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911 calls reveal the moment a woman’s body was found, a day after she was ‘RANDOMLY ambushed’ and stabbed 15 times in the back and neck.
Lauren Heike, 29, was found dead on the Reach 11 trail in North Phoenix on April 29, 2023.
Prosecutors said Zion Teasley, 23, ambushed her in a random attack, chased her to a deserted area, and stabbed her 15 times in the back and neck.
Police said Heike was chased through or over a barbed wire fence.
DNA evidence linked Teasley to the crime, along with phone location data from the scene.
Teasley, an ex-con with a record since 2020, was arrested months after completing a three-year sentence for armed robbery.
Heike’s family supported the decision to seek the death penalty after charges were filed.