Siblings in Crime

Footprints in the Desert - Bella Grogan-Cannella

Ally Rossell and Blake Murphy Season 2 Episode 61

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On Labor Day night in 2014, an eight-year-old girl vanished from her home in Bullhead City, Arizona. There were no signs of forced entry, no sounds of a struggle, and no reason to believe a stranger had taken her. Within hours, searchers would find her buried in a shallow grave less than half a mile away. What followed was a fast-moving investigation that led detectives back to someone close to home.



Sources:

  • Arizona Department of Child Safety Fatality Summary – Isabella Grogan-Cannella (2014)
  •  ABC15 Arizona – Justin Rector Pleads Guilty in Murder of Isabella Grogan-Cannella
  •  CBS News – Police Say Shoeprints Linked Family Friend to Arizona Girl’s Murder
  •  Las Vegas Review-Journal – Man Gets Life Sentence for Killing Bullhead City Girl
  •  Reuters – Autopsy Shows Missing Arizona Girl Was Strangled to Death