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Murders in
Glendale, Arizona

Explore a growing, source-backed directory of homicide victims in Glendale. The detailed map combines publicly documented incidents with careful case-status language, while the historical section separately preserves names and case numbers from the Glendale Police Department's official homicide cold-case roster.

51detailed victim records
49official cold-case entries, 1996–2010
14years with detailed records
Research status: this is not yet a certified census of every Glendale homicide from 1996–2026. The detailed case ledger and official cold-case roster overlap in some cases and must not be added together as a total homicide count.
Glendale case directory

Documented homicide cases

Approximate public locationsPrivate homes generalized
51 detailed records shown
1996-03-17

Pablo Aguilar

Fatal shooting
Shooting near 55th Avenue & Camelback Road; found near 51st Avenue & Grand Avenue
Glendale police say Aguilar was shot after a fight at a bar near 51st Avenue and Camelback Road. Officers found him inside a vehicle near 51st Avenue and Grand Avenue. The homicide remains on Glendale Police’s cold-case list as case 96-24218.
City of Glendale Police Department source ↗
2026-09-16

Name not publicly released

Domestic fatal shooting
Near 61st Avenue & Cactus Road
Glendale police said a man was found fatally shot after an altercation with his brother. The suspected shooter fled to Surprise and was later killed by police.
Arizona's Family source ↗
2026-06-20

Name not publicly released

Robbery / vehicle homicide
Near 59th Avenue & Deer Valley Road
Prosecutors said an elderly woman was robbed and then run over while the suspect fled. The suspect was arrested and faced murder and robbery charges.
Arizona's Family source ↗
2026-04-18

Tanya Rickman, 52

Murder-suicide
Laguna at Arrowhead Ranch, near 75th Avenue & Loop 101
Glendale police said Rickman was shot by her boyfriend before he turned the gun on himself.
Arizona's Family source ↗
2025-05-04

Milo Christopher Suniga, 21

Mass shooting
Near Grand & Glendale avenues
Suniga was one of three people killed in a shooting outside El Camaron Gigante; five other people were wounded.
Arizona's Family source ↗
2025-05-04

Christopher Juaquin Sproule, 21

Mass shooting
Near Grand & Glendale avenues
Sproule was one of three people killed in the May 2025 restaurant-area mass shooting in Glendale.
Arizona's Family source ↗
2025-05-04

Damien Anthony Sproule, 17

Mass shooting
Near Grand & Glendale avenues
Damien Sproule was one of three people killed outside a Glendale restaurant. Five additional people were wounded.
Arizona's Family source ↗
2025-04-28

Judy Lopez, 62

Fatal stabbing
83rd Avenue & Cardinals Way
Lopez was stabbed at a Valley Metro stop near State Farm Stadium and later died. Glendale police asked the public for information.
Arizona's Family source ↗
2024-12-22

Clinton Lavelle Green, 61

Fatal shooting
Near 59th Avenue & Greenway Road
Police said Green was shot and killed by his son at a Glendale apartment complex.
FOX 10 Phoenix source ↗
2024-11-11

Grant Siefert, 30

Fatal stabbing
Near 55th & Peoria avenues
Siefert's body was found in a water-retention area. The Maricopa County Medical Examiner ruled the death a homicide caused by multiple stab wounds.
Arizona's Family source ↗
2024-11-10

Amanda Rogers, 35

Intentional vehicle collision
Near 67th Avenue & Beardsley Road
Rogers was critically injured when a car crashed into her Glendale home and died about a week later. Police later arrested the driver on a murder charge.
Arizona's Family source ↗
2024-10-15

Monet Newton, 24

Murder-suicide
Near 79th Avenue & Union Hills Road
Glendale police said Newton was killed in an apparent murder-suicide at an apartment complex near Arrowhead Towne Center.
Arizona's Family source ↗
2024-06-19

