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Updated: Sep. 27, 2023 at 11:42 AM MST
|By AZFamily Digital News Staff and The Associated Press
James faces mandatory imprisonment when he is sentenced on Jan. 29.
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Updated: Sep. 26, 2023 at 8:20 PM MST
|By Briana Whitney
A judge is deciding the fate of Wideman after the latest hearing.
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Updated: Sep. 21, 2023 at 8:30 PM MST
|By Briana Whitney
He's worked on hundreds of cases, sketching what the victim may look like.
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Updated: Sep. 19, 2023 at 7:52 PM MST
|By Briana Whitney
In 2002, he became the 100th person exonerated and released from death row in the United States since 1976.
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Updated: Sep. 12, 2023 at 8:42 PM MST
|By Briana Whitney
The trial is expected to last about three weeks.
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Updated: Sep. 8, 2023 at 8:23 PM MST
|By Briana Whitney
After the case was moved out of Flagstaff, justice will be a costly journey for the Yazzie family traveling from the Navajo Nation in far northeastern Arizona to Phoenix.
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Updated: Sep. 5, 2023 at 7:45 PM MST
|By Briana Whitney
Both defense teams are raising questions about the convictions and making some serious accusations.
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Updated: Sep. 4, 2023 at 8:21 PM MST
|By Briana Whitney
Is there a chance Bryan Patrick Miller also killed Shannon Aumock?
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Updated: Aug. 31, 2023 at 8:53 PM MST
|By Briana Whitney
Will the alleged murderer of a University of Arizona professor, Murad Dervish, stand trial or not?
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Updated: Aug. 30, 2023 at 9:33 PM MST
|By Briana Whitney
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Phoenix Forecast
Updated: Aug. 29, 2023 at 8:00 PM MST
|By Briana Whitney
Criminal defense attornies work sometimes, until the day their client is executed.
Updated: Aug. 28, 2023 at 8:15 PM MST
|By Briana Whitney
She believes her sister’s killer is still out there.
Updated: Aug. 22, 2023 at 8:13 PM MST
|By Briana Whitney
Jesse Moreno will be formally sentenced in a hearing on Sept. 1.
Updated: Aug. 15, 2023 at 7:52 PM MST
|By Briana Whitney
The Attorney General’s office found many issues with his case and took action to free him.
Updated: Aug. 9, 2023 at 8:31 PM MST
|By Briana Whitney
FLDS Warren Jeffs also represented himself during his 2011 trial.
Updated: Aug. 8, 2023 at 9:00 PM MST
|By Briana Whitney
In the face of so much tragedy, the police chief is in awe of the man he’s become.
Updated: Aug. 3, 2023 at 8:42 PM MST
|By Briana Whitney
A judge is expected to make a ruling in the next month or two.
Updated: Aug. 1, 2023 at 9:49 PM MST
|By Briana Whitney
Left alone with his own thoughts, he made that disturbing comment just hours after he reportedly gunned down UA professor Thomas Meixner.
Updated: Jul. 31, 2023 at 4:19 PM MST
|By AZFamily Digital News Staff
She was found guilty in the murders of her two youngest children and a romantic rival.
Updated: Jul. 17, 2023 at 9:35 PM MST
|By Jason Sillman and Briana Whitney
Alissa’s stepfather, Michael Turney, was on trial for second-degree murder, accused of being the last person who saw Alissa alive 22 years ago.
Updated: Jul. 17, 2023 at 10:30 AM MST
|By Briana Whitney
Alissa’s stepfather, Michael Turney, is on trial for second-degree murder, accused of being the last person who saw Alissa alive 22 years ago.
Updated: Jul. 13, 2023 at 9:32 PM MST
|By Briana Whitney
A Prescott man's grandfather gave his life to protect his family and changed criminal law forever.
Updated: Jul. 11, 2023 at 9:36 PM MST
|By Briana Whitney
During his time undercover, Matt said he helped put away 18 skinheads from Phoenix for murder or attempted murder.
Updated: Jul. 10, 2023 at 7:22 PM MST
|By Briana Whitney
Sarah Turney described a life of bizarre conversations and situations that happened with her dad in the years after Alissa went missing.
Updated: Jul. 7, 2023 at 8:21 PM MST
|By Briana Whitney
Questions are now swirling about who Anthonie Ruinard is and why he allegedly murdered 18-year-old Parker League.
