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Case Description
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In the spring of 1991, a string of burglaries in the Phoenix area took a tragic and violent turn, culminating in the death of 65-year-old James McClain. Approximately two weeks after the murder of another resident, Christine Mertens, two half-brothers, James McKinney and Charles Hedlund, broke into McClain's home. They found him asleep in his bed and shot him in the back of the head at close range with a sawed-off rifle.

After ending McClain's life, McKinney and Hedlund proceeded to burgl ...Read More
Victim Details

James McClain

Male

Phoenix

AZ

1991-03-23

65

James

McClain

11/27/2025