Missing Indigenous woman Passion Schurz did not meet Turquoise Alert threshold before her body was found in Scottsdale on March 28, police say.

Arizona created the Turquoise Alert to help in missing persons cases, but the system hasn't always worked, police officials say.

Authorities say a teen girl has been found safe after she was reported missing in the Waddell area, sparking a Turquoise Alert on Friday.

Scottsdale police have identified a body found in a canal Saturday morning as a missing 28-year-old woman from the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community.