Explore documented Mesa homicide cases by victim, year and approximate location. Use the Mesa homicide map and searchable case directory to find source-backed information about murders, unsolved homicides and cold cases across the city.
Search by victim, street, year or incident type. Twelve records have approximate area pins; three await location verification. Search filters the case list; the map shows all mapped records.
Silent Witness information request; disposition not independently checked
Silent Witness source ↗Arrest reported April 2023; second-degree murder charge
Mesa Police Department source ↗Arrest reported April 7, 2023; first-degree murder warrant
Mesa Police Department source ↗Arrest reported February 2023; second-degree murder charge
Mesa Police Department source ↗Arrest December 30, 2022; first-degree murder charge
Mesa Police Department source ↗Arrest December 9, 2022; first-degree murder charge
Mesa Police Department source ↗Unsolved in January 2023 police review; current status not checked
Mesa Police Department source ↗Arrest November 7, 2022; second-degree murder charge
Mesa Police Department source ↗Unsolved in January 2023 police review; current status not checked
Mesa Police Department source ↗Arrest reported August 2022; first-degree murder charge
Mesa Police Department source ↗Unsolved in January 2023 police review; current status not checked
Mesa Police Department source ↗Unsolved in January 2023 police review; current status not checked
Mesa Police Department source ↗Arrests May 27, 2022; first-degree murder charges
Mesa Police Department source ↗Arrest reported December 2021; first-degree murder charge
Mesa Police Department source ↗Arrest September 30, 2020; first-degree murder charge
Mesa Police Department source ↗Browse the years represented in the current directory. These are counts of records documented on this site, not official annual Mesa homicide totals.
Four victim records were described as unsolved in Mesa Police’s January 2023 review. Jerry Dietch also has a Silent Witness information request. These historical source statuses do not establish that the cases remain unsolved today.
This initial directory uses Mesa Police Department releases and a Silent Witness case page. Dates may describe the incident or discovery, as explained in each record. Arrests and charges are not convictions; current court dispositions have not been independently checked. Cases requiring additional classification or date checks are retained in the research notes outside this core list.
No. This is an expanding source-backed directory. Mesa 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 Mesa homicides.
No. Pins are rough area estimates, not verified crime-scene coordinates. Records without a sufficiently checked location remain searchable without a map pin.
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.
Primary sources are preferred, including Mesa Police, Silent Witness, prosecutors and courts. Reliable local news is used when it provides information not readily available in a first-party source. Each case card links to at least one reviewed source.