{"id":794813,"date":"2026-05-14T02:24:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T02:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/794813\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T02:24:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T02:24:16","slug":"phoenix-homicide-victim-identified-as-44-year-old-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/794813\/","title":{"rendered":"Phoenix homicide victim identified as 44-year-old man"},"content":{"rendered":"

Police have identified the man killed in an altercation inside a Phoenix home last week, an attack that led to the arrest of a 32-year-old suspect.<\/p>\n

The Phoenix Police Department said Wednesday that 44-year-old Billy Joe Carrethers\u2019 body was found on May 7 around 9 p.m. after officers responded to an unknown trouble call at a residence in the area of 24th and Oak streets<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Through multiple leads, detectives determined during the investigation that Carrethers had been killed by Christopher Ebanks during a fight inside of the home.<\/p>\n

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Ebanks was taken into custody<\/a> on May 8 and booked into jail on first-degree murder, kidnapping and probation violation. He is being held on a more than $1 million bond.<\/p>\n

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There are no additional suspects in the Phoenix homicide, police said.<\/p>\n

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