Silent Witness

Valley law enforcement agencies are asking for the public’s help in locating a man wanted for an attempted armed robbery last year.

1978: Jimmy Carter was president. The BeeGees’ album “Saturday Night Fever” spent 24 weeks at number one on the charts and “Fantasy Island” debuted on ABC. And on March 11 of that year, a teenaged Phoenix girl spent her last day alive on this earth. Pauline Robbin Burgette was home alone at a duplex near […]

Valley law enforcement agencies are asking for the public’s help in locating a man who committed aggravated robbery at a Phoenix convenience story in September.

At about 2:30 p.m. on Nov. 5, 2012, the bodies of 70-year-old Philip Marquis and 30-year-old Leila Ziegler were found in a travel trailer near Crismon Road and Main Street in Mesa. “They were both victims of a violent, horrific murder,” Phoenix Police Sgt. Derek Elmore said. “The suspects are unknown and remain at large […]

Police are asking for your help in locating a suspect in a sexual assault of two women in Phoenix.

There are going to be a lot of visitors to the Valley over the next couple of months for the holidays and then the Super Bowl. That means a lot of people staying in hotel rooms. Take this advice from Phoenix Police Sgt. Derek Elmore: “Don’t leave your valuables in your hotel room. If they […]

This purse-snatcher’s get-up may get him caught. It happened on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014 at Desert Sky Mall near 75th Avenue and Thomas Road. A shopper was walking inside the mall when, out of nowhere, she was attacked. “This guy must have scouted her, followed her a little bit,” Phoenix Police Sgt. Derek Elmore said. […]

Police are asking for your help in locating two suspects in an October armed robbery in Phoenix.

“This is definitely a guy we want to get into custody,” said Phoenix Police Sgt. Derek Elmore. On Oct. 23, 2014, at about 3:15 p.m., a man attempted to snatch a 16-year-old girl as she walked home from school near 41st and Dunlap avenues. The man actually drove onto the sidewalk and into a front […]

Police are asking for your help in locating a suspect in a September armed robbery in Mesa.