Name not publicly released, 16

Fatal shooting
Near 67th & Peoria avenues
A 16-year-old boy died after being shot in a parking lot near 67th and Peoria avenues. Police said two teenagers were arrested.
FOX 10 Phoenix source ↗
2024-03-15

Daniel James Santiago, 18

Fatal stabbing
Near 67th & Maryland avenues
Santiago died after being stabbed at a Glendale home. Police arrested a suspect on a second-degree murder charge.
FOX 10 Phoenix source ↗
2023-11-28

Katrina Comtois, 39

Murder-suicide
Near 47th Avenue & Peoria Avenue
Comtois was shot at a Glendale home and later died. Police said her longtime partner subsequently shot himself.
FOX 10 Phoenix source ↗
2023-11-20

Richard Hodakievic, 69

Double homicide
Bus stop near 51st & Northern avenues
Hodakievic and Jaquey James were randomly shot while sitting at a bus stop, according to Glendale police and court records.
Arizona's Family source ↗
2023-11-20

Jaquey James, 24

Double homicide
Bus stop near 51st & Northern avenues
James and Richard Hodakievic were randomly shot at a Glendale bus stop. Police arrested a suspect on two first-degree murder counts.
Arizona's Family source ↗
2023-06-04

Jordin Miranda Castillo, 20

Domestic-violence shooting
Near 51st & Northern avenues
Castillo was killed and two friends were injured in a shooting at a Glendale apartment complex. Police said her ex-boyfriend later surrendered.
Arizona's Family source ↗
2023-05-27

Gary Slatcher, 76

Fatal shooting
Near 59th Avenue & Loop 101
Police said an elderly woman called to report that she had shot her husband during a domestic disturbance. Slatcher was pronounced dead.
FOX 10 Phoenix source ↗
2023-04-21

Irma Rivera-Martinez, 25

Fatal shooting
Chevron near 51st Avenue & Glendale Avenue
Rivera-Martinez was shot multiple times inside a Glendale gas station. Police said the masked shooter fled.
FOX 10 Phoenix source ↗
2022-08-25

Antonio Vargas-Granados, 48

Fatal shooting
Near 69th Avenue & Maryland Avenue
Police found Vargas-Granados dead inside a Glendale home. His son was later arrested on charges including murder.
FOX 10 Phoenix source ↗
2022-06-11

Pamela Rae Martinez, 60

Fatal shooting
Near 61st Avenue & Bell Road
Martinez, a food-delivery driver, was found shot in her vehicle near Bell Road. Police arrested a man in connection with her death.
Arizona's Family source ↗
2022-03-13

Mike Ohure, 44

Fatal shooting
Near 59th & Northern avenues
Ohure was shot multiple times while intervening in an argument. Police arrested a suspect.
FOX 10 Phoenix source ↗
2022-03-07

Grayson John Hancotte, 27

Homicide
Canal near 75th Avenue & Bethany Home Road
Hancotte's body was recovered from a Glendale canal. Police said he was a homicide victim and asked the public for information.
Arizona's Family source ↗
2022-02-23

Guadalupe Estevan Zamora, 30

Fatal shooting
El Pollo Loco near 43rd Avenue & Bethany Home Road
Zamora was shot during an attempted robbery while sitting on a restaurant patio. Police arrested two suspects.
Arizona's Family source ↗
2022-02-17

Letreese Moten, 7

Drive-by shooting
Near 65th Avenue & Bethany Home Road
Moten was fatally shot while riding in a vehicle with her mother and sister. Police arrested a suspect on charges including first-degree murder.
FOX 10 Phoenix source ↗
2021-08-14

Baseme Mirindi John, 30

Fatal shooting
Near 59th & Northern avenues
Mirindi John was shot multiple times after a parking-lot argument following a minor vehicle collision. Police arrested a suspect.
ABC15 source ↗
2020-12-07

John "JJ" Davis, 15

Fatal shooting
Near 43rd Avenue & Bethany Home Road
Davis was shot in the back and later died. Glendale police renewed their request for information in 2025, saying no arrests had been made.
ABC15 source ↗
2020-10-10

