{"id":268212,"date":"2025-10-01T03:57:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T03:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/268212\/"},"modified":"2025-10-01T03:57:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T03:57:11","slug":"man-allegedly-confesses-to-2010-murder-at-west-phoenix-bus-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/268212\/","title":{"rendered":"Man allegedly confesses to 2010 murder at west Phoenix bus stop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\"><b>PHOENIX (AZFamily)<\/b> \u2014 Phoenix police say a man who was questioned by investigators this week confessed to a murder at a west Phoenix bus stop that happened 15 years ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">Authorities said 35-year-old Edgar Mendoza was arrested on Monday after cold case detectives linked him to the crime through DNA evidence.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Mug shot for 35-year-old Edgar Mendoza\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/TWP7HXAH7ZEMXHO56DL7USG6CU.png\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" \/>Mug shot for 35-year-old Edgar Mendoza(Phoenix Police Department)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">According to police, 69-year-old Walter Zimmer was found dead at a bus stop near 51st Avenue and Thomas Road on the morning of Sept. 5, 2010. At the time, officers couldn\u2019t find witnesses or video surveillance footage, but physical evidence was gathered.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">Ultimately, the case was assigned to cold case detectives, who investigated for several years before Phoenix PD Crime Lab got a match in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phoenix.gov\/content\/dam\/phoenix\/policesite\/documents\/lab\/forensic_dna.pdf\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.phoenix.gov\/content\/dam\/phoenix\/policesite\/documents\/lab\/forensic_dna.pdf\">CODIS system<\/a>, a national database of DNA profiles, that connected Mendoza to the murder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">On Monday, Mendoza was taken into police headquarters for questioning, where police said that he confessed to the crime.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">Details on a possible motive have not yet been released.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">According to jail records, Mendoza was booked into jail on accusations of probation violation, trespassing, criminal littering\/polluting, and second-degree murder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">See a spelling or grammatical error in our story? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/page\/send-us-your-feedback\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Please click here to report it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">Do you have a photo or video of a breaking news story? 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