Heinous Crimes And Unsolved Mysteries From Arizona

In 2002, Robert William Fisher joined the FBI's list of the 10 most wanted fugitives.Robert William Fisher was on the 10 most wanted fugitives list.On April 10, 2001, the Scottsdale, AZ, home Fisher shared with his wife Mary and two children, Brittney and Bobby Jr., blew up. After the fire stopped, officials found the bodies of the woman and two children. An investigation showed the deceased did not die from the fire; there was a slit across each child's throat, and Mary had a gunshot wound. Police quickly focused on Robert William Fisher as the main suspect.

Fisher's friends and coworkers stated Fisher obsessed over staying married because his parents' divorce hurt him deeply. His friends said he avoided most people, fearing he would lose them. Some described Fisher as a bitter man.Fisher was a bitter man.Several years before the murder, Fisher got involved in shooting a stray pit bull he had supposedly let into his yard.

Despite fearing divorce, Fisher kept cheating on his wife; he had an affair.Fisher had an affair with a masseuse and reportedly caught a serious urinary tract infection.Mary told friends that she planned to divorce Fisher. Neighbors claimed they heard yelling the morning of the explosion. Fisher vanished that day, and the police and FBI have tried to find him since then.In the sixteen years since the murder, people have seen Fisher across the country. Some men had their fingerprints taken, but Fisher remains at large. There is a $100,000 reward for information leading to his arrest.She planned to divorce Fisher. Neighbors heard yelling the morning the explosion happened. Fisher vanished that day. Police and the FBI have tried to find him ever since.

Sixteen years after the murder, people have seen Fisher across the country. Some men had their fingerprints taken. Fisher remains missing.$100,000 rewardGive information that leads to his arrest for a $100,000 reward.

Pam Phillips and Gary Triano looked like a perfect couple.Town toasts them.The toasts came from Tucson, AZ. They lived well in high society.The couple often planned trips with Donald Trump and his wife, Marla Maples.Phillips and Triano married in 1986. They raised two kids and lived a rich life for a few years.

The marriage first cracked about seven years later. Triano's gambling debts threatened the family's money. Phillips decided she could not keep her lavish life. She packed and moved to Aspen, CO. They divorced in 1993.

In November 2006, Triano finished golfing with a friend. He walked to his car and got in. Then, a pipe bomb went off. Triano died right away. Some thought the murder was a mob hit. Investigators thought this motive was a distraction. Triano supposedly dealt with known mafia members, and one friend claimed he saw Triano's name on a 'kill list.' But the bomb was poorly made. This fact ruled out the Mafia.

Weeks after Triano died, Phillips filed for her husband's $2 million life insurance. Investigators suspected Phillips stood to inherit the money. They needed a deeper look into Phillips's motives. Police found Phillips paid Ronald Young $40,000 over several years in the early '90s. Authorities found a car rented by Young among abandoned vehicles. Inside the car, they found maps, lists of Triano's associates, hotel receipts, and documents from Triano and Phillips's divorce.

Both Young and Phillips faced charges for Triano's murder. The court found Young guilty of first-degree murder. Phillips was found guilty of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder.

Jodi Ann Arias met motivational speaker Travis Alexander at a conference.The meeting happened at a conference.They met in Las Vegas, NV, in 2006. Sparks flew right away, but problems followed. Alexander was in the Mormon Church. His faith opposed premarital sex. So, the couple's relationship shifted between on and off for two years.

After a breakup, Arias moved from California to Mesa, AZ, where Alexander lived. Alexander ran into her one day. Arias convinced him she moved to start a new life, not to be with him. They started another sexual relationship. Alexander's friends disliked his relationship with Arias. They believed...Arias acted as a stalker.Arias broke into his home several times. She also slashed his tires. Despite their inconsistent relationship, Alexander started a relationship with another Mormon, Mimi Hall.

On June 9, 2008, days before Alexander left for Cancun with Hall, friends found him dead in the shower. Alexander had a gunshot to the head and 30 stab wounds. His throat was cut. The investigation showed Alexander died for five days before anyone found him. Authorities found Jodi’s DNA and a digital camera in a washing machine. The camera showed photos of the couple that day. The latest photos included Alexander in the shower and a blurry picture possibly showing Arias's pant leg.

