Man charged in Mercedes Vega murder extradited to Arizona, given $2M bail
A 22-year-old Tennessee man charged in the brutal slaying of an Arizona woman was extradited to the desert and booked into jail, officials said.
Mercedes Vega's alleged killer extradited to Arizona, told judge conditions of his bail were 'unconstitutional'
Sencere Hayes is facing multiple charges including first-degree murder. He's accused of killing Mercedes Vega in April 2023. Officials say more arrests are coming.
Man suspected of killing Mercedes Vega appears in court
Detectives say Mercedes Vega's burned body was found inside a car that did not belong to her along I-10 in Tonopah. An autopsy shows Vega had been shot and there was bleach in her throat. Authorities say she died from smoke inhalation.
Suspect in Mercedes Vega murder case has bail set at $2M
Sencere Hayes makes his initial court appearance on Nov. 25, 2024, in the murder of Mercedes Vega, whose body was found in a burning car in 2023.
Suspect in Mercedes Vega case extradited to Arizona on first-degree murder charge
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A man who was taken into custody in Tennessee has been extradited to Arizona to face a murder charge in the killing of Mercedes Vega, a young woman from Tempe who was found burned alive in the desert west of the Valley in 2023.
Mercedes Vega's murder suspect in court
Sencere Hayes, 22, is accused of taking part in the murder of Mercedes Vega and dumping her body in the desert. He was extradited to Arizona on Nov. 24 and made his first court appearance on Monday.
Mercedes Vega's murder suspect arrested a year later
Officials with the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office say an arrest has been made in connection with the April 2023 murder of Mercedes Vega.
Arrest made in 2023 murder of exotic dancer found in a burned car with bleach in her throat
An Arizona man brutally beat, shot and burned an exotic dancer to death, leaving her body to be found in a burning car on the ...
Man arrested in Tennessee after dancer's body found in burning car along Arizona highway
Maricopa County Sheriff's Office said detectives traveled to Tennessee and where they arrested Sencere Hayes, 22, in the 2023 ...
Suspect arrested in murder of exotic dancer whose body was found in burning car
A suspect is in custody for the grisly murder of an exotic dancer, who was left to die inside a burning car in Arizona, ...
An Exotic Dancer Was Found in a Burnt Car with Bleach in Throat. More Than a Year Later, an Arrest Has Been Made
Authorities have made an arrest following a months-long investigation into the April 2023 killing of an Arizona dancer who was found in a burning car. Mercedes Vega, 22, was killed along a highway in ...
Yahoo1d
Man charged in Mercedes Vega murder expedited to Arizona, given $2M bail
Sencere Hayes was arrested on Nov. 11 in Hamilton County, Tennessee. His capture came more than a year after the body of ...
FOX 10 Phoenix on MSN1d
Major break in murder investigation; high school football player stabbed to death: this week's top stories
From a major break in the murder investigation of Mercedes Vega, to the death of a high school football player that has the ...
'I can't wait to watch him die': Mother of murdered Tempe woman reacts to arrest
After roughly 19 months since her daughter was brutally murdered before her body was found in the backseat of a car that had ...