Chandler · Maricopa County · Arizona

Murders in
Chandler, Arizona

Explore documented Chandler homicide cases by victim, year and approximate location. Use the Chandler homicide map and searchable case directory to find source-backed information about murders, unsolved homicides and cold cases across the city.

32documented victim records
5approximate map locations
16years represented
Coverage note: this is a growing research directory, not an official or complete Chandler homicide census. Records are added only when the victim, location and homicide classification can be supported by police, prosecutor, court, Silent Witness or reliable reporting. Approximate locations are used where appropriate.
Research guide

What the Chandler case directory covers

This Chandler directory covers reported killings near downtown, the Arizona Avenue and Pecos Road corridor, west Chandler homes and apartments, and other locations within the city. It brings together police information reported by local newsrooms, historical public appeals and court outcomes. A Chandler residence or mailing address alone does not establish where a killing occurred.

The current selection contains 32 victim records with displayed dates spanning 2000–2025. It is a partial research directory, not an official annual homicide total. Separate victims in one incident have separate records. Discovery and disappearance dates are identified where the time of the killing is not established.

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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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Expanded October 30, 2026 with 9 additional records. Download year-by-year coverage notes. A source review date does not mean a new development occurred on that date.

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Search 32 documented victim records by name, street, year or incident type. 5 records have approximate area pins; the others remain searchable without pins. Search filters the list; the map shows all mapped records.

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2025-10-10

Daniel Sublasky, 19

Fatal shooting
Near McQueen and Warner roads
Sublasky was found shot after witnesses reported a dispute and gunfire. He was taken to hospital and died. Police subsequently arrested two men in connection with the shooting.

October 2025 reporting: two suspects booked on second-degree homicide charges; later court outcome not verified.

ABC15 — Daniel Sublasky case report ↗ October 11, 2025 shooting report ↗
2025-07-25

Jadyn Angelica Rose Acker, 23

Fatal shooting
Apartment near Arizona Avenue and Chandler Boulevard
Acker was found unresponsive after officers responded to an apartment following reports of an argument and gunfire. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Police arrested a suspect after a barricade.

July 2025 report: suspect facing a domestic-violence-related second-degree murder charge; later disposition not verified.

KTAR — Jadyn Angelica Rose Acker case report ↗
2024-03-10

Jaylan Collins, 16

Fatal shooting
Snedigar Sportsplex, near Alma School and Chandler Heights roads
Collins was fatally shot at the sports complex. Two other teenagers were injured and survived.

First-degree murder charge reported in March 2024; later disposition not checked

Case reporting ↗
2023-08-01

Michelle Hicks, 45

Murder-suicide victim
Home near Arizona Avenue and Queen Creek Road
Hicks was found dead inside a Chandler home following a reported shooting. Chandler Police said she had been shot by a man who then died by suicide. This entry counts Hicks as the homicide victim.

Police identified the incident as a murder-suicide in August 2023.

FOX 10 Phoenix — Michelle Hicks case report ↗
2023-03-14

Name not publicly released

Fatal shooting
Apartment near Dobson and Frye roads
A woman was found fatally shot at her family’s apartment. Police initially withheld her name while notifying relatives, and the reviewed sentencing release also does not name her. Her husband later pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and weapons-related disorderly conduct.

April 25, 2024: Mohammad Alkurdi sentenced to a combined 31.75 years in prison.

2024 sentencing for Chandler domestic homicide ↗ March 2023 shooting and location ↗
2023-02-18

Dan Foster, 49

Fatal assault
Intel Ocotillo Campus cafeteria
Foster was killed in a workplace assault. Another employee survived with injuries, and police reported an arrest.

Murder arrest reported in February 2023; later disposition not checked

Victim identified ↗ Incident report ↗
2022-11-09

Jesus Adolfo Tenorio, 19

Double shooting
Apartment complex near Pecos Road and Arizona Avenue
Tenorio was shot at a Chandler apartment complex and died that day. Briza Reyes, who was injured in the same incident, died later. Each victim has a separate entry.

