Chase & Gail Stanfield (Image from a family-posted celebration of life video), Hunter Stanfield (Gila County Sheriff’s Office)
A 19-year-old Arizona son has been charged with first-degree premeditated murder months after his parents were murdered in their home.
Hunter Blair Stanfield was taken into custody Tuesday in connection with the October 2022 murder in Whispering Pines, according to the Gila County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff J. Adam Shepherd announced the deaths of 39-year-old Chase J. Stanfield and his 50-year-old Gail M. Stanfield after receiving his 911 call on the morning of October 27, when his office He said he knew first.
The sheriff’s office did not specify how the victim was killed. Fox News reported the couple were shot dead. Authorities reportedly arrested the defendant after questioning him for about an hour.
A search of Arizona court records under law and crime shows that several search warrants were executed in the weeks and months following the killings. That investigation in its entirety led to Monday’s indictment, Shepard said.
“Sheriff Shepard would like to thank the Gila County Attorney’s Office and the Arizona Department of Public Safety for their concerted efforts in this investigation,” the sheriff said. “Thank you detectives for working non-stop on this case to track down all the leads and collect and evaluate all the evidence.”
“This is a time-consuming investigation and the detective’s dedication to community and justice should be applauded,” he added.
Ann obituary Mr. and Mrs. Stanfields in October said they “died suddenly.”
“Chase and Gail are survived by their children, parents, grandparents, extended family, and many friends.
In the aftermath of the shooting, many “devastated” friends and family have posted their condolences on Gail and Chase’s Facebook page.
“I am completely devastated by this news. I can’t even imagine what my family must go through,” a friend named Kelly posted two days after the shooting. My heart breaks that something like this could happen to two of the most positive people in the world.May God bless their souls and their families.”
“Mum, you’ve done it yet. I just want to hug you and tell you in person how proud we all are of you, but I know you can hear. Gail Stanfield’s Facebook The page said she was pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Psychology Applied Behavior Analysis.
Degrees issued after Gail Stanfield’s death (Facebook screengrab)
“Mom, there’s never a moment when I don’t miss you and chase you. Every day, the moment I open my eyes, my heart breaks and reality hits me in waves again and again,” Ashley said. Posted in February. “I miss our daily conversations.
Gail posted in June 2018 that she and Chase were “married.” They got married in October 2018.
Two days before the shoot, Gail tagged her husband on Facebook and shared her final post.
Chase Stanfield was a Dallas Cowboys fan and an avid outdoorsman.
Under the sheriff’s Facebook post about the arrest of Hunter Stanfield, Payson area residents who claimed to know the suspect expressed their grief that mental illness may have been a factor in the killing. suggested that
It is not immediately clear whether the defendants have lawyers.
