Murder
Tucson woman arrested in husband’s shooting death
A 58-year-old Tucson woman was arrested overnight in the shooting death of her husband.
Attorney: Defendant in blind rage in slaying
A man accused of stabbing his girlfriend to death with a steak knife was blind with rage at the time of the crime and didn't know what he was doing, his attorney told jurors Friday.
Tucson man who set woman on fire convicted of murder
A Tucson man was convicted today of first degree murder for setting a woman on fire.
Case of fatal stabbing of teen ends in mistrial
The trial of a teenager accused of stabbing and killing another teen ended in a mistrial Tuesday as jurors were unable reach a unanimous decision.
Probation for mom in newborn son’s death
Denise Pesqueira, who killed her newborn son in 2009 was sentenced Monday to four years probation and 200 days work-release in Pima County jail.
Case of Tucson woman who died after being set afire goes to jury
After repeatedly violating a protective order a former friend took out against him, prosecutors told jurors in Anthony Lewis' murder trial, he doused the woman with gas and set her on fire.
Tucson killing was self-defense, lawyer says
A Tucsonan accused of fatally shooting a 74-year-old man in November 2010 did so in self-defense, his attorney told jurors Wednesday.
Prosecutor says teen had 2011 killing well-planned
Prosecutors in the first-degree murder trial of Santos Angel Hernandez say he planned all along to kill fellow teenager Austin Wayne Maudsley when the pair met in a Marana park two years ago.
Calif. woman not guilty in slaying of aspiring model from Tucson
LOS ANGELES — A jury found a woman not guilty Tuesday of murder in the strangling of an aspiring model from Tucson.
Ex-probation officer gets 12 years for killing father
A former probation officer and law school graduate accused of fatally shooting his 71-year-old father in the garage of their Oro Valley home was sentenced to 12 years in prison Monday.
Arizona court turns down death row inmate’s appeal
PHOENIX — The Arizona Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld the convictions and sentences of a death row inmate from Hawaii in the killing of his mother in Arizona.
Drug-related Tucson killing brings 25 years to life with parole possible
The mother of a Tucson man shot and killed in 2010 told a judge that her 13-year-old granddaughter lost her best friend, her hero and her motivation with her father's death.
Tucson man gets 25-to-life in drug-related killing
The mother of a Tucson man shot and killed in 2010 told a judge that her 13-year-old granddaughter lost her best friend, her hero and her motivation with her father’s death.
Tucson police ID man shot, killed at graduation party
Police have released the name of the 21-year-old man who was shot and killed at a high school graduation party early this morning.
Tucson man facing charges he killed baby
A 29-year-old man was arrested and is facing charges that he killed a 3-month-old infant being cared for by his live-in girlfriend.
Verdict tossed, Gina Celaya is starting new life
Over her 20 years in prison, Gina Celaya showed herself to be a talented artist, creating drawings with pen on paper and expressing a desire to learn to airbrush designs on cars.
Verdict tossed, she's starting new life
Dressed in the prison-issued orange T-shirt and pants, Gina Celaya is led out of the courtroom after her release by Pima County Superior Court Judge Richard Nichols. Celaya was 14 years old in 1994, when she was the youngest person to be tried as an adult for murder in Pima County.
Gina Celaya
Gina Gail Celaya sorts palm fronds she trimmed from a tree at the Arizona State Prison, Perryville unit, in Goodyear where she is an inmate 7/31/01. Celaya fatally shot 50-year-old Trinidad Lopez in 1992, days after she turned 14, and stole his truck. She's serving a 30-year sentence but is …
Gina Celaya, arrested for Tucson murder at 14, released at 34
A woman who was arrested for murder at age 14 was to be set free from prison today under terms of a new plea agreement approved this morning in a Tucson courtroom.
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