Research documented Buckeye homicide cases and deaths subject to murder prosecutions. Browse named victims, reported locations, cold-case appeals and dated court updates, with links to the evidence behind each record.
This initial collection spans 2010–2026. It connects the Luis Victor Mendoza cold-case arrest, the Anaiah Walker and Tyrone Phillips public appeals, and reported court outcomes in the Efrain Escobar and Emilie Gomez cases. Each entry identifies the source and the stage of the investigation or prosecution.
Buckeye-area geography needs care. The Robbins Butte entry records where Marisa Bella’s remains were recovered; it does not establish where she was killed. Tyrone Phillips’s Airport Road location is where he was found after a shooting elsewhere in the area. Cases reported on Buckeye Road in Phoenix belong to the Phoenix directory.
The May 2026 Westpark shooting has two named records here: Rylee Montgomery and Timmothy Rylee. Montgomery’s unborn baby is discussed in her entry. The prosecutor’s three murder counts and this directory’s named-record count measure different things.
Anaiah Walker case · Emilie Gomez court outcome · Tyrone Phillips appeal
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Search by victim, year, street or incident type. Discovery dates are labeled. Written locations are supported by reporting; exact map coordinates have not been verified.
August 27, 2026 reporting: Jesus Lastra Perez, described by police as Washington’s former stepson, was booked for murder. No conviction is established by this report.
FOX 10 Phoenix source ↗MCAO announced Michael Sanchez’s indictment on three first-degree murder counts and other charges. An indictment is an allegation, not a conviction.
Maricopa County Attorney’s Office source ↗ Arizona’s Family source ↗MCAO’s indictment announcement includes three murder counts arising from this incident. This baby and Rylee Montgomery share an incident; records are not separate incident totals.
Arizona’s Family source ↗ Maricopa County Attorney’s Office source ↗December 16, 2024 reporting: Debra Greene-Davis was booked on a second-degree murder count. The reviewed reporting does not establish a conviction.
FOX 10 Phoenix source ↗ KTAR source ↗Silent Witness case 2024-4435 lists unknown suspects and requests information. The flyer distinguishes the June 7 shooting from the June 8 response.
Silent Witness source ↗March 16, 2023 reporting: a juvenile and Michael Michel had been arrested in connection with the killing. No later court outcome is established here.
FOX 10 Phoenix source ↗ Arizona’s Family source ↗January 18, 2023 report: Hercelyn Mayo was accused of first-degree murder. The reviewed source reports an arrest, not a conviction.
FOX 10 Phoenix source ↗November 18, 2024 MCAO release: Guillermo Amador III received 31 years after guilty pleas to second-degree murder and aggravated assault.
FOX 10 Phoenix source ↗ Maricopa County Attorney’s Office source ↗June 2023 reporting: Eric Anthony Buchanan pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and aggravated assault. He received concurrent 25-year and seven-year sentences.
FOX 10 Phoenix source ↗ ABC15 source ↗May 22, 2025 report: no arrest had been made; police and Silent Witness sought information. The report does not establish a murder conviction.
Arizona’s Family source ↗May 2020 report: police arrested Joshua Escoto-Cisneros and said he admitted killing Bella and disposing of her body. No conviction is established by this report.
FOX 10 Phoenix source ↗ABC15 subsequently reported that Richard Anthony Burns Jr. pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and received a 25-year prison sentence.
FOX 10 Phoenix source ↗ ABC15 source ↗July 22, 2020 police release: Antonio Padilla was arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder. This source does not establish a conviction.
City of Buckeye source ↗Browse the years represented in the current directory. These are counts of records documented on this site, not official annual Buckeye homicide totals.
Public appeals for Anaiah Walker and Tyrone Phillips sit alongside reported guilty pleas in the Efrain Escobar, Matthew Christensen and Emilie Gomez cases. Other entries describe arrests or indictments. Those allegations do not establish guilt, and a dated source does not rule out later developments.
This directory uses Buckeye police releases, Silent Witness material, the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office and established local reporting. Names, incident or discovery dates, locations and court status are checked separately. Records describe the source’s findings without treating every homicide investigation as a murder conviction.
No. These 13 victim records are an initial researched collection, not an official total or a complete historical census.
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.
Sources include the City of Buckeye, Silent Witness, the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, ABC15, FOX 10 Phoenix, Arizona’s Family and KTAR. Each record links to supporting material, and reported court status is dated where available.