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CBS' 48 Hours Set to Air Hour-Long Take on Doug Grant Murder Case

Readers of this paper are likely to recall the Doug Grant murder case.   ​Remember, the onetime Phoenix Suns nutritionist who was convicted of manslaughter in the 2001 drowning death of his beautiful wife Faylene. (That's the happy couple on the day of their second wedding, mere we ... More >>

The Case That Won't End: Doug Grant's Stepdaughter Files `Wrongful-Death' Suit

If things weren't bad enough for Doug Grant, now serving a five-year prison term after a jury convicted him of manslaughter in the death of his wife Faylene, get this: Jenna Stradling, his 19-year-old stepdaughter (and a key witness against him in the controversial, high-profile case) has filed a& ... More >>

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Doug Grant Gets Five Years After Slain Wife’s Sister Pressed for His Conviction Based on a Dream

UPDATE: Doug Grant Sentencing Postponed Until Further Notice

Doug Grant, the onetime Phoenix Suns nutritionist convicted last month of manslaughter was scheduled to be sentenced Friday, May 1. But Vincent Funari, the able public information officer for the Maricopa County Superior Court, just sent out an e-mail to announce that Grant's sentencing has ... More >>

April 30 In Blogs: Spy Cameras, Taryn Thomas, Brian Pulido and More

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Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, April 23, 2009

Doug Grant Did "Everything Wrong"

The jury forewoman in the "Mormon Murder Trial" speaks out after the manslaughter verdict.

Hate For Doug Grant: Despite Scant Evidence That Grant Killed His Wife, the Jury Convicted Him Anyhow

THIS JUST IN: Mormon Murder Trial Ends With Manslaughter Conviction Against Doug Grant

Sports nutritionist Doug Grant was convicted of manslaughter in the bathtub-drowning death of his wife, Faylene, by a Maricopa County Superior Court jury a few minutes ago. The so-called Mormon murder case (Doug and Faylene Grant, pictured, were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day ... More >>

UPDATE: Doug Grant in Maricopa County Jail After Manslaughter Conviction

Doug Grant sits in the Maricopa County Jail tonight, the consequence of a deeply flawed life and the vagaries of the criminal-justice system. A 12-person jury convicted the one-time Phoenix Suns   nutritionist of manslaughter in the death of his wife Faylene. It was the least serious ( ... More >>

UPDATE: Doug Grant Murder Case Jury Deliberation Finally in Home Stretch?

It's been exactly two weeks since the jury in the Doug Grant murder case began to deliberate his fate. The panel returned to work this morning, and some close to the case suspect that a verdict finally may be near. The basis for that belief are questions the jury has had i ... More >>

March 19 In Blogs: SxSW, Geordie's, Doug Grant and More

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UPDATE: No End in Sight to Juror Deliberations in the Mormon Murder Trial

The 12-person jury in the Doug Grant Mormon murder case has gone home for the weekend, and it appears that members are nowhere close to reaching a verdict. The best indication of that is a "deliberation schedule" the panel sent out a few days ago to Judge Meg Mahoney, who has presided over the high ... More >>

UPDATE: Mormon Murder Trial Jury Still Deliberating

Maricopa County Superior Court jurors in the Doug Grant murder case have been deliberating his fate for 10 hours and counting.  Grant (not the Jason-looking Doug Grant to the left) is charged with killing his wife Faylene back in September 2001 at their Gilbert home. With devou ... More >>

Prosecutor Calls Doug Grant "Black Angel of Death" in Closing Argument

Closing arguments started Tuesday in the closely watched trial of former Phoenix Suns nutritionist Doug Grant, and prosecutor Juan Martinez immediately went for the defendant's throat -- proverbially, of course. We'll be writing a postmortem about this remarkably weird trial when (and if) ... More >>

March 4 In Blogs: Amanda Palmer, Dry Soda, The Black Angel of Death and More

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March 2 In Blogs: Zack de la Rocha, Beer, Doug Grant and More

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Crazy Goings-On at the Doug Grant Mormon Murder Trial in Downtown Phoenix

It's finally in the homestretch at the closely watched first-degree murder trial of former Phoenix Suns nutritionist Doug Grant, and the whole thing almost caved in Monday. Many of you reading this have been following this weird murder case, which we reported on in great detail ... More >>

Stop The Presses! There's Slipshod Reporting in Mormon Murder Case

Reasonable minds may differ on whether Doug Grant's guilty of killing his wife, Faylene, by drugging and drowning her at the couple's Gilbert home back in September 2001. It's an understatement to call this case complex and odd. I mean, the county Medical Examiner couldn't even call it homic ... More >>

Tense Testimony Tendered In Mormon Murder Trial

Prosecutor Juan Martinez tried to paint murder defendant Doug Grant's current wife Hilary as a co-conspiring, manipulative, slutty, cold-blooded, gold-digging, backstabbing floozy during hours of tense testimony Wednesday.   Doug Grant, a onetime nutritionist for the Phoenix Su ... More >>

Medical Examiner At Mormon Murder Trial: "I Have No Evidence To Support This Being A Homicide."

The county pathologist who performed the autopsy on alleged murder victim Faylene Grant in 2001 told a rapt jury yesterday afternoon that he could find "no evidence to support this being a homicide."   Dr. Arch Mosley, a former Maricopa County assistant medic ... More >>

The Outcome of the "Serial Shooter" Case Seems Certain, While the Doug Grant Mormon Murder Trial Is Anything but That

Key Prosecution Witness in Doug Grant Mormon Murder Trial Refutes State's Theory

  Let's cut to the chase on Wednesday's testimony at Doug Grant's first-degree murder trial in downtown Phoenix: Grant (pictured) certainly has some major issues, or we (and a slew of national media types) probably wouldn't be sitting in court watching this proceeding slowly unfo ... More >>

Key Prosecution Witness Finally Finishes Testifying In Mormon Murder Case

Jenna Stradling -- the 18-year-old stepdaughter of murder defendant Doug Grant (the smiling guy in the photo) and a key prosecution witness in the high-profile case -- finally finished testifying a few hours ago after several tense days on the stand. The Brigham Young University freshman ... More >>

Key Witness at Mormon Murder Trial Still on Stand

Jenna Stradling, the daughter of alleged victim Faylene Grant, returns to the witness stand later this morning as testimony continues in the wacky and tragic Doug Grant murder case. Stradling, an 18-year-old student at Brigham Young University, faced a barrage of questions from prosecutor Juan Mart ... More >>

Dramatic Testimony Heard In Mormon Murder Case

Jurors and a packed courtroom heard riveting, often heartbreaking, testimony today as the prosecution opened its first-degree murder case against former Phoenix Suns nutritionist Doug Grant. Actually, Jenna Stradling, who is alleged murder victim Faylene Grant's 18-year-old daughter, is on the st ... More >>

Prosecutor Takes First Shots in Mormon Murder Case

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, November 20, 2008

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, October 23, 2008

Gilbert Pols Meet in Executive Session on Mormon Murder Case

A Gilbert Detective Crossed the Line to Turn Doug Grant’s Wife’s Bathtub Drowning Into a Murder Case

Mormon Widower Doug Grant Wasn’t Counting on a Murder Rap When He Followed His Late Wife’s Instruction to Marry His Ex-Lover

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