Arizona

18,099 murders reported in Arizona from 1976 to 2025; police reports named an offender in about 73%. Explore the statistics →

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Cases

Mark Goudeau
2005–2006 · Phoenix and Tempe, Arizona
SerialConvicted9 victims
Between August 2005 and June 2006 a gunman the press called the "Baseline Killer" committed a string of murders, sexual assaults and armed robberies across Phoenix and Tempe, killing nine people.
Oklahoma City bombing
1995 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
MassConvicted
At 9:02 a.m.
Serial Shooter killings
2005–2006 · Phoenix metropolitan area, Arizona
SerialConvicted6 victims
From 2005 to July 2006, Dale Hausner, joined in 2006 by Samuel Dieteman, drove around the Phoenix area at night shooting people and animals at random; investigators linked the pair to dozens of shootings in which six…
Vallow-Daybell murders
2019 · Rexburg, Idaho, and Chandler, Arizona
SerialConvicted5 victims
In 2019 Lori Vallow Daybell and Chad Daybell, who led a small apocalyptic religious group, were behind a series of killings in Arizona and Idaho.
Wat Promkunaram massacre
1991 · Waddell, Arizona
MassConvicted9 victims
On August 10, 1991, nine people were found shot to death in a circle on the floor of Wat Promkunaram, a Thai Buddhist temple in Waddell, west of Phoenix: the abbot, five monks, a novice monk, a nun and a temple helper.