Browse documented Youngtown homicide cases and their source histories. Each card represents one victim; shared incidents and conflicting location descriptions are explained.
4documented victim records
0mapped locations
3years represented
Coverage note: This initial collection contains 4 named victim records. It is not a complete historical list or an official homicide total. Dates, source locations and reported legal outcomes are labeled. Reviewed October 14, 2026.
Research guide
Youngtown records and shared incidents
This initial collection contains four named victims from three incidents in 2013, 2018 and 2023. Shawntah Eierdam and Adam Manns were killed in the same October 2013 shooting. Their separate cards preserve both identities without treating the event as two separate incidents.
The later records cover Ruben Hernandez and Timothy Dewitt. Hernandez’s sources give different nearby intersections, so this directory retains Youngtown as the location and avoids placing a precise map pin. Dewitt’s record includes the confrontation described by investigators and the subsequent arrest report.
Youngtown should not be combined with adjacent El Mirage, Sun City or Peoria based on a suspect’s residence or arrest location. Hernandez’s suspect was stopped in Peoria; that does not move the underlying Youngtown case to Peoria. The 2013 suspect’s death in Glendale is described in the case history and is not counted as another Youngtown homicide victim.
The August 2016 killing of a three-year-old is a follow-up priority for reconciling published identity and later court reporting. It is not included in the four-record count. That gap is one reason this directory should not be used as an official homicide total.
Youngtown homicide directory
Search murders and homicide cases in Youngtown
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.
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2023-07-25 · Incident date
Timothy Dewitt, 41
Shooting
Near 111th and Missouri avenues, Youngtown
Dewitt died at a hospital after a confrontation at a Youngtown home. According to MCSO’s account reported by Arizona’s Family, Frank James Harrison returned with a shotgun after being told to leave; Dewitt fired a handgun just before Harrison fired. Harrison was arrested on July 27, 2023, and booked on suspicion of second-degree murder and other offenses.
Arrest reported July 2023; no final court disposition established by the reviewed sources.
Youngtown home; reports use differing nearby intersections
Hernandez was fatally shot following an argument. ABC15 reported in August 2018 that Anthony Joe Romero had been arrested after being sought since the May 17 shooting. The report gives 107th Avenue and Thunderbird Road; earlier coverage describes the area near 111th and Grand avenues. The city is retained, with no precise map pin assigned.
Arrest and second-degree murder charge reported August 2018; final court outcome not established here.
Shawntah Eierdam and Adam Manns were killed in the same shooting at a Youngtown home. Phoenix New Times identified both victims in its updated report. MCSO identified Jose Guadalupe Sotelo as the suspect; he died by suicide later that day in Glendale. This record counts one victim from the two-victim incident.
Suspect died before prosecution, according to October 2013 reporting; no conviction claimed.
Adam Manns and Shawntah Eierdam were killed in the same shooting at a Youngtown home. Phoenix New Times identified both victims in its updated report. MCSO identified Jose Guadalupe Sotelo as the suspect; he died by suicide later that day in Glendale. This record counts one victim from the two-victim incident.
Suspect died before prosecution, according to October 2013 reporting; no conviction claimed.
Browse the years represented in the current directory. These are counts of records documented on this site, not official annual Youngtown homicide totals.
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Case histories
Understanding the reported case status
The 2013 suspect died before prosecution. Hernandez and Dewitt have dated arrest reports, with no final court outcome established in the reviewed material. These records do not claim that the older reports describe today’s court status.
How this directory is built
About the Youngtown homicide data
Records are checked against official material and established reporting. Dates of discovery are distinguished from dates of attack. A source’s reported arrest or verdict is dated; no later outcome is assumed. Precise coordinates are left unset when the location is uncertain.
Is this a complete list of murders in Youngtown?
No. These 4 named victim records are an initial collection. Other documented incidents remain under review and are not included in this count.
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 Youngtown case sources come from?
Every card links to its supporting sources. This collection uses official material where available and local reporting, with conflicting or incomplete details explained.
Why are there four victims but three incidents?
Shawntah Eierdam and Adam Manns died in one October 25, 2013 incident. Each person has a record, while the event is described as a double homicide.