Hester says she refused to speak with detectives about Heike’s murder. Teasley’s mother is a surveillance officer for the Judicial Branch of Arizona in Maricopa County. If I was going to do something like that, it wouldn’t be premeditated.” Detectives asked Teasley if he had planned to murder Lauren, to which he responded, “I am definitely not the person who plans to kill another person. Investigators then showed him a picture of Heike, he said he recognized her and “wanted to look like her.” Teasley also reportedly spoke up about growing up as a Christian and about how he struggled with his sexuality, saying in part that he feared his soul’s salvation due to his thoughts. He was shown the surveillance photo and at first, allegedly said, “that’s me,” before stating he wasn’t quite sure. The Maricopa County Adult Probation Department told Arizona’s Family that meeting notes and information about those visits are kept confidential.ĭuring an interview with detectives, Teasley said that he recognized the area and frequented it, but refused to provide his routes, saying only that he never walked the same spots. Court papers also say that Teasley met with his probation officers days after the alleged murder. Surveillance images from a nearby car dealership on Princess Drive and Scottsdale Road also linked Teasley to last week’s attack on the trail. Heike was found with defensive wounds on her hands and arms, and police do not believe she was sexually assaulted. Hester said he believes Heike fought off her attacker and escaped, but that her injuries were just too severe. The papers also say that Heike might have tried to escape after being attacked from behind and being found near a barbed wire fence. They also said that was he fired for being aggressive toward female employees.Ĭourt documents revealed that Heike had been stabbed 15 times after being chased on the Reach 11 trail west of Scottsdale Road and Mayo Boulevard. After records turned up his name, detectives went to his former workplace, a sportswear store just a short distance from the trail, ex-coworkers there recognized him wearing clothes he was suspected of stealing from the store. Police say Teasley was linked to the crime through DNA on Heike’s shoe along with other forensic evidence including cell phone location data. James Hester said investigators believe the attack was random, that Teasley followed her on the trail and attacked without provocation. At the time of the arrest, court papers revealed he said, “There’s no freaking way I’m in for a sex crime I haven’t been with anyone for a long time.” During a news conference Friday afternoon, Phoenix Homicide Lt. Thursday at The Catherine Townhomes near Scottsdale and Bell roads, where he lives with his mother, less than a mile from the trail where Heike’s body was found. Investigators confirmed Teasley was arrested around 6:30 p.m. On Friday, Phoenix police named the man arrested as 22-year-old Zion William Teasley. She doesn't deserve this, none of us do.PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) - New details on the suspect accused of murdering Lauren Heike on a trail that straddles the border of north Phoenix and Scottsdale last week. "We need justice, that's what we need, that's all we need. "I don't understand why somebody would do that to her, take her life away like that because she would give heart to you. Then I find out that she got killed," the customer said.Ī vigil was held over the weekend by family and friends to remember Irma and adoring sentiments were spoken. So she went around the corner, and she was texting, and I say, 'are you OK? She said yes and that's the last time I see her. I said, ‘are you OK?’ And she said, yes, and I knew she wasn't OK. "The day that I came here, I talked to her. He said he was the last one to talk to her, before her life was taken from her. "Every time I come to the store, she's always a happy person, a beautiful person," a customer said. Loved ones hold vigil for woman killed at gas station while working
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