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Erica Stapleton

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Investigative Journalist @12News covering AZ & beyond 📧: [email protected] | ‘He Made Me Do It’ series: https://t.co/bIAK98eCKs

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  • Prosecutor responds to Lori Vallow Daybell's request for a new trial

    4 weeks ago | 12news.com | Erica Stapleton

    PHOENIX — The above video is from a previous broadcast. A jury found Vallow Daybell guilty of Conspiracy to Commit First-Degree Murder in April.  Last week, Vallow Daybell, who is representing herself, filed a motion for a new trial. She cited a number of claims, including that a juror knew about her prior convictions. In 2023, Vallow Daybell was convicted in Idaho for killing her children, Tylee and JJ.

  • Valley school honors murdered children with vibrant memorial mural

    1 month ago | 12news.com | Erica Stapleton

    CHANDLER, Ariz. — It’s a lesson no kid should ever have to learn. But at Kyrene del Cielo Elementary School in Chandler, it came in 2021. In May of that year, fifth-grader Mia Inoue and her second-grader brother Kai were murdered by their mother at their home in Tempe. Their mother, Yui Inoue, was sentenced to life in prison for their murders last week.

  • Tempe mom convicted of killing her two kids set to be sentenced Friday afternoon

    1 month ago | 12news.com | Erica Stapleton

    PHOENIX — A Tempe mom convicted of killing her two young children is set to be sentenced to prison Friday afternoon. A jury convicted Yui Inoue in February of killing her children, 9-year-old Mia and 7-year-old Kai, back in May 2021.  The trial lasted about two weeks and Inoue waived her right to be in the courtroom during her own trial.

  • 4 adolescentes fueron arrestados por ataque en Desert Ridge Marketplace y son acusados ​​de agresión agravada

    1 month ago | 12news.com | Erica Stapleton

    PHOENIX — Cuatro adolescentes del Valle del Sol están enfrentando cargos de agresión agravada por un ataque a otro adolescente en Desert Ridge Marketplace. A principios del mes de abril, una madre de Phoenix se dirigía a recoger a su hijo de 15 años al centro comercial cuando las cosas tomaron un mal giro. Un grupo de otros cuatro adolescentes atacaba a su hijo, mientras sus amigos intentaban ayudarlo. Él la llamó mientras ella ya estaba de camino.

  • 4 teens arrested in Desert Ridge attack, charged with aggravated assault

    1 month ago | 12news.com | Erica Stapleton

    PHOENIX — Four Valley teenagers are facing aggravated assault charges for an attack on another teen at Desert Ridge Marketplace. In early April, a Phoenix mom was on her way to pick up her 15-year-old son from the shopping center when things took a bad turn. A group of four other teens was attacking her son, while his friends tried to help him.  He called her while she was already on her way. "These kids did not stop on their own," the victim's mother said.

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7 May 25

RT @BiancaBuono: #BREAKING The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office has announced the indictment of Laura Owens. Owens originally filed a la…

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3 May 25

Two life sentences. That's the punishment a judge gave Tempe mom Yui Inoue for cutting her children's lives short. Here's our coverage outside the courthouse on @12News : https://t.co/UwvqusBHlj