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Cold Cases in Phoenix, Arizona

ColdCaseIndex documents 3 cases in Phoenix, Arizona, dated 2000 to 2004. 0 are recorded as unsolved. The earliest is Joe Andriano (2000) and the most recent is Robert Keith Palomares (2004).

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Status of the 3 cases
  • Charges or trial pending 1 (33%)
  • Solved or convicted 1 (33%)
  • Closed without conviction 1 (33%)

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2 Homicides1 Missing Persons

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Wanted 2004

Robert Keith Palomares

Armored car guard Robert Keith Palomares, 24, was shot and killed during a robbery outside a movie theater in Phoenix on November 29, 2004.

Phoenix Homicide Age 24
No Conviction 2001

Alissa Turney

Alissa Turney, 17, disappeared in Phoenix on May 17, 2001, the last day of her junior year at Paradise Valley High School, and has never been found. Her stepfather, Michael Turney, was charged with second-degree murder in 2020.

Phoenix Missing Person Age 17
Conviction 2000

Joe Andriano

Joe Andriano, who was terminally ill with cancer, was killed in his Phoenix apartment on October 8, 2000. He had been struck at least 23 times on the head and stabbed in the neck, and sodium azide was found in his blood.

Phoenix Homicide Age 33

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