Christine Mertens

Death by Force

In the spring of 1991, a series of violent home invasions in the Phoenix area took a fatal turn, forever altering the lives of two families. On March 10, Christine Mertens, a 40-year-old woman, was brutally murdered in her Chandler home. What began as a burglary escalated into a horrific act of violence that left a community in fear and a family shattered.

The perpetrators, half-brothers James Erin McKinney and Charles Hedlund, forced their way into Mertens' residence with the intent to b ...Read More

Cronkite News - Arizona PBS: Supreme Court to hear appeal of double-murderer on Arizona's death row - Cronkite News - Arizona PBS

Christine Mertens, age 40 - National Gun Violence Memorial

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