Overview
- Phoenix police identified the suspect as 34-year-old Michael Anthony Arredondo, accused in the stabbing death of 25-year-old Evin Paulos in north Phoenix on June 3, 2017.
- Investigators say Arredondo fled to California and then to Mexico after the killing, where he remained for about eight years.
- Authorities report he admitted to stabbing Paulos, with more than 30 wounds described, while interview specifics are being withheld during the active investigation.
- Mexican authorities worked with Phoenix police, the U.S. Marshals Service and the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office to locate, arrest and extradite him.
- Arredondo is jailed in Arizona on a murder charge with bond set at $1.5 million as prosecutors prepare the next steps.