Jose Juan Martinez, 39, was arrested Monday on suspicion of sexually molesting a 12-year-old Gilbert girl for the past four years.

November 17, 2004

Efrain Martinez wanted a better life so badly he couldn’t even feel the cactus needles lodged in his swollen, bloody feet as he crossed the desert — and the U.S. border with Mexico — for at least the third time.

Efrain Martinez wanted a better life so badly he couldn’t even feel the cactus needles lodged in his swollen, bloody feet as he crossed the desert — and the U.S. border with Mexico — for at least the third time.

The prosecutor in Jodi Arias' murder trial spent Monday trying to undermine the credibility of a defense witness who testified the defendant was a victim of domestic abuse at the hands of the victim.

It was a day of grueling forensic testimony as the Jodi Arias murder trial continued on Tuesday in Phoenix.

December 7, 2004

An Ahwatukee Foothills woman convicted last month of killing her terminally ill husband must now fight for her life.

A prosecutor on Thursday portrayed Jodi Arias as a manipulative liar who stalked her ex-boyfriend and killed him in grisly fashion before courting the media spotlight in her sensational murder case.

The prosecutor in Jodi Arias' murder trial worked Tuesday to portray the defendant as a manipulative liar who "liked to play the victim" as he questioned a defense witness' contention that Arias suffered domestic abuse at the hands of the one-time boyfriend she has admitted to killing.

It was the "ultimate bonding experience" for two men accused of slitting a Scottsdale man’s throat, leaving him nearly decapitated, a prosecutor said.

It was the "ultimate bonding experience" for two men accused of slitting a Scottsdale man’s throat, leaving him nearly decapitated, a prosecutor said.

It was the "ultimate bonding experience" for two men accused of slitting a Scottsdale man’s throat, leaving him nearly decapitated, a prosecutor said Tuesday.

It was the "ultimate bonding experience" for two men accused of slitting a Scottsdale man’s throat, leaving him nearly decapitated, a prosecutor said Tuesday.

Day four of the Jodi Arias murder trial had compelling testimony from the man Arias visited after killing Travis Alexander.

Known as a bulldog with a pedal-to-the-metal approach to prosecuting cases, Deputy Maricopa County Attorney Juan Martinez no doubt stumped Jodi Arias repeatedly throughout his intense cross-examination in her murder trial.

Attorneys sparred over the legal definitions of murder during closing arguments Monday in the murder trial of Loren Wade, the former ASU football player who shot and killed a man in a Scottsdale nightclub’s parking lot.