Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell said Wednesday that her team is “moving as quickly as we can” as prosecutors face public pressure to file criminal charges in October’s deadly beating of 16-year-old Preston Lord.
“We have devoted an extraordinary amount of resources to this,” said Mitchell at her bi-weekly press conference.
The investigation of Lord’s attack outside a suburban Queen Creek Halloween party attracted national media attention after East Valley moms’ social media sleuthing raised awareness about the attack and possible suspects.
“I think it also strikes to the heart of so many parents,” Mitchell said when asked about the fascination with the case. “They send their kid to a Halloween party — what they think is a Halloween party — and he dies. And it’s heartbreaking.”
Queen Creek police turned over the names of seven suspects, multiple witness statements, and hundreds of videos and other pieces of digital evidence.
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