A late-night stabbing, a dying declaration in a parking lot, and a man’s swift confession have led to a prison sentence in a case that shook north Phoenix.
Stephen Dennis, 36, will spend the next 18 years in prison for killing his wife, 37-year-old Aliccia Grant, in a Home Depot parking lot. His sentencing, announced on August 18, 2025, by Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell, follows his guilty plea to second-degree murder, a Class One felony.
The fatal attack unfolded just after midnight on Monday, September 9, 2024. Police were called to the parking lot near Cave Creek and Cactus roads after witnesses walking nearby heard a woman screaming for help. They found Grant slumped behind the wheel of her red Prius, bleeding from multiple stab wounds…