The Brief
- A 21-year-old Phoenix man is jailed on a $1.5 million cash bond after allegedly beating a Tempe rideshare driver and leaving him on life support with catastrophic, non-survivable brain trauma.
- Authorities say Samuel Goodrick stole the victim’s SUV, drove into New Mexico, and then jumped naked into the back of a passing family’s pickup truck on Interstate 10 before smashing into the cab.
- Goodrick was forced out onto the highway by the terrified family, captured by troopers, and later confessed to hospital staff that he had smashed the driver’s head into the ground.
PHOENIX – A 21-year-old Phoenix man is being held on a $1.5 million cash bond after allegedly beating a Tempe rideshare driver into a medically induced coma, stealing his SUV and launching a bizarre, naked interstate carjacking spree that ended along Interstate 10.
What we know:
Samuel Caleb Araujo Goodrick was booked into jail on charges including attempted second-degree murder, robbery and auto theft after the violent Nov. 6 rampage. Authorities say the victim, Chadwick Stevens, remains on life support with catastrophic, non-survivable brainstem injuries, prompting prosecutors and the court to prepare for upgraded homicide charges.
A brutal ambush
The backstory:…