AZ - Hunter Stanfield, 19, charged with shooting death of parents Chase Stanfield, 39, and Gail Stanfield, 50, Gila County, 3/15/23

[Bishop Black]

Arizona 19-year-old arrested for double murder several months after parents were found shot to death

The Gila County Sheriff's Office announced the arrest of 19-year-old Hunter Stanfield on Tuesday for allegedly murdering his parents in October.

www.foxnews.com

A 19-year-old Arizona man was arrested for allegedly murdering his parents this week, several months after the couple was found shot to death in their home, the Gila County Sheriff's Office announced.

Hunter Stanfield was charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the slaying of Chase Stanfield, 39, and Gail Stanfield, 50.

 

[nhmemorymaker]

Reminding me a bit of the Tim Bliefield case in Illinois....
Former Big man on campus kills ;family members....

This is tragic. Was he just out and about since the murders last year?????

 

[Niner]

Here is what I found in the court site. No hearing dates listed.

Case Information
Case Number: J-0404-CF-2023000031
Title: STATE OF ARIZONA vs HUNTER B Category: Unknown
Court: Payson Justice Filing Date: 3/14/2023
Judge: Disposition Date:
HUNTER BLAIR STANFIELD DEFENDANT - D1 Date of Birth: 03/2004
Citation Count Description Disp. Date Disposition
004557 1 MURDER 1ST DEG-PREMEDITATED
004557 2 MURDER 1ST DEG-PREMEDITATED

Case Activity
Date Description Party
3/15/2023 Case assigned to COURT ROOM P1
3/15/2023 Case assigned to COURT ROOM P1
3/15/2023 Case assigned to COURT ROOM D1
3/15/2023 Case assigned to COURT ROOM D1

3/14/2023 AMEND REQUESTED P1
3/14/2023 AMEND REQUESTED P1
3/14/2023 Scheduling event generated for @ 3/15/2023 8:25:14 AM P1
3/14/2023 Scheduling event generated for @ 3/15/2023 8:25:14 AM P1
3/14/2023 FINGERPRINT ORDER COMPLIANT D1
3/14/2023 LONG FORM COMPLAINT FILED D1
3/14/2023 RELEASE ORDER ISSUED D1
3/14/2023 RELEASE ORDER ISSUED D1
3/14/2023 Scheduling event generated for @ 3/15/2023 8:25:14 AM D1
3/14/2023 Scheduling event generated for @ 3/15/2023 8:25:14 AM D1

link: Public Access Case Lookup

 

[NervousNellie]

Here is the suspect's facebook, which is linked to several family members if you are interested. I guess no one ever thinks their children will kill them, but this woman was so very supportive of all of her children.

Edited to add -
I meant to include this local article which has a bit more detail: Arrest made in Whispering Pines double homicide

 

[arielilane]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1636396921030860802

Son, 19, identified as murder suspect months after parents were killed at their #Arizona home

Son, 19, identified as murder suspect months after parents were killed at their Arizona home

A 19-year-old son in Arizona is charged with first-degree premeditated murder months after his parents were killed at home.

lawandcrime.com

 

[arielilane]

An Arizona Couple Was Found Shot to Death in Their Home. 5 Months Later, Their Son Was Charged with Murder

Hunter B. Stanfield, 19, is facing two counts of first-degree murder in connection with the deaths of Chase J. Stanfield, 39, and Gail M. Stanfield, 50.

people.com

A 19-year-old Arizona man is behind bars this week after being charged five months after the fact with murdering his parents last October.

Hunter B. Stanfield is facing two counts of first-degree murder in connection with the deaths of Chase J. Stanfield, 39, and Gail M. Stanfield, 50, according to a press release from the Gila County Sheriff's Office.


It is not immediately clear if he has entered a plea or retained an attorney to speak on his behalf.


On Oct. 17, 2022, deputies found the victims with gunshot wounds just before 11 a.m. inside a home in a subdivision north of Payson, which is about 90 miles northeast of Phoenix.

Authorities did not say in the release how they allegedly linked Hunter to the crime and they did not provide a possible motive. But Gila County Sheriff's Detective Jamie Garrett told Fox News Digital police arrested him this week after questioning him.


"We did interview Hunter on Tuesday for [approximately] an hour, and after that interview is when he was arrested for the crimes committed against his parents," Garrett told the outlet.

There were no signs of a struggle, Fox reports.

