Goodyear · Arizona

Murders in
Goodyear, Arizona

Research documented Goodyear 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.

13documented victim records
0mapped locations
9years represented
Coverage note: This initial collection contains 13 victim records, not 13 separate incidents or a complete Goodyear homicide total. Allegations, guilty pleas and convictions are distinguished. Records with discovery dates or dates known only to the month are labeled.
Research guide

What the Goodyear directory covers

The current collection spans 2013–2026 and includes the Jaguar Williams house-party shooting, the John “Johnny” Jones cold-case investigation and the Maraventano family killings. John Jones’s record uses the date his remains were found, rather than claiming the killing happened that day.

Court history matters here. Reno Caddo’s record includes a September 2026 guilty plea. Megan Maiorana’s case began with a murder indictment but later resulted in a reported manslaughter plea. Sanaa Cunningham’s record describes a disputed murder prosecution, an undetermined medical manner of death and a 2026 mistrial; it does not imply a conviction.

Read Jaguar Williams’s record · Read Reno Caddo’s court update

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Goodyear homicide directory

Search murders and homicide cases in Goodyear

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.

13 records shown
2026-08-15 · Incident date

Jaguar Williams

Shooting
West Turney Avenue and West Sells Drive
Williams was shot outside a house party. Officers encountered him in a vehicle near Loop 303 and Indian School Road, and he later died at a hospital.

Silent Witness case 2026-4577 requests information; the reviewed page does not establish a conviction.

Silent Witness source ↗
2025-04-12 · Incident date

Reno Caddo

Stabbing
Group home near Pebble Creek Parkway and Indian School Road
Caddo was fatally stabbed at a Goodyear group home. A later guilty plea superseded the suspect’s initial self-defense account.

September 16, 2026 report: Glynn Peaches pleaded guilty to second-degree murder at a September 14 hearing. Sentencing was scheduled for November 9.

FOX 10 Phoenix source ↗ FOX 10 Phoenix source ↗
2024-07-06 · Incident date

Brenda Gelleny, 65

Shooting
Home near Estrella Parkway and Tanglewood Drive
Gelleny was shot and killed at the couple’s Goodyear home. Police alleged that her husband admitted shooting her.

July 8, 2024 report: Michael Gelleny faced first-degree murder and evidence-tampering charges; charges are not convictions.

FOX 10 Phoenix source ↗
2024-03-22 · Incident date

Megan Maiorana, 35

Fatal crash / manslaughter
Neighborhood lake near Estrella Parkway and Willis Road
Maiorana died after a vehicle entered a Goodyear lake. Prosecutors initially obtained a second-degree murder indictment; later reporting describes a manslaughter plea.

May 13, 2025 report: Anthony Maiorana pleaded guilty to manslaughter and received a 10-year prison sentence. This is not a murder conviction.

Maricopa County Attorney source ↗ FOX 10 Phoenix source ↗ KTAR source ↗
2023-09-22 · Discovery date

John “Johnny” Jones, 57

Homicide / remains discovered
River bottom south of MC 85, between Bullard Avenue and Estrella Parkway
A hiker discovered Jones’s remains in Goodyear. Investigators determined he had been murdered; the discovery site does not establish where or when he was killed.

July 1, 2026: Goodyear police sought information about his whereabouts between April and September 2023.

Arizona’s Family source ↗
2022-06-28 · Incident date

Luis Rene Duarte

Shooting
Home in the Cotton Lane and Yuma Road area
Officers responding to a reported family argument found Duarte dead from a gunshot wound.

June 29, 2022 report: Dulcenia Edwards had been arrested on a second-degree murder allegation.

FOX 10 Phoenix source ↗
2022-05-14 · Incident date

Mohamed Salim Abdullah, 19

Shooting
Backyard south of Litchfield Road and Van Buren Street
Abdullah was found wounded in a backyard and died at a hospital.

June 30, 2023 update: Goodyear police announced the arrest of Angel Vidales-Hernandez in the homicide.

FOX 10 Phoenix source ↗
2021-08-09 · Incident date

Leroy Gibbs, 29

Shooting
Warehouse parking lot near Thomas Road and Loop 303
Gibbs was shot in a Goodyear warehouse parking lot and died at a hospital.

September 17, 2021 report: police had announced two arrests on murder-related allegations; no later disposition established here.

KTAR source ↗ FOX 10 Phoenix source ↗
2018-06-08 · Incident date

Laura Hernandez

Shooting
MC 85 and Estrella Parkway
MCSO alleged Hernandez was abducted from her workplace and then shot while trying to escape at a Goodyear intersection.

February 4, 2019 report: MCSO was seeking Melkyseddek Munoz-Garcia in connection with her murder; current disposition not established.

FOX 10 Phoenix source ↗
2017-05-29 · Incident date

David Amado, 21

Shooting
Park near South 156th Avenue and West Meade Lane
Amado was fatally shot at a Goodyear park. A police statement quoted in the reporting described an armed robbery.

March 8, 2019 report: Jeffrey Taylor had been arrested on March 1 on murder, robbery and related allegations.

KTAR source ↗
2017-02 · Death month; exact day not assigned

Sanaa Cunningham, 7

Death subject to murder prosecution
Goodyear home; later hospitalized
Cunningham died in February 2017. Her father and stepmother were charged with murder and child abuse in connection with her death; they disputed the allegations. The 2017 reporting describes the medical examiner’s manner-of-death finding as undetermined.

April 13, 2026: a mistrial was declared without prejudice, not a dismissal or conviction. Later court disposition has not been verified for this record.

KTAR source ↗ Arizona’s Family source ↗
2013-04-06 · Police response / discovery date

Janet Maraventano, 63

Stabbing
Family home in Goodyear
Janet Maraventano was one of two family members found dead after Eugene Maraventano contacted Goodyear police. The displayed date is the police response date.

December 12, 2016: prosecutors reported a 25-year prison sentence for Eugene Maraventano on two counts of second-degree murder.

Maricopa County Attorney source ↗ Dignity Memorial source ↗
2013-04-06 · Police response / discovery date

Bryan Maraventano, 27

Stabbing
Family home in Goodyear
Bryan Maraventano was one of two family members found dead after Eugene Maraventano contacted Goodyear police. The displayed date is the police response date.

December 12, 2016: prosecutors reported a 25-year prison sentence for Eugene Maraventano on two counts of second-degree murder.

Maricopa County Attorney source ↗ Dignity Memorial source ↗
Goodyear murders by year

Goodyear homicide cases by year

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

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Case histories

Cold cases, allegations and court outcomes

The John Jones and Jaguar Williams sources request information. Other records include arrests, murder convictions, a guilty plea awaiting sentencing as of its source date, a manslaughter outcome and a mistrial. Those categories are not interchangeable. A dated report does not establish that no later development has occurred.

How this directory is built

About the Goodyear homicide data

This collection draws on Silent Witness case material, Maricopa County Attorney releases and established local reporting. Victim identity, date basis, reported location and classification are checked individually. An official murder charge can support inclusion while the record clearly states disputed or undetermined findings and later court outcomes.

Is this a complete list of murders in Goodyear?

No. These 13 victim records are an initial researched collection, not an official total or a complete historical census.

Are the map pins exact crime-scene locations?

No map pins have been assigned yet. Each record gives the location described in the source, but precise scene coordinates have not been verified.

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 Goodyear case sources come from?

Sources include Silent Witness, the Maricopa County Attorney, Arizona’s Family, FOX 10 Phoenix and KTAR. A funeral-home obituary corroborates the Maraventano victims’ ages. Each record links to its supporting sources.

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