More details emerge about one of the first heat-related deaths in Valley
A 63-year-old man passed away after falling behind on electricity bills.
and last updated 2021-07-03 01:15:22-04
Newly released documents are helping piece together what happened in the days, weeks and months leading up to first reported heat-related death in Maricopa County in 2021 after an electricity disconnection.
In a filing docketed on July 2, Arizona Public Service (APS) acknowledged that the "possible location" where 63-year-old Benito Ruiz De Lara was found was in APS service territory but he was "not a customer of record" and they had not been able to verify whether he lived at the address.