A photo of Mercedes Vega is displayed at the Silent Witness conference in Phoenix on Nov. 24, 2023. Authorities apprehended the man they are pointing to as suspected of being involved in the 2023 ...

Sencere Hayes, 22, is accused of killing Mercedes Vega in 2023. Vega's body was found in a burning car along Interstate 10 in Tonopah. Hayes was arrested in Tennessee and extradited to Arizona.

Erika and Tom Pillsbury sat seething with silent rage in a courtroom as they laid eyes on the man accused of torturing and murdering their daughter last year. Clad in an orange jumpsuit with the words ...