January 2024 report: suspect arrested and case pending; later disposition not verified.

AZFamily — Jesus Adolfo Tenorio case report ↗
2022-11-09

Briza Reyes, 17

Double shooting
Apartment complex near Pecos Road and Arizona Avenue
Reyes was shot in the same incident as Jesus Adolfo Tenorio. She died after several days in a coma; the displayed date is the shooting date.

January 2024 report: suspect arrested and case pending; later disposition not verified.

AZFamily — Briza Reyes case report ↗
2022-04-24

Hans Seide, 34

Fatal shooting
Parking lot near Loop 101 and Ray Road
Seide was found with a gunshot wound after an altercation and later died at hospital. Police said the victim and the juvenile suspect knew each other.

April 2022 report: a juvenile arrested and accused of second-degree murder; later outcome not verified.

FOX 10 Phoenix — Hans Seide case report ↗
2022-01-09

Linda Butler, 74

Fatal shooting
Home near Hunt Highway and Gilbert Road
Butler was found fatally shot in her home. Detectives described the incident as a murder-suicide.

Reported murder-suicide

Case reporting ↗
2021-11-13

Christopher Pelkey, 37

Fatal shooting
Gilbert and Germann roads
Pelkey was fatally shot during a road confrontation. A 2025 report documents a manslaughter sentence.

Manslaughter sentence reported in 2025; subsequent appeal outcome not checked

Case reporting ↗ 2025 sentencing report ↗
2020-12-13

Victor Navarro, 27

Shooting; later death
Condominium complex near West Chandler Boulevard and Arizona Avenue
Navarro was shot during a dispute outside his condominium complex and survived with paralysis. He died on June 17, 2022, aged 27; FOX 10 reported that his death was classified as homicide. This record uses the shooting date, and the listed age is his age at death.

July 2022 reporting: the earlier aggravated-assault prosecution had been dismissed in May 2022; police described an open investigation. No subsequent homicide charge or outcome verified.

Navarro death and dismissed prosecution ↗
2020-09-19

Amber Patton, 34

Fatal shooting
Chandler home near the Riggs Road and Val Vista Drive area
Patton was attacked after returning home late at night and was found fatally shot the next morning. Two teenagers were charged in the case.

Charges reported in 2021; later disposition not checked

Case reporting ↗
2020-08-29

Danita Hunter

Fatal shooting
Area of 4800 W Flint Street
Hunter was shot and transported to a hospital, where she died from her injuries. A second person was also injured. The displayed date is the shooting date.

Silent Witness information request; current disposition not independently checked

Danita Hunter homicide case ↗
2019-07-11

Charles Vallow

Fatal shooting
Chandler residence
Vallow was shot and killed at a Chandler home. Lori Daybell was convicted of conspiracy to commit murder in his death in 2025.

Conspiracy conviction and sentence reported in 2025; subsequent appeals not checked

Case chronology ↗ 2025 sentencing report ↗
2019-04-10

Darrell Rushing, 33

Fatal shooting
Near Chandler Boulevard and Hamilton Street
Rushing was fatally shot early in the morning. Police reported two arrests and first-degree murder charges later that month.

Murder charges reported in April 2019; later disposition not checked

Case reporting ↗
2018-10-21

Roman Medina, 29

Fatal shooting
Chandler residence; precise location not established
Medina was fatally shot during an argument at a Chandler residence and was pronounced dead after being taken to hospital. Police reported two arrests in connection with the incident.

October 2018 report: one suspect booked for first-degree murder and another for aggravated assault; later outcome not verified.

KTAR — Roman Medina case report ↗
2018-07-29

Helen Smith, 81

Fatal stabbing
Apartment near Loop 101 and Chandler Boulevard
Smith was found dead following an early-morning police response. Police identified her grandson as the suspect and took him into custody.

