Canal Murders A.K.A Zombie Hunter murders of Phoenix, AZ
Presented by the Phoenix Police Department
Case Summary:
The murders of two young women, killed months apart while riding their bikes along a canal in Phoenix, Arizona, went unsolved for more than two decades and would become known as the Phoenix canal murders.
Investigators got a break 21 years after the murders thanks to DNA and genetic genealogy. They zeroed in on Bryan Patrick Miller, 42, a divorced father raising his teenage daughter. Investigators soon discovered Miller had an alter ego. He was a local celebrity known for participating in parades and festivals as the Zombie Hunter.
With a person of interest identified, detectives just needed a sample of Miller’s DNA to make the case or eliminate him as a suspect.
Presenter (s)
Sergeant Troy Hillman Phoenix Police Department, Ret.
Troy Hillman is a retired police sergeant who in 1997 left his career as a Certified Public Accountant (C.P.A.) to become a police officer with the Phoenix Police Department. Eventually, his passion for “cold case” victims and zeal for hunting the most elusive of serial killers led him to become a detective, and he spent more than ten years of his career in law enforcement working with an elite cold case homicide team that solved hundreds of murders dating back as far as the 1970s.
During his law enforcement career received extensive specialized training in such disciplines as cold case investigations training, crime scene management, and intelligence gathering. He recently published a book with Pegasus Crime entitled “Chasing Down the Zombie Hunter” and volunteers with Parents of Murdered Children and Silent Witness.
A camping, fishing, and hiking enthusiast, Troy lives in the Greater Phoenix area with his wife and two daughters.
Clark Schwartzkopf Phoenix Police Department, Ret.
