An Arizona man has been arrested in connection with a the kidnapping of a 75-year-old woman in Pearce and the murder of her 67-year-old boyfriend. The Cochise County Sheriff’s Office said they were contacted shortly after 8 p.m. on Friday by the woman, who said that she had been in her workshop behind her home …
An Arizona man was found dead in a rugged mountain area outside Tucson, next to a smoldering vehicle, two hours after he left home with someone who asked for help with car trouble. The Pima County Sheriff’s Department has been circumspect with information since finding Paul Clifford’s body at about 1 a.m. on December 24, …
Four people were wounded Wednesday night in wild incident at a restaurant outside security checkpoints at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport. Police and fire responders found three people shot at the restaurant in Terminal 4, AZFamily.com reported. A woman was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, and two men were in stable condition. The entrance …
A man who paraitcipated in a multi-state shootng spree that killed a 22-year-old man was sentenced Friday to a minimum of 100 years in prison. Christopher McDonnell, 32, pleaded guilty but mentally hill to nearly 2 dozen felonies from the November 2020 incident that also involved his brother, Shawn McDonnell, 34, and the brother’s then-wife, …
An Arizona man who pleaded guilty to killing and dismembering his roommate was sentenced Friday to 31 1/2 years in prison. Timothy Sullivan, 66, apologized in court but attributed his actions to a “traumatic brain injury,” KPNX reported. “I take full responsibility for my actions,” said Sullivan, who described Amy “Ruby” Leagans as a good …
An 18-year-old Arizona man is accused of killing his mother and then calling 911 to report she’d been kidnapped. A jogger found the body of Mary Collier, 38, just after 9 p.m. Tuesday night in a field in San Tan Valley, the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office said. Less than 10 minutes after the discovery of …
An Arizona man has been charged with first degree murder after surveillance cameras showed him firing 38 rounds from a long rifle at a woman waiting at a Mesa bus stop. Andrew Rada, 44, claimed that his victim, 52-year-old Michelle Flippin, was “waving a chrome handgun while talking out loud” as “multple people” ran from …
Family members found the decapitated body of a beloved teacher late Friday after she failed to arrive for a surprise birthday party earlier in the evening. Teresa DeJesus Cruz Rubio’s sister told investigators she had spoken with her late Friday afternoon to confirm she was coming to the planned gathering, KSAZ reported. When the 49-year-old …
An Arizona man has been charged with the murder of his best friend, a 24-year-old man found beheaded in the desert near Gila Bend last month. Sam Bush, 23, was arrested the day after the body of Alijah Bradley was recovered on August 19, AZFamily reported. Bradley had been shot to death, but at that …
Arizona authorities this week arrested two men in the disappearance and presumed death of a Yavapai County woman who was last heard from in March. Shayna Feinman’s boyfriend, Cavett Richards, and the couple’s landlord, William DalCerro, have been charged with second degree murder, concealment of a dead body, and conspiracy, the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office …
An Arizona detective has been charged with second degree murder in the death of his wife at their home in Mesa this week. When he was finally found driving his wife’s car and taken into custody, John C. Byrd III told investigators that during a heated argument with his wife early Wednesday morning, “a switch …
An Arizona woman is dead after she made a desperate 911 call telling deputies that her boyfriend had taken an “illegal drug” was refusing to let her out of the vehicle while driving up Mt. Lemmon outside Tucson early Saturday evening. The Pima County Sheriff’s Department said it got the call shortly before 6:30 p.m. …
