Couple measured furniture, beds to conceal body of man they slaughtered and had 'distaste for' after a few months of knowing him: Cops

Left: Jacob Middlebrook. Right: Layne McIntosh (Bullhead City Police Department).

An Arizona couple is accused of slaughtering a man they had known "for months" and leaving his body in the desert after making plans "in advance" to kill him because he was a registered sex offender.

Jacob Middlebrook, 35, and his girlfriend, Layne McIntosh, 36, allegedly chose a remote "desert location" to dump Arron Warren's body and they also "measured furniture/beds that could be large enough to cover the victim's body along the side of the road," according to a Bullhead City Police Department press release.

The two are facing charges of first-degree murder, with cops saying the pair was motivated by a hatred for registered sex offenders.

Warren was a Level 2 sex offender who was homeless, according to police. Middlebrook and McIntosh were "local transients" who had known Warren "for the past few months," per the BCPD release.

"Detectives discovered that the couple had expressed distaste for registered sex offenders and had planned the homicide in advance," according to police. "The couple reportedly predetermined the desert location where they intended to leave Warren's body."

A motorist reported finding Warren around 11:45 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 7, in the 3100 block of Silver Creek Road, according to police. The location is a stretch of desert roughly a mile east of Bullhead Parkway, police said.

Responding officers found the man's death suspicious and called in detectives. Warren had multiple stab wounds.

Later that afternoon, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police officers located Warren's vehicle parked at a casino in Laughlin, Nevada. Middlebrook and McIntosh were both arrested.

It's unclear how Middlebrook and McIntosh met Warren. Bullhead City Police Chief Paul George released a statement with the department's press release warning against misusing information police share about registered sex offenders.

"When a Level 2 or Level 3 sex offender moves into our area or, more commonly, changes addresses, the Bullhead City Police Department shares that information as a public service to help keep residents informed," George explained. "While required notifications are mailed to residents living within an approximate 1,000 feet radius of an offender's registered address, we go a step further by sharing these notifications on social media to reach a broader audience. … However, we want to be clear that we will not tolerate anyone using this information as a reason to threaten, intimidate, harass or harm another person."