 

[Niner]

snipped...

On Oct. 17, 2022, deputies found the victims with gunshot wounds just before 11 a.m. inside a home in a subdivision north of Payson, which is about 90 miles northeast of Phoenix.

I believe that is a typo (red bold) - it should be Oct. 27, 2022.

 

[Niner]

Looks like they dismissed the charges in Payson Justice & transferred the case to Gila County Superior Court.


Case #J-0404-CF-2023000031 = Payson Justice

HUNTER BLAIR STANFIELD DEFENDANT - D1 Date of Birth: 03/2004
Citation Count Description Disp. Date Disposition
004557 1 MURDER 1ST DEG-PREMEDITATED 3/22/2023 COMPL DISMISSED BY COURT
004557 2 MURDER 1ST DEG-PREMEDITATED 3/22/2023 COMPL DISMISSED BY COURT


Case Activity
Date Description
3/22/2023 DISPOSITION SET: 43-CHARGE DISMISSED BY COURT. DATE: 03/22/2 D1

3/22/2023 DISPOSITION SET: 43-CHARGE DISMISSED BY COURT. DATE: 03/22/2

link: Public Access Case Lookup




Case #S-0400-CR-202300096 - Gila County Superior

Case Information
HUNTER BLAIR STANFIELD DEFENDANT - D1 Date of Birth: 03/2004
Citation Count Description Disp. Date Disposition
1 MURDER 1ST DEG-PREMEDITATED
2 MURDER 1ST DEG-PREMEDITATED

No Case Activity.

link: Public Access Case Lookup


Can anyone find a Gila County Superior court records search online? The one I have above doesn't really give much info.

 

[sandy_80]

poor couple
evil eyes ans smile...
this kind of crime usually has more media coverage.. so why not this one
the murder wasnt in the news when it happened ?

 

[RickshawFan]

poor couple
evil eyes ans smile...
this kind of crime usually has more media coverage.. so why not this one
the murder wasnt in the news when it happened ?

I don't understand that, either. It's hard even to find something contemporaneous with the murders last year.

 

[RickshawFan]

There's been a spate of cases involving young men from seemingly do-well middle-class families committing parricide: Halderson, Amato, Metzig, Guy... And now this one. I'm interested in what the common thread is.

Unfortunately, in this case, we have almost no details about the murder six months ago. Cause of death appears to be gunshot wounds, but that's all the detail. Odd.

 

[sandy_80]

There's been a spate of cases involving young men from seemingly do-well middle-class families committing parricide: Halderson, Amato, Metzig, Guy... And now this one. I'm interested in what the common thread is.

Unfortunately, in this case, we have almost no details about the murder six months ago. Cause of death appears to be gunshot wounds, but that's all the detail. Odd.

no matter what kind of class ..isnt most likely than not to be the ( bad egg ) case
seeking control/money/get back and so on.. I bet its about they didnt give him money or wanted to restrain him over something ..

 

[sandy_80]

I don't understand that, either. It's hard even to find something contemporaneous with the murders last year.

this also supposed to be one of the safest regions ..so how did a double murder get reported by a couple of websites ? we wouldnt know if they suspected him back then.. cause the first one to be asked is the son

 

[WingsOverTX]

There's been a spate of cases involving young men from seemingly do-well middle-class families committing parricide: Halderson, Amato, Metzig, Guy... And now this one. I'm interested in what the common thread is.

Unfortunately, in this case, we have almost no details about the murder six months ago. Cause of death appears to be gunshot wounds, but that's all the detail. Odd.

RBBM
Yes. It's sickening!

 

[RickshawFan]

no matter what kind of class ..isnt most likely than not to be the ( bad egg ) case
seeking control/money/get back and so on.. I bet its about they didnt give him money or wanted to restrain him over something ..

There's deep-seated entitlement in the mix, too. And maybe helicopter-parent-ish. And they've involved ambushes, not heat of the moment. And then there's how callously the bodies are dealt with once-deceased.

I can't get over the interrogations of Halderson and Amato...I'm kind of weirdly fascinated about what makes these young men tick, nothing I can relate to in my universe. It's like they murder a whole family because they can't see themselves flipping hamburgers at Burger King.

 

[RickshawFan]

dbm

 

[Niner]

Bumping up thread...

Anyone get into to this:
Gila County Superior #S-0400-CR-202300096

Hunter Blair Stanfield

TIA!