The Brief
- Phoenix resident Josiah Mahape is being held on a $1 million bond for allegedly murdering his neighbor during a dispute over a rental car.
- Police discovered the missing rental car keys inside Mahape’s own pants pocket after he reportedly confessed to the fatal confrontation.
PHOENIX – A 28-year-old Phoenix man is being held on a $1 million cash bond after allegedly choking his neighbor to death during a drunken dispute over a missing rental car.
What we know:
Newly released court documents detail the violent confrontation that left 40-year-old George Fuentes dead in his apartment near 38th Street and McDowell Road early Wednesday morning. The suspect, Josiah Aries Mahape, allegedly confessed to holding Fuentes in a fatal chokehold, mistakenly believing the victim had taken his rental car keys — which police later found in Mahape’s own pants pocket.…