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19-Year-Old Arrested in Deadly New Year’s Day Stabbing in South Phoenix

Witnesses identified the suspect after he returned to the scene.

Overview

  • Police found 34-year-old Gilbert Ray Ayonayon II with at least one stab wound near 12th Place and Southern Avenue just before 2 a.m.
  • Phoenix Fire took him to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
  • Witnesses named 19-year-old Frank Joseph Martinez as the suspect, and he was taken into custody when he came back to the area.
  • Martinez was booked on first-degree murder and assault, according to investigators and booking records.
  • Detectives have not released what led to the stabbing or whether the victim and suspect knew each other.