Unsolved murders in Phoenix/Tuscon need solving.
Posted 10-22-2013 at 09:24 PM by Lucas North
On October 24 1992 in Tuscon, Diana Vicari's arms were found in a downtown area dumpster. The rest of her body was never discovered. She was a nine-teen year-old Pima Community College student who was an aspiring Marine Biologist. In 1999, Lemuel Prion was convicted of her murder, but exonerated in 2003, after new evidence linked a man named John Mazure to Diana's murder.
One of Mazure's friends, Gregory Scott Hatton, was also suspected and was arrested months after Diana's murder for sodomizing and viciously abusing his girlfriends baby son. He was sentenced to life. As on October 2013, this case remains cold and unopen.
Just weeks after Diana's murder On November 8th 1992, twenty-two year-old Angela Brosso left her North-Phoenix apartment to go on her nightly bike ride through Cave Creek Park. The next morning her headless body was found naked in the field next to her apartment. Her head, bicycle, and Walkman were missing and a pile of her blood soaked clothes were nearby. Investigators determined that she was decapitated somewhere else and dumped in the field. They also speculated her killer/s tried to "skin her" corpse after she was murdered, like the character Buffalo Bill from the 1991 movie Silence of the Lambs. On November 20th 1992, Phoenix fisherman Mark Qualls found Brosso's head in the Arizona Canal by Interstate 17.
On September 21st 1993, seventeen-year-old Arcadia High School student Melanie Bernas left her families home in the area on 40th street and Osborn. The next morning she was found floating in the canal at almost the exact spot Brosso's head was found. Her bicycle was also missing and so were her clothes; she was redressed in a turquoise body suit that did not belong to her. While she was not decapitated, investigators said she was killed by a similar stab wound.
In March 1994, investigators used DNA evidence to link Brosso and Bernas's murders to a single male individual, but said there was no link with Vicari's. In November 2012, Phoenix Police Sgt. Troy Hillman relieved in an Arizona Republic article that investigators believe that Brosso and Bernas' killer had "specialized military training". As of this day both victims bicycles have never been recovered.
One of Mazure's friends, Gregory Scott Hatton, was also suspected and was arrested months after Diana's murder for sodomizing and viciously abusing his girlfriends baby son. He was sentenced to life. As on October 2013, this case remains cold and unopen.
Just weeks after Diana's murder On November 8th 1992, twenty-two year-old Angela Brosso left her North-Phoenix apartment to go on her nightly bike ride through Cave Creek Park. The next morning her headless body was found naked in the field next to her apartment. Her head, bicycle, and Walkman were missing and a pile of her blood soaked clothes were nearby. Investigators determined that she was decapitated somewhere else and dumped in the field. They also speculated her killer/s tried to "skin her" corpse after she was murdered, like the character Buffalo Bill from the 1991 movie Silence of the Lambs. On November 20th 1992, Phoenix fisherman Mark Qualls found Brosso's head in the Arizona Canal by Interstate 17.
On September 21st 1993, seventeen-year-old Arcadia High School student Melanie Bernas left her families home in the area on 40th street and Osborn. The next morning she was found floating in the canal at almost the exact spot Brosso's head was found. Her bicycle was also missing and so were her clothes; she was redressed in a turquoise body suit that did not belong to her. While she was not decapitated, investigators said she was killed by a similar stab wound.
In March 1994, investigators used DNA evidence to link Brosso and Bernas's murders to a single male individual, but said there was no link with Vicari's. In November 2012, Phoenix Police Sgt. Troy Hillman relieved in an Arizona Republic article that investigators believe that Brosso and Bernas' killer had "specialized military training". As of this day both victims bicycles have never been recovered.
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Can you please contact me??Posted 01-10-2017 at 02:01 PM by AngelaSmith
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Hello
We went to The Gregory school and had both Mr. Encila and Ms. Encila as teachers. Some friends and I found out about this case recently and I have read everything on this case. I also went to school with their daughter, who is only a year younger than me. We are very connected in the community and want to do anything in our power to get it reopened. We also want to get the DNA on her arms. We can get twenty thousand signatures. Please reach out to us so we can work with you.
520-481-5991Posted 06-24-2017 at 05:42 PM by lucianathum
Updated 06-24-2017 at 07:06 PM by lucianathum
