Two people dead in Yuma house fire updates to murder suicide
Marcos Icahuate
YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) – A fire from May 2025 in Yuma has been deemed a murder suicide, according to Yuma Police Department (YPD).
On May 31, at about 11:25 p.m., Yuma Police and Fire Department were dispatched to the area of 10th Avenue and 16th Street.
A man and woman were found in a burning home and were both pronounced dead on scene.
An autopsy report updated this case to be a homicide/suicide, according to YPD.
YPD says 32-year-old Dustin Trease shot 31-year-old Leticia Villareal, Trease then set fire to the home and took his own life.
A previous update in early June said Trease and Villareal were found unconscious with gunshot wounds in the home.
In the middle of June, a fundraiser was held for Villareal, raising about $18,000 for her family.