Christopher Forrest, 38

Homicide
Near 65th Avenue & Ocotillo Road
Glendale officers located Forrest deceased near 6500 W. Ocotillo Road after witnesses reported hearing an altercation.
Silent Witness source ↗
2020-09-28

Coylee Willis, 31

Fatal shooting
Near 56th Avenue & Grand Avenue
Willis was shot and killed in an apartment-complex parking lot. Police arrested a suspect on second-degree murder and other charges.
FOX 10 Phoenix source ↗
2020-02-01

Timothy Johnson, 55

Fatal shooting
Glendale (private location generalized)
Police accused Johnson's wife of fatally shooting him during an argument and leaving his body in a vehicle for days.
FOX 10 Phoenix source ↗
2020-01-29

Tyler Wilson, 32

Fatal shooting
Westgate area, near 93rd & Glendale avenues
Wilson was shot during a verbal altercation in a Westgate-area parking lot. Silent Witness lists an unknown suspect and case 2020-4322.
Silent Witness source ↗
2020-01-25

Ray Watkins, 53

Fatal shooting
Near 57th Avenue & Glendale Avenue
Watkins was found dead in an alley behind a Glendale business. Police arrested a suspect who was known to Watkins.
FOX 10 Phoenix source ↗
2019-12-08

Carlos Chavez, 36

Fatal stabbing
Near 58th Avenue & Camelback Road
Chavez was attacked while returning home after a football game and died days later. Police and family continued asking for information.
ABC15 source ↗
2019-11-08

Elijah Ochoa-Gamez, 14

Fatal stabbing
Near 49th Avenue & Bethany Home Road
Ochoa-Gamez was stabbed during a fight in front of his home. Glendale police later arrested a man on a second-degree murder charge.
FOX 10 Phoenix source ↗
2019-06-26

Keeaun Carter

Fatal shooting
Glendale (exact public location not retained in seed)
Carter called 911 after being shot and later died. Glendale police later arrested a suspect on a second-degree murder charge.
ABC15 source ↗
2019-04-17

Tyler Mead, 25

Fatal shooting
Near 75th Avenue & Bethany Home Road
Mead was found with a fatal gunshot wound in a front yard. Police said the shooter and another man fled to a waiting vehicle.
ABC15 source ↗
2016-06-06

Alex Kuhn, 47

Double homicide
Near 91st & Maryland avenues
Alex Kuhn and his mother Peggy were fatally shot at a Glendale home. Police arrested two people in connection with the shootings.
FOX 10 Phoenix source ↗
2016-06-06

Peggy Kuhn, 69

Double homicide
Near 91st & Maryland avenues
Peggy Kuhn and her son Alex were fatally shot at a Glendale home. A third family member survived.
FOX 10 Phoenix source ↗
2016-04-22

Jose Sanchez

Fatal shooting
Near 57th Avenue & Camelback Road
Sanchez was found shot inside his family's apartment. Glendale police announced an arrest in 2024, eight years after the homicide.
ABC15 source ↗
2016-02-12

May Kieu, 15

Murder-suicide
Independence High School, 6602 N 75th Avenue
Glendale police said one 15-year-old student killed the other before taking her own life at Independence High School. Contemporary reporting identified the victim as May Kieu.
CBS News / AP source ↗
2016-01-30

Yovani Flores, 16

Mass shooting
Near 67th Avenue & Missouri Avenue
Flores was one of three people killed when gunfire struck a crowd leaving a large house party. Five other people were wounded.
Silent Witness source ↗
2016-01-30

Jose Aguirre-Martinez, 19

Mass shooting
Near 67th Avenue & Missouri Avenue
Aguirre-Martinez was one of three people killed when suspects fired from a vehicle at people outside a house party.
Silent Witness source ↗
2016-01-30