Arias claimed Alexander was abusive. She said he became angry after she dropped the camera in the shower. She...She also alleged...He threw her to the floor, leaving her to defend herself. The judge found Arias guilty of first-degree murder on May 8, 2013. Arias got a life sentence without parole. She serves her time at the Arizona State Prison Complex in Perryville.

Gina Gonzalez, her husband Raul Junior Flores, and their 9-year-old daughter, Brisenia.were sleepingFlores answered a knock at her Pima County Home on May 30, 2009. She found a woman and two men: Shawna Forde, Albert Gaxiola, and Jason Bush. The group claimed they were law enforcement searching the home for undocumented immigrants. Flores asked why they were there. One man opened fire, shooting Flores, his wife, and his daughter.

Flores and Brisenia died from the shooting. Gonzalez played dead until the group left, then called 911. The group returned while Gonzalez was on the phone. Forde ordered the man to kill Gonzalez. Gonzalez found a gun and fired it, causing the group to flee.

Authorities later claimed Forde arranged the killing. She needed money for her anti-immigration group, Minutemen American Defense. Forde believed Flores was a drug smuggler.She described as a fervent activist who disapproved of undocumented immigrants.She had joined the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps in 2007. She left the organization in February that year because members found her "unbalanced." She started her own group and allegedly robbed suspected drug runners and dealers to fund her work.In 2011, Forde faced eight charges, including two first-degree murder counts. She is the third woman on Arizona's death row. Gaxiola and Bush received two life sentences and death sentences, respectively.The Minuteman Civil Defense Corps existed in 2007. Members left the organization in February that year because they found her unbalanced. She started her own group and allegedly robbed suspected drug runners and dealers to fund her work.

In 2011, Forde faced eight charges, including two counts of first-degree murder. She is the third woman on Arizona's death row. Gaxiola and Bush.Upon arrest, Smith admitted he hoped to kill more people but misjudged the timing. Smith stated, "I wanted to kill 40 people so I could make a name for myself. I wanted people to know who I was." He claimed no one had noticed him before and hoped never to be ignored again. Smith originally received a death sentence, which later became life in prison after a Supreme Court ruling on the death penalty.Cynthia Lynn Coffman and James Marlow met under strange circumstances. In 1986, Marlow was a reprobate incarcerated for stealing his sixth wife's car. His cellmate, Doug Huntley, was Coffman's boyfriend then. After hearing about Coffman, Marlow went to meet her after finishing his prison term.Cynthia Lynn Coffman and James Marlow met under unusual circumstances. In 1986, Marlow was a reprobate incarcerated for stealing his sixth wife's car. His cellmate, Doug Huntley, was Coffman's boyfriend then. After hearing about Coffman, Marlow went to meet her after finishing his prison term.Cynthia Lynn Coffman and James Marlow met under unusual circumstances. In 1986, Marlow was a reprobate incarcerated for stealing his sixth wife's car. His cellmate, Doug Huntley, was Coffman's boyfriend then. After hearing about Coffman, Marlow went to meet her after finishing his prison term.

On a warm Mesa, AZ, evening in November 1966, 18-year-old Robert Benjamin Smith entered the Rose-Mar College of Beauty. Smith murdered four women and a small child.Smith ordered everyone to get on the floor in a circle like a bicycle spoke.No one knew Smith; the killings seemed random. One woman in the building ran to a nearby store and alerted the police.

Smith wanted fame. He admired famous leaders like Hitler, Napoleon, and Caesar. Two large shootings occurred in Chicago and Austin that year. Smith became fascinated by the media coverage these incidents received. He planned the murder for over three months.

After arrest, Smith admitted he hoped to kill more people but misjudged the timing. He stated, "I wanted to kill 40 people so I could make a name for myself. I wanted people to know who I was." He claimed no one noticed him before and hoped never to be ignored again. A Supreme Court ruling on the death penalty commuted his original death sentence to life in prison.

