Credit: CBS News / Travis Alexander (personal photo)Editorial useSourceSOLVEDListenMesa, Arizona, United States · 2000s
Travis Alexander, 30, was stabbed, slashed, and shot to death in his Mesa, Arizona home on June 4, 2008. His ex-girlfriend, Jodi Arias, was convicted of first-degree murder in 2013 and sentenced to life without parole in 2015 after two juries deadlocked on the death penalty.
SOLVEDListenLa Quinta Inn & Suites, Mesa, Arizona · 2016
On January 18, 2016, Mesa, Arizona police officer Philip Brailsford fatally shot unarmed Daniel Shaver in a hotel hallway; a jury acquitted Brailsford of murder and manslaughter in 2017, and the city later settled civil suits with Shaver's family for millions of dollars.
Credit: Family of Balbir Singh SodhiEditorial useSourceSOLVEDListenChevron gas station, Mesa, Arizona · 2001
Balbir Singh Sodhi, a Sikh-American gas station owner in Mesa, Arizona, was fatally shot on September 15, 2001, by Frank Silva Roque, who mistook him for an Arab Muslim in a retaliatory hate crime following the September 11 attacks. Roque was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death, later commuted to life imprisonment.
SOLVEDListenMesa, Arizona (body found near Usury Pass Road, Apache Junction area) · 2001
Cynthia Garcia, a 44-year-old Mesa woman, was beaten, stabbed, and killed by members of the Hells Angels Mesa chapter in October 2001 after an altercation at their clubhouse. The case was solved years later through an ATF informant and undercover operation, leading to the convictions of all three men involved.
The files run from 1966 to 2025. The 2000s hold the most, with 3 files. The oldest is Murder of Travis Alexander, from the 2000s.
By type, the largest groups are murder and homicide cases (5), hate crime cases (1) and kidnapping and abduction cases (1).
2 files of the 6 have coverage attached: 10 videos, podcasts and documentaries from 7 creators. The most covered is Murder of Travis Alexander, with 9 items to watch or hear. Dr. Todd Grande, Emma Kenny and Bailey Sarian have covered the most of them.
Every file is written from cited sources and pinned where it happened, and every person named carries the legal status the record gives them. Families and anyone involved can request a correction from any file.
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CBS News gallery 'Slain boyfriend of Jodi Arias' — personal photos of Travis Alexander (from his MySpace). — Credit: CBS News / Travis Alexander (personal photo)Editorial useSource
File:Balbir Singh Sodhi.jpeg — Credit: Family of Balbir Singh SodhiEditorial useSource
6. By status: 1 ongoing and 5 solved. The count covers published files only and changes as new files clear review.
Murder of Travis Alexander, from the 2000s. Open the file
Murder of Travis Alexander, with 9 videos, podcasts and documentaries linked from its file. Open the file
Dr. Todd Grande (2 cases), Emma Kenny (1 case) and Bailey Sarian (1 case), among 7 creators in all.
It rebuilds hourly from the published files; the newest file change here is dated Jul 14, 2026. A status changes only when the record behind it does.