Sean Marquez, 19

Mass shooting
Near 67th Avenue & Missouri Avenue
Marquez was one of three people killed in the January 2016 house-party shooting.
ABC15 source ↗
2015-12-23

Nathan Cabadas, 18

Fatal shooting
Near 51st Avenue & Northern Avenue
Cabadas was found suffering from a gunshot wound near 51st Avenue and Northern Avenue and later died.
FOX 10 Phoenix source ↗
2015-05-21

Kyle Carnell

Fatal shooting
Near 48th Avenue & Bethany Home Road
Carnell was found deceased inside his Glendale residence. Investigators determined he had been shot to death.
Silent Witness source ↗
2014-06-24

Mark Woodruff, 72

Fatal shooting
Near 43rd & Maryland avenues
Woodruff was found shot in the driver's seat of his vehicle. The Maricopa County Attorney's Office says Gustin Ray Woodman Jr. was convicted of first-degree murder and later sentenced to death.
Maricopa County Attorney source ↗
2014-06-05

Vincent James Wright, 24

Fatal stabbing
Near 50th Avenue & Bethany Home Road
Wright suffered a fatal stab wound during an altercation at the Flamingo Mobile Home Community. Silent Witness lists an unknown suspect.
Silent Witness source ↗
2011-12-05

Daniel Encinas

Homicide
5631 W. Colter Street area
Silent Witness lists Daniel Encinas as a Glendale homicide victim at 5631 W. Colter Street.
Silent Witness source ↗
2006-01-01

Ida Lucero, 25

Homicide
Near 58th Avenue & Coronado Road
Silent Witness lists Ida Lucero as a homicide victim at 5800 W. Coronado Street.
Silent Witness source ↗
2003-03-27

Stephon Wickware, 17

Fatal shooting
Near 58th Avenue & Glendale Avenue
Wickware was shot to death near 5800 West Glendale Avenue. Glendale's cold-case list and Silent Witness identify the case as an unsolved homicide.
Silent Witness source ↗
By year

Detailed cases currently identified by year

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20211 detailed record
20206 detailed records
20194 detailed records
20167 detailed records
20152 detailed records
20142 detailed records
20111 detailed record
20061 detailed record
20031 detailed record
Official Glendale Police registry

Historical homicide cold cases, 1996–2010

The City of Glendale publishes a homicide cold-case list with victim names and police case numbers. These 49 entries are the records on that official page whose case-number year falls within 1996–2010. They are kept separate because most still need individual file review before exact incident dates, locations and narrative details can be mapped responsibly.