Updated: Jul. 4, 2023 at 9:50 PM MST
|By Briana Whitney
Yuma law enforcement officials were checking in on an evidence building, where they saw that the place had been ransacked and where a colleague opened fire at them.
Updated: Jul. 3, 2023 at 9:09 PM MST
|By Briana Whitney
Joann Lopez was shot and killed in her pickup truck on July 3, 2012.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2023 at 8:33 PM MST
|By Briana Whitney
The man was released months later because authorities said they didn’t have enough evidence.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2023 at 6:16 AM MST
|By Briana Whitney
“This man is a sociopath. You have to have no sense of empathy, no sense of humanity, no sense of compassion,” the lawyer said.
Updated: Jun. 26, 2023 at 9:31 PM MST
|By The Associated Press
In court documents, prosecutors listed five aggravating factors that they say justify the death penalty.
Updated: Jun. 23, 2023 at 8:22 PM MST
|By Briana Whitney
After research, the forensics team learned he lived a life full of crime for two decades.
Updated: Jun. 22, 2023 at 8:31 PM MST
|By Briana Whitney
A video store worker spoke about the victim and what it was like finding the body.
Updated: Jun. 21, 2023 at 6:00 PM MST
|By Briana Whitney
After being on death row since 1995, Barry Jones has finally been released from his wrongful imprisonment.
Updated: Jun. 20, 2023 at 7:35 PM MST
|By AZFamily Digital News Staff and Briana Whitney
A new docuseries on Peacock shines a new light on what may have happened to the toddler from Tempe back in 2009.
Updated: Jun. 19, 2023 at 7:34 PM MST
|By Briana Whitney
In 2020, Michael Turney was arrested for second-degree murder of his stepdaughter, Alissa.
Updated: Jun. 16, 2023 at 8:03 PM MST
|By Briana Whitney
True Crime Arizona: The Forgotten is an Arizona's Family original documentary that focuses on missing and murdered indigenous women.
Updated: Jun. 15, 2023 at 7:44 PM MST
|By David Baker and Briana Whitney
He agreed to a plea deal for second-degree murder and was credited for time served.
Updated: Jun. 12, 2023 at 9:19 PM MST
|By Briana Whitney
The documentary shines a light on the struggles Native families have had getting the attention, and resources, for their cases.
Updated: Jun. 11, 2023 at 12:24 PM MST
|By Briana Whitney
Wilson is on supervised release, so she does have to wear an electronic monitor.
Updated: Jun. 7, 2023 at 1:40 PM MST
|By AZFamily Digital News Staff
Judge Suzanne Cohen handed down the ruling Wednesday afternoon at the Maricopa County Superior Court in downtown Phoenix.
Updated: Jun. 6, 2023 at 10:21 PM MST
|By Briana Whitney
An attorney says while an order of protection can help protect you legally, real-life protection can be fatally flawed.
Updated: Jun. 5, 2023 at 8:05 PM MST
|By Briana Whitney
The missing geologist vanished from a Buckeye worksite in late June 2021.
Updated: May. 25, 2023 at 9:51 PM MST
|By Morgan Loew
Defense attorney RJ Parker urged Judge Cohen to have mercy on Miller.
Updated: May. 22, 2023 at 6:27 PM MST
|By Morgan Loew and Cody Lillich
Bryan Patrick Miller spoke to the judge who is deciding his sentence in the murders of two women.
Updated: May. 9, 2023 at 7:34 PM MST
|By Morgan Loew
Vallow is charged with the murders of two of her children and conspiracy to murder her then-boyfriend
Updated: May. 3, 2023 at 5:25 PM MST
|By Briana Whitney and Morgan Loew
Lauren Heike was on a popular Phoenix hiking trail when she was attacked and murdered.
Updated: Apr. 18, 2023 at 8:07 PM MST
|By Briana Whitney
Clements is set to be sentenced in this fraud case next month.
Updated: Apr. 18, 2023 at 7:36 PM MST
|By Morgan Loew
Angela Brosso and Melanie Bernas were brutally murdered in 1992 and 1993 on popular Phoenix bike trails.
Updated: Apr. 3, 2023 at 8:04 PM MST
|By Briana Whitney
A judge will decide whether Bryan Patrick Miller is guilty of first-degree murder or not guilty by reason of insanity.
Updated: Mar. 31, 2023 at 4:51 PM MST
|By David Caltabiano
There is a $13,000 reward for information that could lead to an arrest.