Authorities identify killer in 1987 cold case on Arizona hiking trail

PRESCOTT, Ariz. ( 3TV/CBS 5 /Gray News) - Deputies from the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office in Arizona have cracked a case in the brutal murder of ...

September 1, 2023
2:26 AM

PRESCOTT, Ariz. ( 3TV/CBS 5 /Gray News) - Deputies from the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office in Arizona have cracked a case in the brutal murder of a college student over three decades ago. The murder of Cathy Sposito was unsolved, but remained open and active for 36 years. On Friday, Sheriff David Rhodes named Bryan Scott Bennett as Sposito's killer. Bennett also allegedly had more victims in northern Arizona who were attacked and sexually assaulted. Sposito was killed on June 13, 1987 while hiking Thumb Butte Trail in Prescott, Arizona.

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