EP 60 - Doris Carlson

Almost 30 years after two young women were brutally murdered in Phoenix, the man charged with the killings could be sentenced to death. Bryan Patrick Miller, who is now 49, was not arrested until 2015 when new genealogy data led to a breakthrough in the cold case and is now going to trial. He is accused of two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of kidnapping and two counts of attempted sexual assault.

Gary Lee Triano was a millionaire real estate developer from Tucson, Arizona who was killed in Catalina Foothills by a pipe bomb explosion in his Lincoln Town Car on November 1, 1996. His former wife, Pamela Anne Phillips, a one-time model, real estate agent and socialite, was charged with orchestrating her ex-husband's death. In a sensational trial nearly 18 years after Triano's murder, Phillips was convicted of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder and was sentenced to life in prison. Phillips, who is now incarcerated at the Arizona State Prison Complex – Perryville, claims that Triano's death was a mob revenge killing.

On the night of October 24/25, 1996, Doris Carlson drove John McReaken and Scott Smith, roomers in her house, to the nursing home where Doris Carlson's elderly mother-in-law, Lynne Carlson, resided. Smith served as lookout while McReaken entered the building. McReaken repeatedly stabbed Lynne in a bungled attempt to kill her. Lynne suffered greatly, but did not succumb to her fatal injuries for some 6 months.

On November 24, 2009 Shari Lee Tobyne shoots and kills her husband Dwight Tobyne, dismembers his body, and discards the remains in three separate counties.  What was the reason for her to murder her husband and chop up his body?

Marjorie Ann Orbin is an American woman who murdered her husband Jay Orbin in Phoenix, Arizona, on or about September 8, 2004, which would have been his 45th birthday. Jay Orbin was a jewelry dealer. In September 2004 he returned home to Phoenix from a road trip to Florida. Police said he arrived at his home on September 8, based on cell phone and credit-card records. He was never seen alive again.

On New Year’s Eve, 1980 Pat Redmond, his wife Marilyn and his mother Helen Phelps were preparing for a party with a few close friends when killers arrived at the home. 3 men knocked on the garage door, displayed a police badge and asked for information.  Suddenly they drew gung, and entered the house. They hustled the 3 occupants into a bedroom and shot each in the back of the head. It was as gruesome as Truman Capotes’s 30 year old tale In Cold Blood.

On New Year’s Eve, 1980 Pat Redmond, his wife Marilyn and his mother Helen Phelps were preparing for a party with a few close friends when killers arrived at the home. 3 men knocked on the garage door, displayed a police badge and asked for information.  Suddenly they drew gung, and entered the house. They hustled the 3 occupants into a bedroom and shot each in the back of the head. It was as gruesome as Truman Capotes’s 30 year old tale In Cold Blood.

Donald Fifield Bolles (July 10, 1928 – June 13, 1976) was an American investigative reporter for The Arizona Republic who was known for his coverage of organized crime in the area, especially by the Chicago Outfit.  His murder in a car bombing was suspected to be mob-related, but could his murder been for other reasons?

Donald Fifield Bolles (July 10, 1928 – June 13, 1976) was an American investigative reporter for The Arizona Republic who was known for his coverage of organized crime in the area, especially by the Chicago Outfit.  His murder in a car bombing was suspected to be mob-related, but could his murder been for other reasons?

The morning of August 10,1991 a cook for the Waddell Buddhist Temple came to work as usual. The cook opened the door to discover Arizona’s most gruesome mass shooting. There were p members shot in the back of the head and placed face down in a circle. An investigation launched and 4 men from Tucson were arrested and brutally interrogated but did police have the right suspects. Sloppy forensics, false confessions and 13 hour interrogations did little to help solve the case. Finally with a small break in the case, everything changed.