collier’s husband told Arizona’s Family reporter Micaela Marshall that there was some sort of fight Tuesday night and that the mother and son walked together the next morning, hoping to resolve any lingering issues.

When the son came home alone, the husband asked him where he was and said that his son’s story kept changing. They went out together to look for her, but a short time later a jogger made the gruesome discovery.

“Disgust that another life has to be lost due to violence,” Appleberry said. “As a mom, I feel bad for the kids because their older brother took their mom away and now they have to live without mom.”

Deputies say the suspect was injured and taken to the hospital. Once he is released, he will be charged with murder.

Collier’s husband says his son has no history of mental illness and deputies say he has had no previous run-ins with the law.

TO GoFundMe has been created to help the family.

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