Mayor Announces Arrests in Phoenix Case

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Mayor Announces Arrests in Phoenix Case
By CHRIS KAHN

Police have arrested two men they said were responsible for one of the two strings of serial killings that have terrorized Phoenix area residents for more than a year, officials said Friday. Authorities would not say what evidence they have against Dale Hausner and Samuel Dieteman, who were arrested late Thursday at a gated apartment complex in the suburb of Mesa.

But authorities expressed total confidence that the pair were responsible for 15 months of deadly attacks in the "Serial Shooter" case. "These are the two monsters we've been hunting," Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon said at a news conference.

Police Chief Jack Harris said the men will face numerous counts of murder and aggravated assault, though authorities didn't have specifics on how many. Phoenix police Assistant Chief Kevin Robinson said Hausner, 33, and Dieteman, 31, are friends who lived in Mesa. Investigators found no obvious connections between the two men and the victims, Robinson said...

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