Suspected Arizona Serial Killer Kills Self As Officers Close In, ID’d By Police

Suspected Arizona Serial Killer Kills Self As Officers Close In, ID’d By Police
Dwight Jones, a suspect in a series of murders in Arizona, is shown in this photo provided June 4, 2018. Scottsdale Police Department/Handout via Reuters
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PHOENIX — A man suspected of killing six people, including a noted psychiatrist who advised prosecutors investigating high-profile murders, killed himself on Monday, June 4, as police closed in on the Phoenix-area hotel where he was staying, police said.

Investigators had been searching for the suspect, identified as Dwight Jones, 56, since Steven Pitt, a 59-year-old psychiatrist who consulted on serial killings and the 1996 murder of child beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey, was found dead outside his office on Thursday, the first of a string of killings that left the Phoenix area on edge.