On July 9, 1993, just after 1:40am Russell Peterson of Sedona, AZ called 911 and reported that there had been a very bad accident during an argument with his wife, Stephanie. When asked to elaborate, Russel said that his wife had been shot and she was hurt very badly, though Russel couldn’t give a straight answer when it came to WHO shot her but he suggested that she may have shot herself. Suspicions arose later when the couple’s 4 year old daughter told investigators that it was her dad who fired the fatal shot.
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Lum, Justin and Keating, Joe. “Unsolved in Sedona: Decades Later, Family Members Frustrated at Lack of Progress in Cold Case.” Fox10. June 15, 2022. https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/unsolved-in-sedona-decades-later-family-members-frustrated-at-lack-of-progress-in-cold-case
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Eland, Ron. “Sedona Police Department Adds More Pieces to Puzzle in 1993 Death.” Red Rock News. July 27, 2020. http://www.redrocknews.com/2020/07/27/sedona-police-department-adds-more-pieces-to-puzzle-of-1993-death/
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“My Mothers Case is ‘in a Review Phase’ Feb/2023.” Change.org. February 25, 2023. https://www.change.org/p/demand-a-complete-homicide-investigation-for-the-murder-of-stephanie-ma
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