Cynthia Lynn Coffman and James Marlow met under strange circumstances. In 1986, Marlow was a reprobate.Marlow was incarcerated for stealing his sixth wife's car.His cellmate, Doug Huntley, was Coffman's boyfriend then. After hearing about Coffman, Marlow went to meet her.Marlow went to meet this amazing woman after completing his prison term.Marlow went to meet this amazing woman when he completed his prison term.

Coffman and Marlow started a crime life, mostly robbing and using crystal meth. The pair married while riding a Harley-Davidson motorcycle.

By late 1986, Marlow and Coffman increased their crimes to include murder. In October, they kidnapped and strangled 32-year-old Sandra Neary in Costa Mesa, CA, after she went to an ATM. Then, the couple sexually assaulted and killed three more women over the next 30 days, including Pamela Simmons, Corinna Dell Novis, and Lynel Murray.Lynel Murray.They used the victims' cash and credit cards until police caught them on November 14, 1986. A search of their hotel room showed the items they took from the victims.

At trial, Coffman claimed she...she was a victim.Coffman had battered woman syndrome and only followed Marlow because she feared him. However, the trial showed Coffman did not fear Marlow; she fully participated in the murders and other crimes. At Novis's trial, both defendantsreceived the death sentence.Marlow got the death sentence for Murray's killing, and Coffman received life in prison without parole. Both people live and remain on death row.

On June 4, 2018, Dwight Lamon Jones...he ended his life.ended his life in a hotel room in Scottsdale, AZ. Jones ran after committing one of Phoenix's deadliest mass murders. Angry about his messy 2009 divorce, Jones sought revenge on everyone connected to it. He posted videos onYouTube.Jones ranted about his divorce and the people involved, then planned revenge.

Jones's...first victim.was forensic psychiatrist Steven Pitt, who died on May 31, 2018. Then Jones killed two paralegals, 49-year-old Lauren Anderson and 48-year-old Veleria Sharp, while trying to kill his ex-wife's lawyer. Two days later, Jones killed 72-year-old Marshall Levine, a life coach and hypnotherapist. Jones aimed for a doctor in the same practice as Levine, but when he saw the doctor moved offices, Jones killed Levine instead.

Jones's ex, Connie Jones, remarried retired Phoenix police detective Richard Anglin. When the media reported the killings, Anglin and Connie knew all the victims and pointed to Jones as the likely killer. The pair told police, who then hunted Jones. Meanwhile, Jones killed two more people, 72-year-old Bryon Thomas and 70-year-old Mary Simmons, neither of whom had a link to the divorce.

Police saw Jones throw away a bag; they found a gun inside. That weapon did not match any crime scenes. Investigators found DNA at the spot but lacked Jones's DNA samples. They tested a relative instead. DNA analysis later proved Jones was responsible. Law enforcement tracked Jones to a Scottsdale hotel, but he killed himself before they could make an arrest.

This is one of the cases.These are the most notorious murder cases.Arizona featured a 26-year-old secretary named Winnie Ruth Judd. In 1931, Juddcould not control her jealousyJudd felt jealous about her two best friends, Agnes LeRoi and Sarah Hedvig Samuelson, being involved with Jack Halloran, the man she loved—and with whom she was cheating on her husband. Judd entered the women's sleeping quarters and shot them.

Judd cut up their bodies and put them in luggage trunks. She then boarded a train to Los Angeles, CA, to visit her brother. Train station staff noticed her luggage leaked a substance like blood; they asked her to open it. Judd claimed she lost the key and immediately left in a car with her brother.

Authorities caught Judd four days later. She claimed she shot the women in self-defense after they pursued her, but the jury found Judd guilty. Before sentencing, Judd's lawyer demanded a sanity hearing. Deemed insane, Judd entered the Arizona State Hospital's psychiatric unit and escaped multiple times during her stay.

Jason Derek Brown.He had a taste.Brown enjoyed the high life. Arrogant, Brown owned expensive toys, partied at top clubs, and socialized with the rich. Brown spoke French, held an MBA, and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

Robert Keith Palomares, a 24-year-old.The armored guard.He patrolled his route on November 29, 2004. As he left the movie theater with cash, someone shot him five times in the head. The suspect then stole $56,000 from Palomares and fled on a bicycle. DNA evidence from the scene showed the suspect was a Caucasian male; fingerprints later identified Brown as the suspect. Earlier that year, Brownhad boughta .45-caliber pistol. He also applied for a concealed-weapons permit, which required fingerprinting for all applicants. Those fingerprints later linked Brown to the crime since he had no prior criminal record.

