Body found in bonfire pile in desert area, MCSO says

A body was found in the rubble of a bonfire pile in a remote area of the Tonto National Forest, the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office said. Deputies responded to reports of a body that was found on June 12 in the morning just outside of Apache Junction. The body was found in Bulldog Canyon, an off-highway vehicle area. It’s in a desert area that neighbors say is being overrun with homeless people, drug users, and criminals. There are nearly two dozen custom homes in a community a couple of hundred yards away from the area. Neighbors say they’ve witnessed a lot of concerning activity going on in the remote desert behind their properties Subscribe to FOX 10 Phoenix! #fox10phoenix #crime #arizona #news FOX 10 Phoenix delivers breaking news, live events, politics, entertainment, business news and local stories from Phoenix, Arizona and across the nation. Watch more FOX 10 Phoenix