Explore documented Apache Junction homicide cases by victim, year and reported location. Read case histories, follow reported court outcomes and find links to police releases and original reporting.
This collection brings together modern investigations and historical cases. Some records describe a discovery site or a date known only to the month. Historical community descriptions should not be read as verified present-day municipal boundaries.
The current selection contains 15 victim records with displayed dates spanning 1947–2025. It is not a complete historical census. Each card preserves the victim’s name, reported location and supporting source so you can follow the underlying evidence.
Search by name, street or year below. A homicide finding, a murder charge and a conviction are different stages; consult the source and its date before describing a case as solved.
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Search by victim, year, street or incident type. Discovery dates and dates known only to the month are labeled. Written locations are provided where supported; exact map coordinates have not been verified.
First-degree murder charge documented in the November 2025 police briefing; later disposition not verified
Apache Junction Police Department: November 2025 incident briefing ↗ Pinal County Attorney: August 2025 prosecution announcement ↗22-year prison sentence for second-degree murder announced October 24, 2025; subsequent appeals not checked
Pinal County Attorney: October 2025 conviction and sentencing release ↗First-degree murder charge announced September 9, 2024; later disposition not verified
Apache Junction Police Department: Victim identification and charge announcement ↗Guilty plea and 20-year sentence for second-degree murder reported September 6, 2024; subsequent appeals not checked
FOX 10 Phoenix: Victim identification and wrong-way crash investigation ↗ ABC15: September 2024 plea and sentencing report ↗First-degree murder charge reported September 2023; later disposition not verified
ABC15: Victim identification and arrest ↗ Law&Crime: September 24 incident date and police release details ↗Arrest reported September 2022; later charges and disposition not verified
ABC15: Victim identification and arrest update ↗Murder-suicide reported by police in June 2022
FOX 10 Phoenix: Victim identification and police account ↗Arrest in the murder investigation reported May 2022; later disposition not verified
FOX 10 Phoenix: Shooting, victim identification and arrest ↗Arrest on suspicion of second-degree murder reported September 2020; later disposition not verified
Associated Press: Fatal attack and arrest report ↗Apparent murder-suicide reported February 2019
FOX 10 Phoenix: Discovery and investigation report ↗ FOX 10 Phoenix: Victim age and family account ↗Second-degree murder plea and 22.5-year sentence for Demian Blu reported August 2022; other defendants and later appeals not comprehensively checked
ABC15: Double homicide investigation and victim identification ↗ Arizona Daily Independent: August 2022 murder plea and sentencing ↗Second-degree murder plea and 22.5-year sentence for Demian Blu reported August 2022; other defendants and later appeals not comprehensively checked
ABC15: Double homicide investigation and victim identification ↗ Arizona Daily Independent: August 2022 murder plea and sentencing ↗Two suspects charged with first-degree murder in March–May 2013 police releases; later disposition not verified
Apache Junction Police Department: March 2013 charge announcement ↗ Apache Junction Police Department: Second suspect charged in April 2013 ↗Guilty plea documented; a 2022 appellate decision affirmed sentencing relief, and the January 2023 record notes Crespin’s death
U.S. Court of Appeals / Justia: August 2022 opinion documenting location and plea ↗ U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit: January 2023 order and factual history ↗Historical account documents Angel Serna’s conviction and execution in 1950
Apache Junction Public Library: Local history: Murder in Apache Junction ↗Browse the years represented in the current directory. These are counts of records documented on this site, not official annual Apache Junction homicide totals.
These records include homicide investigations, murder charges, convictions and reported murder-suicides. Each case gives the date of the status supported by its sources. An older arrest report does not establish the current court outcome.
Charges are allegations, not convictions. Fatal collisions are included only where the reviewed reporting establishes a murder charge or conviction. Counts refer to victims, so a double homicide has two records; perpetrator suicides are excluded.
Records use named victims, supported dates and locations, and a documented homicide basis. Sources include official police and prosecution releases, court opinions, local history and news reporting. Some historical addresses and reported community locations have not been checked against present municipal boundaries. No precise coordinates are inferred from a neighborhood name.
No. The 15 records are documented cases reviewed for this directory, not an official annual total or a complete historical list. Additional cases require source and location verification.
No map pins have been assigned yet. Each record gives the location described in the source, but precise scene coordinates have not been verified.
Homicide means one person caused another person’s death. Murder is a criminal legal classification. Case cards preserve distinctions such as homicide investigation, murder charge, conviction, unsolved case and murder-suicide rather than treating them as interchangeable.
Case cards link to Apache Junction Police Department, Pinal County Attorney, federal court records, Apache Junction Public Library and news reporting. Sources and dated case statuses allow readers to distinguish reported allegations from convictions.