Sharon Marie Clark, 57, of Parker, Ariz., was sentenced to 25 years in prison, followed by a term of five years of supervised release. Clark had previously pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and aiding and abetting. On Dec. 20, 2017, Jeffrey Scott Williams, 56, of Parker, Ariz., was also sentenced to 25 years in prison, followed by a term of five years of supervised release.
Williams had previously pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and aiding and abetting.
Around March 8 and 9, 2016, Clark and Williams took the victim to Clark’s apartment in Parker, Ariz. At the apartment, Williams zip-tied the victim’s wrists and ankles, Clark duct-taped the victim’s mouth closed and struck the victim in the face with her fists, and Williams wrapped the victim up in plastic. The victim was then dumped in a canal. The medical examiner determined that the victim’s cause of death was asphyxia due to drowning. The victim was a member of the Colorado River Indian Tribes, and the murder took place on the Colorado River Indian Tribes Indian Reservation.