July 2018 report: suspect arrested in grandmother’s killing; final court outcome not verified.

ABC15 — Helen Smith case report ↗
2018-01-16

Bertha Gutierrez, 80

Fatal strangulation
5000 block of W. Jupiter Way
Gutierrez was found dead inside her home after a 911 call. Police arrested her adult daughter in connection with the reported strangulation.

January 2018 reporting: daughter arrested in homicide investigation; final court outcome not verified.

FOX 10 Phoenix — Bertha Gutierrez case report ↗
2016-12-21

Dominique Vega, 20

Fatal shooting
Near Arizona Avenue and Ivanhoe Place
Vega was killed in a shooting. Police reported an arrest the following January.

First-degree murder charge reported in January 2017; later disposition not checked

Case reporting ↗
2016-08-18

Shivaswamy Hosakote, 84

Fatal stabbing
LA Fitness parking lot near Dobson and Warner roads
Hosakote was found fatally stabbed inside his car outside a Chandler gym. Police arrested Freddis Williams III in February 2017 after forensic testing. A later appellate decision documents the murder conviction.

2019 appellate decision: second-degree murder conviction and 14-year sentence affirmed.

Hosakote case and arrest ↗ State v. Williams — 2019 decision ↗
2012-02-09

Juan Jose Makil, 38

Fatal shooting
575 N Delaware Street
Makil was shot inside a residence and pronounced dead at the scene. The original flyer confirms February 9, 2012; the webpage header displays an inconsistent 1970 date.

Silent Witness information request; current disposition not independently checked

Juan Jose Makil original case flyer ↗ Juan Jose Makil homicide case ↗
2011-10-15

Monique Cota, 18

Fatal shooting
Home on McKemy Avenue
Cota was found dead after a rifle shooting in a Chandler home. Her boyfriend claimed the weapon discharged accidentally. A jury subsequently convicted him of manslaughter.

April 2013: Eric Coulter sentenced to 21 years following a manslaughter conviction.

2013 sentencing in Monique Cota death ↗
2011-02-12

Sir Xavier Brooks, 19

Fatal shooting
Outside Leonardo’s Da Vinci Code nightclub
Brooks was shot during a fight outside a Chandler nightclub. Prosecutors later reported conflicting eyewitness identifications and asked that the case against the arrested suspect be dismissed.

August 2011: prosecutors sought dismissal without prejudice because identification evidence was insufficient; the investigation was to continue. No later resolution verified.

Brooks case — charges dropped in 2011 ↗
2010-10-10

Martin Alejandro Cota-Monroy

Fatal stabbing
Apartment on West Fairview Street
Chandler officers found Cota-Monroy dead inside an apartment. The county attorney’s office described multiple attackers and a fatal stabbing. Crisantos Moroyoqui-Yocupicio later entered a no-contest plea to second-degree murder.

May 2013: Moroyoqui-Yocupicio sentenced to 14 years for second-degree murder.

2013 sentencing in Cota-Monroy homicide ↗
2010-03-17

Jamie Laiaddee, 32

Homicide conviction
Chandler disappearance; remains later recovered near Sun Lakes
Laiaddee disappeared from Chandler in March 2010. Her boyfriend was convicted of second-degree murder in 2011 before her remains were located. Authorities identified recovered remains as hers in 2018. The displayed date marks her disappearance, not the later recovery.

Conviction reported in 2011; 54-year combined sentence for murder and related crimes. Remains identified in 2018.

KTAR — Jamie Laiaddee case report ↗ Jamie Jean Laiaddee — resolved missing-person record ↗
2009-08-31

Schala Vera, 3

Fatal child abuse
2300 block of East Wildhorse Place
Police responded to a report of a child who was not breathing. Vera was transported to a hospital and died. The county attorney’s office reported a homicide caused by blunt-force trauma and a later murder conviction.

