A man accused of murder for kidnapping and death of two young girls from Arizona

Christopher Matthew Clements [center] was indicted for the kidnapping and murder of Isabel Celis [left] and Maribel Gonzales [right] who has disappeared.

(Tucson Police Department)

A man was accused of kidnapping and killing two young girls from Arizona, missing in 2012 and in 2014.

Christopher Matthew Clements, 36, had been charged a day earlier by a grand jury for murders and kidnappings following the deaths of Isabel Celis, 6, and Maribel Gonzales, 13. Clements was being held at Maricopa County Jail KOLD reported.

Celis disappeared from his Tucson home in April 2012 and his body was discovered in a rural area of ​​southern Arizona in March 2017.

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Gonzales' body was discovered in June 2014 in the Avra ​​Valley community near Tucson.

The authorities did not immediately say what motivated the arrest of Clements, but said that in 2017 they provided information that led to the discovery of Celis' remains.

The archives showed that Clements had some addresses in Tucson between 2007 and 2012. One of the addresses included an apartment about 2 miles from Celis' home, KVOA reported.

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KOLD reported that Clements was to be extradited to Tucson from Maricopa County Jail.

Associated Press contributed to this report.