A family of five was found dead in a Phoenix house this week, and police say they believe the 44-year-old father killed his wife and children before killing himself. Firefighters first found the presence of gas at the home on Wednesday morning, slowing their response, but Southwest Gas crews cleared the house, KSAZ reported. Inside, …
An Arizona man and woman have been arrested in connection with the vicious death of an elderly Air Force veteran who was found dead and dismembered in his home. Investigators said Thomas Wallace, 58, has been charged with murder, theft of means of transportation, trafficking stolen property, and concealing a dead body. Romana Gonzalez has …
An 8-year-old girl shot during an Arizona road rage incident last week has died, and the man police say is responsible has been charged with her murder. Sidney Garrand, 48, also faces four counts of assault and one weapons and explosives count, according to Maricopa County jail records. Court documents Phoenix police received multiple calls …
An Arizona mother has been charged with child abuse after she allegedly left her 5-month-old baby at home alone while she went out drinking. Mesa police pulled over Clare Margaret Meacham Thursday afternoon after receiving several calls about a possible drunk driver, KPHO reported. After officers handcuffed Meacham, she told them she “may” have left …
An Arizona man has been charged with kidnapping a man he said owned him money then killing and dismembering him. John Anthony Cole, of Tucson, was arrested by Arizona Department of Public Safety officers on Interstate 10 heading to toward California, KOLD reported. Officials said they found portions of Antoine Smith’s body in his vehicle. …
The suspect also killed the apartment manager and a neighbor before committing suicide.
An Arizona mother was arrested Thursday when police found her 2-year-old son outside alone and covered in animal feces. Investigators say the boy may have been outside, in 102 degree heat, for an hour before his mother went to look for him, KSAZ reported. Officers said the toddler was wearing only pants and diapers and …
A newborn baby was left at the doorstep of an elderly Arizona woman Friday morning. The woman called police at about 11:30 a.m., telling investigators she heard her doorbell and went to answer it because she thought it was a package delivery, according to KTVK. When she opened the door, however, she found a baby …
An Arizona couple has been arrested after an anonymous tip led police officers to their home, where they found their three children living in a filthy house without food or running water and not going to school. The investigation began in February, when a caller told the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office that the three young …
An Arizona man was arrested on Thursday and charged with killing a delivery driver earlier this month after police found a photograph of the man on the victim’s phone. Glendale police said that Pamela Rae Martinez, 60, was found shot to death in her vehicle at about 7:30 p.m. on June 11 in Glendale. The …
An Arizona man was arrested this week after he returned to Phoenix nearly two months after his wife’s body was found and he was named a suspect in her murder. Shaun Michael Schulte, 52, faces several charges, among them second degree murder and tampering with evidence, related to the death of 49-year-old Amy Jo Schulte, …
A 13-year-old Arizona middle school student has been arrested on terrorism charges for threatening to “shoot up the school” last week on his bus ride home. The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office said it investigated after the bus driver contacted Prescott Mile High Middle School officials, telling them the student “made the threat three times” before …
