Cleophus Cooksey is on trial in connection with 8 murders in Arizona, after a pandemic-related delay Lesley Cosme Torres is a writer at PEOPLE covering crime. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

Cleophus Cooksey Jr. is on trial for eight counts of first-degree murder in a series of 2017 killings. Police found Cooksey’s mother and her husband shot dead in their apartment, with Cooksey ...

A manhunt ended with blood on Cleophus Cooksey's hands — literally, police said. His trial starts Monday. 21 days. 8 murders. A social media post, a rape kit and a Glock tied it all together ...

Cleophus Cooksey is on trial in eight killings that occurred over three weeks in 2017. Cooksey was arrested at his mother's home after police found him with blood on his hands. He faces the death ...

Authorities say evidence found there linked Cleophus Cooksey Jr. to four other killings. Police found a gun used in several of them, a necklace belonging to a victim and the vehicle keys of a ...

Opening statements took place on May 5. Police say Cleophus Cooksey, Jr. was arrested for the murder of his mother and stepfather, then connected him to several other unsolved murders. Cooksey has ...

Authorities say evidence found there linked Cleophus Cooksey Jr. to four other killings. Police found a gun used in several of them, a necklace belonging to a victim and the vehicle keys of a ...

Cleophus Cooksey is on trial in connection with 8 murders in Arizona, after a pandemic-related delay Cleophus Cooksey, 43, is on trial in Arizona in connection with eight murders over a three-week ...

Cleophus Cooksey is facing trial for eight killings that occurred over three weeks in 2017. Cooksey was arrested at his mother's home after police found him with blood on his hands. He faces the ...