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Martin Concannon

Case from Tucson, AZ dated Jan 25, 1980

Victim Details

Martin Concannon

Male

Tucson

AZ

1980-01-25

33

Martin

Concannon

07/07/2026

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On January 26, 1980, law enforcement officials in Tucson, Arizona, were called to the La Quinta Motel to investigate a disturbing scene. Inside one of the rooms, they discovered the bodies of two men, later identified as 33-year-old Martin Lester Concannon and Robert Afton Wise. The scene depicted a brutal crime, with both victims having been bound with various ligatures.

An autopsy would later reveal the violent details of their final moments. Martin Concannon had been shot in the temple ...
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