Overview
- A message sent in Spanish to the family’s GoFundMe in September identified Michael Arredondo in Mexico and included a photo the family forwarded to police.
- Mexican authorities worked with Phoenix police, the U.S. Marshals Service and Maricopa County prosecutors to arrest Arredondo on October 15 and return him to Arizona.
- Arredondo faces a second-degree murder charge under a grand jury indictment, and detectives say he admitted to the stabbing but did not provide a motive.
- Investigators say Paulos was stabbed about 30 times after a fight while he and Arredondo were traveling together in north Phoenix in 2017.
- He is being held on bail reported at $1.5 million in several accounts, though at least one outlet lists $750,000.