Brown faced first-degree murder and armed robbery charges but avoided arrest. In December 2007, the FBI added him to the list of 10 most wanted fugitives. Authorities think Brown is still alive, living either in Canada or the Salt Lake City, UT, area. Many people claim they saw him. A $200,000 reward exists for information leading to Brown's arrest.

On April 21, 2012.Someone kidnapped.Man abducted and killed 6-year-old Isabel Celis from her Tucson, AZ bedroom. The window was open; the screen was gone. No one has seen Isabel since her abduction.Rumors claimIsabel's father might be involved, or the family had links to Mexican drug traffickers.

Then, in 2014, near the Celis home, 14-year-oldMaribel Gonzalez disappearedwhile returning from a friend's house. Authorities found Maribel's body days later. Three years later, police found Isabel's body near where Maribel's was found.

The FBI received a tip in March 2017.The FBI received a tip.a 36-year-old registered sex offender, Christopher Matthew Clements, may have committed both murders. Clements had prior jail time. In September 2018, Clements faced 22 charges, including first-degree murder, kidnapping a minor, and burglary. He also got 14 counts for sexually exploiting a minor. Clements stays in jail pending trial.

In 1996, 48-year-old Frank Winfield Anderson, a mobile home manager, acted.Anderson manipulated his neighbor, 14-year-old Kimberly Lane.Anderson manipulated neighbor 14-year-old Kimberly Lane and convinced her.Anderson convinced her.to go with him to Arizona. Anderson and Kimberly met 19-year-old Robert Allen Poyson and started a friendship. Poyson brought them to a trailer where he lived with 15-year-old Robert Delahunt; Robert's mother, Leta Kagen; and their friend Roland Wear.

Anderson disliked Arizona and wanted to move to Chicago, but the couple needed a ride. Anderson, Kimberly, and Poyson planned to kill Kagen, Robert, and Wear; they planned to steal Wear's truck. The murder occurredbecause Kimberly suggested it, after she said, "Why don't we just kill them and take the truck?"

The trio carried out their plan on August 13, 1996. First, Kimberly lured Robert to a trailer on the property by pretending to have sex. When Robert arrived, Anderson and Poyson cut his throat, stabbed him through his ear and nose, and hit him in the head. Next, Poyson entered Kagen's bedroom and shot her with a .22-caliber rifle while she slept. Poyson then shot Wear in the mouth. He did not die right away; the two men fought until Poyson used the rifle's butt to hit Wear's head, then used a cinder block for the final blow.

Less than a month later, police caught Anderson driving Wear's truck after stopping him for a traffic check. They found Poyson and Kimberly at a homeless shelter in Illinois. Poyson faced three counts of first-degree murder, one count of conspiracy to commit murder, and one count of armed robbery. Kimberly gotThe court gave Anderson a 32-year prison sentence; he served only eight years. The court sentenced Anderson to death.Anderson served only eight years; the court sentenced Anderson to death.

Nine-year-old Kimber and 11-year-old Mikelle Biggs had a normal childhood.Kimber and Mikelle Biggs had a normal childhood.In Mesa, AZ, on January 2, 1999, the pair left the house for an ice cream truck. Kimber returned inside. Mikelle stayed outside a moment longer, then disappeared. Mikelle left behind only her bicycle and 50 cents meant for ice cream.

Police think Mikelle was outside alone for about 90 seconds and ran from someone. Search dogs tracked her scent but lost it fast. This suggests a vehicle might have taken her. The search for Mikelle was huge; local and national news covered her vanishing.

Aa registered sex offenderDee Blalock lived near the Briggs home. Mikelle's father suspected him as the attacker. Police lacked enough proof to charge Blalock. Blalock already serves a prison sentence for raping and trying to kill a neighbor. No other suspects faced charges for the crime; Mikelle's disappearance stays a mystery.