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.
Credit: Federal Bureau of InvestigationPublic domainSourceUNSOLVEDListenApache-Sitgreaves National Forest near Heber, Arizona · 1975
In November 1975, forestry worker Travis Walton disappeared for five days near Heber, Arizona; his crew said he had been struck by a light from an unidentified flying object. Walton later said he had been abducted by aliens. No criminal charges resulted; researchers and skeptics have since disputed whether the incident was genuine or a hoax.
SOLVEDListenLa Paloma Country Club, Catalina Foothills, Arizona · 1996
Tucson real estate developer Gary Triano was killed by a pipe bomb placed in his car in 1996. Nearly 18 years later, his ex-wife Pamela Phillips and hit man Ronald Young were convicted of first-degree murder and conspiracy in connection with his death.
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.
UNSOLVEDListenApache Junction, Arizona, United States · 2013
Adrienne Salinas disappeared from Tempe in June 2013, and her remains were found near Apache Junction while the circumstances of her death remain unresolved.
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.
Credit: English Wikipedia ; teenage photo supplied by her fatherEditorial useSourceCOLDListenMarana, Arizona (near Interstate 10) · 1987
Deanna Criswell, a 16-year-old runaway from Spokane, Washington, was found shot to death near Marana, Arizona in November 1987. She remained unidentified for 27 years until 2015, when relatives using online cold-case databases and forensic facial reconstruction helped confirm her identity. The suspected killer died in prison in 2005 and was never charged.
SOLVEDListenDays Inn motel, Phoenix, Arizona · 2022
On August 28, 2022, Isaiah Steven Williams opened fire outside a Days Inn motel in Phoenix, Arizona, killing Karla Garzona and Misael Arévalo and wounding five others, including two police officers, before killing himself as officers confronted him.
Ruby, Arizona · 1920
Between 1920 and 1922, six people were killed in a series of robberies and manhunts centered on the Ruby Mercantile store near the border town of Ruby, Arizona, including two store owners, the wife of a second store owner, and two lawmen killed during a prisoner escape.
UNSOLVEDListenGrand Canyon, Colorado River, Arizona · 1926
Newlyweds Glen and Bessie Hyde vanished in November 1928 while attempting to run the Colorado River's rapids through the Grand Canyon; their scow was later found intact and adrift, but no trace of the couple was ever recovered.
The files run from 1871 to 2026. The 2000s hold the most, with 6 files. The oldest is Wickenburg Massacre, from 1871.
They are spread across 16 cities and towns; the most are in Mesa (6), Tucson (4) and Phoenix (2). By type, the largest groups are murder and homicide cases (17), disappearance cases (5) and mass shooting cases (4).
11 files of the 25 have coverage attached: 28 videos, podcasts and documentaries from 13 creators. The most covered is Murder of Travis Alexander, with 9 items to watch or hear. Annie Elise, Dr. Todd Grande and Kendall Rae 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. If you hold information about an unsolved case, contact the investigating agency named in its file rather than posting it publicly. Families and anyone involved can request a correction from any file.
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
Alissa Turney — school photo — Credit: National Center for Missing & Exploited ChildrenLaw-enforcement releaseSource
Administration of Polygraph (cropped) — Credit: Federal Bureau of InvestigationPublic domainSource
Chief Judge John Roll — Credit: Administrative Office of the United States CourtsPublic domainSource
Nancy Guthrie — the portrait circulated during the search — Credit: Family photograph released by the FBI, via WikipediaEditorial useSource
File:Balbir Singh Sodhi.jpeg — Credit: Family of Balbir Singh SodhiEditorial useSource
Deanna Criswell — Credit: English Wikipedia ; teenage photo supplied by her fatherEditorial useSource
File:FrederickWadsworthLoring.jpg — Credit: Timothy H. O'SullivanPublic domainSource
25. By status: 5 unsolved, 1 cold, 5 ongoing and 14 solved. The count covers published files only and changes as new files clear review.
Wickenburg Massacre, from 1871. Open the file
Murder of Travis Alexander, with 9 videos, podcasts and documentaries linked from its file. Open the file
Annie Elise (4 cases), Dr. Todd Grande (3 cases) and Kendall Rae (2 cases), among 13 creators in all.
Mesa (6), Tucson (4) and Phoenix (2).
It rebuilds hourly from the published files; the newest file change here is dated Jul 16, 2026. A status changes only when the record behind it does.
