The Summer Phoenix Was Haunted: The Baseline Killer
In 2006, Phoenix was haunted. Blood smeared pavement across the city. Men and women feared stepping out into the night. Families mourned loss after loss.
No end to the senseless, seemingly random killings appeared to be in sight.
From 2005 to 2006, two sets of serial killers roamed the streets of Phoenix. Without rhyme or reason, separate attackers hunted the city’s residents.
The Baseline Killer was one of them.
The First Attacks
In August of 2005, the sexual assaults began. The assaults primarily occurred along Baseline Road and spanned several Phoenix metro cities, including the college town of Tempe.
Nobody seemed immune to the violence, including those walking in groups. “Safety in numbers” no longer seemed to be the case as the brazen attacker would confront small groups of teens.
Then, women started dying.
In September, 19-year-old Georgia Thompson was found dead in the parking lot of a Tempe apartment complex. She’d been shot, left with her pants slightly pulled down. Her keys were still in her hand.
This posing of the body would become a calling card of the perpetrator. Seemingly, he would attempt to sexually assault…
