Cody Lillich
Senior Investigative Producer
Arizona's Family
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Cody Lillich joined Arizona's Family Investigates in January 2022. Prior to Arizona, Cody was an investigative producer for WVUE-TV in New Orleans where he worked alongside the station's chief investigative reporter Lee Zurik. During his time in New Orleans, Cody was part of an investigative team honored with multiple regional Emmy and Edward R. Murrow Awards. The team's 'Inspecting the Inspectors' investigation looked into the missteps by city inspectors before the 2019 deadly collapse of the Hard Rock Hotel. The reports exposed that three city inspectors signed off on building inspections, while GPS coordinates on their city vehicles show they were never at the site on the dates in question.
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Governor Katie Hobbs’ staff received free tickets to Super Bowl 57 to attend the game at State Farm Stadium in Glendale.
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PFAS chemicals are used in many industrial and manufacturing processes.
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“I can’t envision a set of circumstances that would say it would be OK to use that PIT maneuver where you’re on this crowded highway."
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He’s not the only victim. Other buyers in Arizona, New Mexico and Tennessee were also scammed.
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The retirement system committed $175 million to a trust that invests in farmland across the U.S., including the property in Wenden.
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Only nine states require seatbelts on school buses and Arizona isn't one of them.
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At least one of the Broncos was recovered in the Phoenix area.
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IRS officials identified the agent as 47-year-old Patrick Bauer.
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The government paid $6,700 for each 40-foot container but can only sell them for about $2,000.
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The vehicles were stolen from holding lots outside factories in Michigan late last year. At least two dozen of them were driven to Arizona.
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A study found that cool pavement makes people feel hotter because the sunlight reflected off the road is absorbed by people on it.
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The move comes after deed fraud cases across the country.
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Bryan Patrick Miller spoke to the judge who is deciding his sentence in the murders of two women.
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One man says police are flying over his neighborhood and his home at low altitudes, all hours of the day and night.
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State officials are now working to locate 246 possible orphaned wells and ensure they are properly sealed off.
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Bryan Patrick Miller is on trial for his alleged connection with the Phoenix Canal killings in 1992 and 1993.
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Our review of the shooting cases involving Phoenix Police officers shows felons caught with guns aren’t always prosecuted for their crime.
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The three main factors go into establishing a NIL value are performance, influence and exposure.
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Turf Paradise must pay assessed fees and fines totaling $155,611 and pay up by May 3.
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Arizona’s main active management areas are in Maricopa, Pinal, Pima, and Santa Cruz counties, leaving much of rural Arizona water use unregulated.
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The court found “Lake had failed to prove any element”. Lake vows to appeal to the State Supreme Court
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Before the Super Bowl, economists and organizations said the impact could be as high as a billion dollars.
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One thing missing from the contract signed in the Hobbs Administration is how much this contract is worth.
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It cost more than $100 million to build the make-shift wall using shipping containers in the two areas.
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Bell contends that none of the PPP money ended up helping the gym operations.
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In Arizona, reading scores held steady, but math scores declined.
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Daniel Mota Dos Reis, 36, was arrested Thursday and booked into Maricopa County Jail on one count of third-degree burglary.
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The City of Mesa says the Trump campaign still owes them nearly $65,000.
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Experts say the amount of THC in edibles can cause severe drowsiness, breathing problems and nausea in young children.
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Arizona is one of three states sending migrants, specifically asylum-seekers, to other locations.
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The grants were all approved and funded by the federal government, but they offer a snapshot of the safety concerns and needs of Arizona school districts.
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At the end of July, Arizona was just behind Texas with the most officers shot in the line of duty in 2022, according to a monthly report by the National Fraternal Order of Police.
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According to data from the U.S. Department of Education, 884,400 Arizonans have debt from federal student loans totaling $31.6 billion.
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Arizona’s Family was in Duncan in 1993 when the area flooded almost as it did in 2022.
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The price tag for the plan was approximately $6 million but the contract for the barriers shows the final cost could be even more.
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Many online speculated that the shipping containers stacked on top of one another were toppled over by weather.
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The Colorado River provides water to 40 million people across seven states in the American West as well as Mexico and helps feed an agricultural industry valued at $15 billion a year
A program that sends asylum seekers on charter buses from the Arizona-Mexico Border to Washington D.C. has cost the State of Arizona an estimated $3 million in its three months of operation.
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July eviction filings in Phoenix and surrounding cities have skyrocketed to levels not seen since 2008.
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Subpoenas sent to the Arizona Senate president and another senator request records related to fake electors and 2020 vote certification.
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An escalating number of fatalities among racehorses at one of Arizona's largest horseracing tracks has many asking just what is killing the sport's participants.
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A simple Google search shows examples of deed fraud taking place all over the country.
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Some communities designated as federal Opportunity Zones don't pass the eye test as 'economically distressed.'
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The investigation found that Brnovich’s office has increasingly diverted funds earmarked for consumer protection to pay for legal battles that have nothing to do with consumer fraud.
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The program was launched last year in anticipation of increased apprehensions of families crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
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The trouble started last week when Abbott announced his increased inspections in response to the Biden Administration’s plans to lift Title 42 immigration expulsions.
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Tenants say the result is rising rent prices, but economists say they’re not so sure investors are to blame.
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Police officers, firefighters, school teachers, construction workers and those who work in retail are already priced out of the home-buying market, and are already priced out or close to being priced out of the rental market.
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