Man responsible for murder of Lauren Heike in custody, Phoenix police say

AZ Family via 3TV/CBS 5 ^ | Published: May. 4, 2023 at 8:59 PM CDT | By Alexis Cortez

[DCBryan1]

PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) -- Investigators say a man is in custody in connection to the murder of a woman on a north Phoenix trail. Investigators confirmed the suspect in his early 20s was arrested around 6:30 p.m. at his apartment near Scottsdale and Bell roads on Thursday, less than a mile from the trail where 29-year-old Lauren Heike’s body was found. Officers haven’t released his name. Sources tell Arizona’s Family the suspect is 23 years old and is linked to the crime through DNA. They also say the suspect stabbed Heike multiple times.

[DCBryan1]

Literally saw her jogging, got his "kill gear" back pack on, ran into her on the return loop, and murdered her. Unknown if she was raped. Carry a gun people! Evil surrounds us!

[DCBryan1]

[imabadboy99]

more black on white crime hushed up by the media

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Needs to be strapped to a chair and introduced to a Louisville Slugger.

[ronniesgal]

waiting for another FReeper to call ya racist! I’ll check back.
I hope she was not raped by this savage.

[skeeter]

Dint du Nuffin.

[DCBryan1]

Previous FR Thread

Suspect chasing after jogger:

[Leep]

Did he use an assault knife or just a every day knife?

[neverbluffer]

He looks more Hispanic to me

[libertylover]

WOW! I guess DNA testing is pretty fast these days. Plus, he was apparently already in the database.

[Eagles6]

Yep.

[Leep]

Probably raped her after she was dead.

[DCBryan1]

Methinks MULTIPLE cameras caught him going from apartment, to scene of crime and right back to his door. I bet everything is recorded but the actual murder.

[ronniesgal]

he may be a nice mix.

[LouAvul]

Yeah, we've all seen the previous thread. This is the most recent thread with the updated information.

But, thanks for playing.

[Menehune56]

Daily Mail has an informative article on this case but the killer still has not been identified as far as I can tell. Gee I wonder why.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12049391/Suspect-nabbed-killing-Arizona-esthetician-29-murdered-desert-hiking-trail.html

[Leep]

Kind of looks like both.

[samadams2000]

We need to fire up Old Sparkey.

[DCBryan1]

He looks more Hispanic to me

Same here....thinking Dominican?

[Drew68]

more black on white crime hushed up by the media

The only "crime" the media wants to talk about right now is the neutralization of a violent, career criminal by a white guy on a New York subway.

We're being presented the full Trayvon treatment to include twelve year old YouTube videos of the teenage future psycho impersonating Michael Jackson.