Overview

• Three men, Leonardo Santiago, Manuel Carrasco Calderon, and Jose Rodriguez, have been charged with first-degree murder in the death of Bernardo Pantaleon, who was found dead and mutilated in a Phoenix park.
• The suspects allegedly sent photos of Pantaleon's mutilated body to his family via social media.
• Police claim that the three men confessed to the killing and that messages between them detailed plans to rob and kill Pantaleon.
• Pantaleon's family and friends believe he was targeted because of his sexual orientation, as he was openly gay.
• Pantaleon's death shares similarities with the unsolved murder of another gay man from Phoenix, Benjamin Anderson, who was murdered and tortured in January 2022.