"The suspect linked to the recent shooting deaths of four professionals, including a prominent forensic psychiatrist involved in the JonBenet Ramsey murder investigation, in a three-day period was found dead in an Arizona hotel Monday, police said.
Scottsdale and Phoenix police traced the suspect linked to the four murders to the Extended Stay Hotel on North 69th Street.
Authorities heard several shots fired inside a hotel room as officers closed in. Police did not fire any shots.
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The suspect linked to the recent killings in Arizona has been cornered in a motel Monday, police said. (FOX10 Phoenix)
The suspect, who was not yet identified, was found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Though officials said evidence linked four prior killings, police were seen placing crime scene tape an investigating a fifth-related killing at a home in Fountain Hills.
Authorities confirmed Monday the suspect was linked to the four murders in Scottsdale and Phoenix, the latest one occurring on Saturday.
Marshall Levine, a hypnotherapist and life coach, was found dead in an office building on Saturday suffering from a gunshot wound.
The first victim killed Thursday was identified by authorities as Steven Pitt, a forensic psychiatrist who worked on the high-profile investigation into the killing of 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey, a beauty pageant star who was found dead at her family's home in Boulder, Colorado. Ramsey's murder, which remains unsolved, attracted national attention. A prosecutor cleared her parents and brother in 2008 based on DNA evidence.
Pitt was killed Thursday outside his office, police said. Besides the JonBenet Ramsey case, he also worked on the "Baseline Killer" serial murder case in the early 2000s, FOX 10 reported.
Witnesses questioned after the Pitt's killing said they heard arguments preceding loud gunshots, describing the suspect as an “adult male, bald and wearing a dark-colored hat with a short brim.”
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Witnesses say the suspect in Thursday's fatal shooting of Steven Pitt was an adult male, bald, and wearing a dark short brim hat. (Phoenix Police Department)
Police released a sketch of the suspect in the killings.
The other two victims were paralegals, identified as Veleria Sharp, 48, and Laura Anderson, 49. They were fatally shot at a law office on Friday.
One woman managed to escape the building after being shot in the head, but died after she was taken to a hospital. The other woman was found dead at the scene, the Phoenix New Times reported.
The website of Burt/Feldman/Grenier, the law firm that employed Sharp and Anderson, says it practices divorce, child support and other aspects of family law litigation and mediation.
Fox News' Travis Fedschun and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Link to article: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/06/04/arizona-suspect-linked-to-four-shooting-deaths-cornered-in-motel-police-say.html
Link to James Munder YouTube video on story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDF-gzB3Yeo
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Are_we_sure ago
Not a possible hitman. A grudge holding serial killer.
Suspect in 6 Arizona killings never got over his divorce
The first person he killed was a forensic psychiatrist who testified on his wife's behalf that he was "a danger to his wife, his child and himself" because he suffered from "anxiety and mood disorders."
He then went after his wife's lawyer. The lawyer wasn't there, but he killed two paralegals in the office. The fourth person was not involved in his divorce, but his was in the same office space of someone who was.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/04/us/scottsdale-killings-suspect/index.html
What questions do you have?
VoatisCIA ago
Questions: very accurate reporting from fucking CNN!!!! Extremely reliable.. great job
carmencita ago
How do we even know if that guy is really dead. And how do we know that they have the right guy in jail for the Baseline Killings. Another cover up maybe? Maybe Pitt was starting to connect things. Maybe the Baseline Killer and Jon Benet Killer were connected and the serial killer in jail is taking the wrap for some elite or part of a pedophile ring. Either way there is something rotten being cooked up in Phoenix.
Blacksmith21 ago
Watch this video and tell me if this guy sounds crazy or like a hitman. He sounds more like a desperate father to me. Dwight Lamon Jones in his own words: https://hooktube.com/watch?v=tsx85wp8Lvo
"People who enable sexual assault should be held accountable.....Nasser....pedophiles..."
carmencita ago
That was really creepy. Could not watch all of it. Creeped me out. I don't know if he is who they say he is or not and anyone can make up a story as we all to well know. Yes, sexual assault criminals should pay and be held accountable, but we have to make sure we have the right people