Life or death in Yavapai County

By: Michael Kiefer

Outlets: Arizona Mirror

Published: February 10, 2026

Words: 2,703

Last Updated: 4 months, 2 weeks ago

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A man kills a woman he met at a storage facility, kidnaps her young daughter, then slits the girl’s throat. Another man buries his wife alive. A third crushes his girlfriend’s head with a hammer during an argument, shoots her stepfather and then buries their bodies in the woman’s car.

These are crimes that could make a pacifist support the death penalty, especially in a sleepy heavily Republican Arizona county known for scenic views, red …

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