The William Macumber Case
On May 24, 1962, 20 year old Timothy McKillos and his finance', Joyce Sterrenberg had been driving around in her car near Scottsdale Arizona. They eventually stopped near an area that was considered to be a "lover's lane" of sorts. It was here that investigators would later find their bodies laying next to the vehicle with bullet wounds. It appears the police had little to nothing to go on and by 1974 the case apparently was not only not solved, but not active as there were no leads. This is when Maricopa County Sheriff's employee, Carol Macumber told investigators that her husband, William, had confessed to the murders recently to her. According to investigators, they looked back at the evidence and found fingerprints belonging to Macumber on some of the evidence and arrested him a week after Carol informing them of his confession. William was tried for the murders in 1975, convicted and sentenced to two life terms. The following year his conviction was o...