Police in Arizona found a man dead at his own home on Monday and arrested a burglar they say killed him last month and then kept living at the dead man’s home. Neighbors called Phoenix Police because they hadn’t seen 57-year-old David Jimenez in some time — yet they saw activity at the home and …
A third suspect in the murder of an Arizona woman in 2023 has been extradited from Georgia to stand trial. Jared Gray is facing nine charges, including first degree murder, in the death of Mercedes Vega, who was found in a burning car on Interstate 10 near Tonopah in April 2023, according to KSAZ. The …
A wealthy California farm and energy mogul was arrested Tuesday and charged with murder of his estranged wife last month. Michael Abatti, 63, was indicted in Arizona, where Kerri Ann Abatti, 59, lived, on Tuesday and arrested that same day, the Navajo County Sheriff’s Office said. Kerri Ann Abatti was found unresponsive at her home …
An Arizona woman declared “Today is my independence day” last week when she allegedly slashed her boyfriend’s throat in an attempt to kill him. Tamala Rudeseal, 52, called 911 herself just after 8 p.m. on Thursday, reporting that she had tried to kill her boyfriend, according to court documents reported by KTVK. Responding officers found …
An Arizona teen broke into hs ex-gifrlfriend’s home and shot her to death in her bed then went after the girl’s mother. Emilio Rivera, 18, was charged Friday with first degree murder in the the death of 17-year-old Rhiana Kemplin a week earlier, KSAZ reported. Court documents say after killing Kemplin, Rivera tried to shoot …
Arizona tribal authorities are investigating the death of a White Mountain Apache girl found dead a week after she was reported missing. The US Department of the Interior’s Indian Affairs division said detectives were looking at the death of 16-year-old Challistia Colelay as a murder, KTVK reported. Colelay was reported missing to White Mountain Apache …
An Arizona man who pleaded guilty his 2-year-old daughter’s death “took his own life” Wednesday morning ahead of sentencing. Christopher Scholtes, 38, was found dead when he failed to turn himself in after his guilty plea, as CrimeOnline previously reported. His sentencing had been scheduled for November 21. He faced up to 30 years in …
An Arizona man was sentenced last week to 22 years in prison for striking a motorcyclist while driving drunk and dragging the bike and the rider for nearly a mile before realizing it. “The friction from being pushed at such a distance caused the bike to catch fire as it was pushed down the road,” …
A convicted Arizona child sex offender was arrested last week for trying to kidnap an 11-year-old girl in Tolleson. The City of Tolleson said the most recent incident took place on September 29 when the suspect, later identified as 35-year-old Christopher Leon, grabbed the victim by the arm as she was walking home from school …
A 31-year-old Arizona man was arrested this week for the apparently random murders of two teens who had been camping at Mount Ord in May. Thomas Brown, 31, has been charged in the shooting deaths of 17-year-old Evan Clark and 18-year-old Pandora Kjolsrud, the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office said. The Arizona Republic said that the …
An Arizona man was charged with multiple counts after he savagely beat his girlfriend inside his apartment because he was angry she used his vape without asking. Prosecutors said 32-year-old Nicholas Vincuillo beat the victim “beyond recognition,” KSAZ reported. “She had 36 documented injuries to her head alone. She required significant medical intervention,” prosecutor Dawn …
The body of a woman found stabbed to death was finally identified in 2022, and now investigators have found her two children, who had been abandoned in a restroom nearly 400 miles away two days after her death. According to the Arizona Republic, the nude body of a woman was found in Mohave County on …