September 2014: Dauntorian Sanders convicted of first-degree murder and child abuse and sentenced to death. Subsequent appellate status not verified.

2014 sentencing in Schala Vera murder ↗
2008-12-23

Zachary Rowe, 25

Fatal shooting
1200 block of West Gail Drive
Rowe was found in a house damaged by fire. Investigators determined that he had been shot and that the fire was deliberately set. Police made two arrests in 2014, but later reporting documented substantial changes to the prosecution.

April 2015 reporting: Crawford’s murder charge was dropped and he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit armed robbery; Coriell had entered a manslaughter plea. Later sentencing outcomes were not verified.

Police report on Rowe investigation ↗ December 23, 2008 incident and 2014 arrests ↗ 2015 reporting on changed charges ↗
2003-11-05

Dernell Stenson, 25

Homicide
Chandler; precise location not mapped
The professional baseball player was killed in Chandler. The linked historical overview documents convictions in the case.

Convictions documented in historical overview; subsequent case history not checked

Biography, case history and references ↗
2003-11-03

Jarrod Waring

Fatal shooting / found deceased
Alley behind 300 block N Comanche Drive
Waring was found shot to death in a vehicle in an alley. The displayed date is the discovery date. The source date fields give November 3, 2003; the narrative contains a year typo.

Silent Witness information request; current disposition not independently checked

Jarrod Waring original case flyer ↗ Jarrod Waring homicide case ↗
2003-10-21

Elvis Johnson, 84

Fatal robbery-related injuries
Home Depot parking lot, 1155 West Chandler Boulevard
Johnson was with his wife when a man grabbed her purse. During a struggle, Johnson was pulled beneath the departing vehicle and later died of his injuries. The displayed date is the robbery date, not a separately confirmed death date.

Public appeal listed by Silent Witness; no later resolution verified.

Elvis Johnson — case 2003-130 ↗ Chandler historical case gallery ↗
2000-10-30

Douglas Miguel

Homicide / found deceased
Area of 400 S Nebraska Street
Silent Witness reports that Miguel was killed near South Nebraska Street. He was found dead beneath a tree after last being seen at a nearby bar. The source does not specify the killing method.

Silent Witness information request; current disposition not independently checked

Douglas Miguel homicide case ↗
Chandler murders by year

Chandler homicide cases by year

Browse the years represented in the current directory. These are counts of records documented on this site, not official annual Chandler homicide totals.

20252 records
20241 records
20233 records
20224 records
20211 records
20203 records
20192 records
20183 records
20162 records
20121 records
20112 records
20102 records
20091 records
20081 records
20033 records
20001 records
Unsolved Chandler homicides

Chandler cold cases and open homicide investigations

These records include public appeals, arrests, convictions and a homicide victim in a police-identified murder-suicide. Older reports do not independently establish whether a case remains open today. These 32 records are not a count of all Chandler homicides or cold cases.

How this directory is built

About the Chandler homicide data

Records draw on public case narratives, attributed news reporting and linked historical references. Dates describe an incident or discovery, with distinctions explained in the record. Counts refer to victims, not separate incidents. Approximate map pins describe areas; records without sufficiently verified locations remain searchable without pins.

Is this a complete list of murders in Chandler?

No. This is an expanding source-backed directory. Chandler is a large city with decades of homicide records, and historical cases can be difficult to identify online. The page does not claim that the current count equals the official number of Chandler homicides.

Are the map pins exact crime-scene locations?

No. Pins are rough area estimates, not verified crime-scene coordinates. Records without a sufficiently checked location remain searchable without a map pin.

What is the difference between homicide and murder?

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.

Where do the Chandler case sources come from?

Sources are linked on each card and include Silent Witness, news reports and historical references. Charges are distinguished from convictions, and status reflects the dated source rather than a fresh court docket check. Additions require supported victim identity, date, municipal location and homicide classification.

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