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Juan Maya

Case from Phoenix, AZ dated Nov 16, 1981

Victim Details

Juan Maya

Male

Hispanic / Latino

Phoenix

AZ

1981-11-16

36

Juan

Maya

07/29/2026

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In the early morning hours of a November day in 1981, the life of a man named Juan Maya came to a brutal and tragic end in Phoenix, Arizona. His ordeal began when he encountered a 14-year-old hitchhiker, Martin Norton, and drove him to a mobile home where Norton lived with a friend, Steven James. What transpired inside that trailer would set in motion a horrific chain of events.

According to Norton's later testimony, after an alleged homosexual advance by Maya, Norton informed James about ...
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