Maricopa County Medical Examiner's Office

Aimee Butel, Valley Attorney, Accused of Running Over Woman While Driving Drunk

A Valley attorney and former Maricopa County medical examiner is accused of running over and killing a woman who was lying in a roadway while driving drunk, then driving away.Aimee Lorine Butel, listed in court documents obtained by New Times as an attorney for the Phoenix law firm Knapp & Rober ... More >>

Raymond Farinas Death: Are You Buying MCSO's Explanation for Arpaio's Latest Dead Inmate?

Not long after the Maricopa County Medical Examiner's Office decided Marty Atencio -- the Army vet who died in Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Fourth Avenue Jail in December -- died from "law enforcement subdual" and other causes, MCSO has another dead inmate.The Feathered Bastard has the information on Raymon ... More >>

Joe Arpaio's Victim Marty Atencio Killed by "Law Enforcement Subdual," Among Other Factors, Says Medical Examiner

The Maricopa County Medical Examiner's Office has issued a determination as to the cause of death for Marty Atencio, the Army vet brutally beaten and Tased in Sheriff Joe Arpaio's infamous Fourth Avenue Jail on December 15, then shipped off brain dead to Saint Joseph's Hospital, where his family ult ... More >>

Sergeant Sean Drenth Death a Suicide?

The County Medical Examiner determined that Phoenix Sergeant Sean Drenth committed suicide. Phoenix police aren't as convinced.​The Maricopa County Medical Examiner's Office today will issue its official ruling in the October 2010 shooting death of Phoenix Sergeant Sean Drenth.As we reported last ... More >>

Phoenix Sergeant Sean Drenth's Death a Suicide, Medical Examiner's Office Says. But Phoenix P.D. Still Considers Bizarre Shooting a "Death Unknown"

Phoenix Sergeant Sean Drenth committed suicide -- according to the Medical Examiner, that is.​Tomorrow, the Maricopa County Medical Examiner's Office officially will rule that the bizarre shooting death of Phoenix Sergeant Sean Drenth was a suicide -- more than a year after Drenth' ... More >>

Willie Jigba Disappearance: Body Found in Tempe Town Lake Matches Description of Missing Tempe Man

A body found in the Tempe Town Lake this morning matches the description of missing Tempe man Willie Jigba. ​The Tempe Police Department has confirmed that the body pulled from the Tempe Town Lake this morning matches the description of missing Tempe man Willie Jigba, although, the body has not ye ... More >>

Jeff Ahlers Shooting: Medical Examiner's Report "Pending" -- Five Months Later

Jeff Ahlers​We've been following the shooting death of 47-year-old Jeff Ahlers, of Tempe, fairly closely, and five months after he was shot, we still have no answer as to what happened.Ahlers was first reported missing on June 1, and was found shot to death in a canal a few days later.By all accou ... More >>

Marcia Powell's Autopsy Report Rules Cage Death in ADC Custody an "Accident"

Marcia Powell, who died in ADC custody May 20 The Maricopa County Medical Examiner's Office has released the autopsy report and toxicology results for Marcia Powell, the 48-year-old woman who died May 20 after being confined to a human cage at Perryville Prison in Goodyear for some four h ... More >>

Dad Sues in Case of Teen Whose Body Went Undiscovered for Four Days After Crash

The father of a 17-year-old boy whose body was found four days after a car crash wants $10 million from the city of Phoenix. Edward Montoya Sr. argues in his claim that authorities "might have prevented" his son's death, if only they had searched the crash area better and found the boy.  T ... More >>

Medical Examiner Holds Marcia Powell's Remains as Fiduciary Seeks Next of Kin

ADC's initial mug shot of Marcia Powell... ADC's new, more flattering photo of Powell... The remains of 48-year-old Marcia Powell, who died May 20 after being confined to a human cage at Perryville Prison for at least four hours in the punishing Arizona sun, are being held by t ... More >>

Medical Examiner's Office: "No Comment" on When Teen in Crash Died; Body Not Found for Three Days

  An autopsy report doesn't state how soon death came for a 17-year-old boy whose body wasn't found for nearly four days after a car crash. The report does say, however, that David Montoya had a blood alcohol content of .22 and cocaine in his system at the time of the one-car collision nea ... More >>

Jerry Springer Star William Windsor, aka, "Baby Man": The Cause of His Crib Death Revealed

heidilynnsworld.com According to the coroner, natural causes felled Baby Man... Though questions remain, the autopsy report is in on the onetime Broadway actor, country-western singer, and ultimately, full time diaper-wearer William "Baby Man" Windsor, who was discovered dead in his ... More >>

"Baby Man" William Windsor Found Dead in Home, Autopsy Underway

from heidilynnsworld.com William Windsor, aka, "Baby Man," who was found dead in his home this Friday. You might say he's gone to that Big Crib in the Sky. William Windsor, better known to Phoenicians as "Baby Man," has sucked his last pacifier. According to Phoenix police, Windsor -- a forme ... More >>

Death by Electrocutioner

In a worst-case scenario for stun guns, a Phoenix cop kills a suspect with an 84-second tasing

Taser Aftershock!

Turns out much-maligned stun guns are a good thing overall

The Case of the Fatal Femme

Samantha Somegustava's boyfriend tells the homicide detective she has a "hard heart." By now, the cop knows what he means

Hope I Die Before I Get Old

Arizona has the power to make nursing homes provide good care. Too bad it doesn't use it

An Errant Rescue

The short life and times of Johnny Jardine, Part 1

'Til Death Do Us Part

Cocaine. Domestic brawls. Group sex. Brian Eftenoff concedes his wasn't the perfect marriage. But was his wife Judi murdered? Did Brian kill her? And can prosecutors prove anything? Part One of a New Times Investigation

Who Mutilated Dominic Marion?

On the trail of a bizarre hospital crime, New Times finds a cryogenically frozen head, a witch hunt for a wiccan and a stumped detective. And still nobody knows . . .

Remains of the Day

Everyone is good at something. Dr. Laura Fulginiti's genius is her ability to determine how someone died -- even if there's very little left of him.

Faces of Milpas

Death and Laxness

Family horrified at funeral home's gruesome handling of body

DEATH IN THE DESERT

IN HER SEARCH FOR ANSWERS, KIMBERLY NILSON DABBLED IN MYSTICISM AND POSSIBLY PEYOTE. NOW, EIGHT MONTHS AFTER HER DISAPPEARANCE TRIGGERED NATIONAL HEADLINES, EVIDENCE SUGGESTS THE ASU STUDENT'S QUEST INTO LIFE'S MYSTERIES MAY HAVE LED TO HER OWN DEATH.