49 official entries1996–2010Do not add to detailed count
John David GarciaGlendale PD case 10-62668 · 2010
Antonio AlvarezGlendale PD case 09-79745 · 2009
Blanca HernandezGlendale PD case 09-72836 · 2009
Christian GonzalesGlendale PD case 09-57801 · 2009
Elias AngelGlendale PD case 09-79745 · 2009
Julian AmarillasGlendale PD case 09-31975 · 2009
Charles BinderGlendale PD case 08-93950 · 2008
Luciano ResendezGlendale PD case 07-137092 · 2007
Carlos ZapataGlendale PD case 06-109510 · 2006
Derrick GoodeGlendale PD case 06-121514 · 2006
Esau Heras-HolguinGlendale PD case 06-10821 · 2006
Taya BarrientosGlendale PD case 06-93437 · 2006
David VegaGlendale PD case 05-80950 · 2005
Jermaine TurnerGlendale PD case 05-62394 · 2005
Jesus Carrazco-RuizGlendale PD case 05-75296 · 2005
Jose Fernandez-ZavalaGlendale PD case 05-75428 · 2005
Scott WhallonGlendale PD case 05-64239 · 2005
Adolfo SuarezGlendale PD case 04-150598 · 2004
Charles StephensGlendale PD case 04-144532 · 2004
Danny RiveraGlendale PD case 04-86976 · 2004
Esteban CanalesGlendale PD case 04-110600 · 2004
Freddie StarkweatherGlendale PD case 04-150598 · 2004
Michael SullivanGlendale PD case 04-19567 · 2004
Ricardo RiveraGlendale PD case 04-76216 · 2004
Carlos Manuel Higuera-RomeroGlendale PD case 03-134600 · 2003
Juan Tapia-RodriguezGlendale PD case 03-31586 · 2003
Michelle GalindoGlendale PD case 03-68414 · 2003
Ricardo Nieblas-BernalGlendale PD case 03-24861 · 2003
Stephon WickwareGlendale PD case 03-36245 · 2003
Alfonso MunozGlendale PD case 02-76801 · 2002
Antonio Ramos-TorresGlendale PD case 02-41157 · 2002
Bicente FloresGlendale PD case 02-101156 · 2002
Jose Antonio DuarteGlendale PD case 02-78023 · 2002
Brandon CabastasGlendale PD case 01-17773 · 2001
Ivan Reyes-SanchezGlendale PD case 01-146482 · 2001
Florentino Apodaca-GastelumGlendale PD case 00-76862 · 2000
Juan Martinez-ContrerasGlendale PD case 00-76862 · 2000
Malcolm GomesGlendale PD case 00-59115 · 2000
Marco AlvidrezGlendale PD case 00-42981 · 2000
Jose Arceo-ZunigaGlendale PD case 99-84086 · 1999
Marie NethertonGlendale PD case 99-127735 · 1999
Renee LukeGlendale PD case 99-65155 · 1999
Terry CristGlendale PD case 99-118461 · 1999
Gayle CrouchGlendale PD case 97-61432 · 1997
Kevin RamirezGlendale PD case 97-91301 · 1997
Diana ShawcroftGlendale PD case 96-47770 · 1996
Jennifer LuethGlendale PD case 96-47770 · 1996
Pablo AguilarGlendale PD case 96-24218 · 1996
Paula HaggertyGlendale PD case 96-92804 · 1996

View Glendale Police Homicide Cold Case Information ↗

Second-pass coverage audit

The detailed Glendale map is still only a fraction of the history

Glendale’s FBI/UCR totals make the gap unmistakable. The detailed map is useful, but years such as 2011, 2013, 2016 and 2019 contain many more agency-reported murders/nonnegligent manslaughters than we have fully researched case pages for. The official Glendale Police cold-case roster helps identify older victims, but it covers unresolved cases rather than every homicide.

Glendale: 2010–2019 audit

YearFBI/UCR countDetailed records hereDifference
201012012
201122121
201212012
201313013
201420218
201513211
201623716
201712012
2018909
201917413

The difference is a research signal, not automatically a count of missing murder victims. FBI UCR murder/nonnegligent-manslaughter rules exclude suicide, accident and justifiable homicide, while case timing and later reclassification can also differ.

New in this pass: Pablo Aguilar (1996) moved from the cold-case roster into the detailed map after the official Glendale Police case sheet supplied the incident date and location. The next historical pass should convert the remaining official cold-case entries into mapped records one case sheet at a time, while separately identifying solved historical homicides.
Methodology

Why the page separates case types

Murders Near Me does not treat every violent death as murder. Charges are described as charges unless a conviction is verified. Suicides and officer-involved deaths are excluded from the main homicide-victim directory, and Glendale-connected cases whose homicide scene was outside the city are not counted as Glendale-location murders. Exact private-home locations are generalized.

Is this every murder in Glendale since 1996?

No. It is a working research database. The official cold-case roster gives unusually strong historical coverage of unresolved cases, while solved and non-cold historical cases still need year-by-year reconciliation against Glendale Police and statewide/federal homicide data.

Why are cold cases in a separate section?

The Glendale Police page provides authoritative names and case numbers, but most cases still need exact incident dates, addresses and narrative facts extracted before they should appear as map pins.

Are murder-suicides included?

The homicide victim can be included when reporting clearly distinguishes the homicide from the other person's suicide. The person who died by suicide is not counted as a homicide victim.

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