Granddaughter arrested on multiple charges relating to homicide

Amy Jo Mitchell, 33, of Fallbrook was arrested January 16 as a result of an investigation surrounding the death of her grandmother, Shirley Ann Beggs that occurred in August of 2008.

Mitchell was originally arrested September 4, 2008 and booked on a charge of Financial Abuse of an Elder. Sheriff’s deputies, conducting a welfare check, had discovered Beggs’ body in an apartment on Potter Street in a state of advanced decomposition. The San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office determined the cause of Beggs’ death as ligature strangulation.

Two people of interest in the murder of Beggs were Mit...