Beginning six years ago, a series of armed robberies left dancers at a Phoenix strip club shaken.
In 2023, one of those dancers who was robbed — Mercedes Vega — was kidnapped and brutally murdered. She was found beaten, shot and burned in the back seat of a Chevrolet Malibu on a highway east of Phoenix. Bleach was poured down her throat, authorities said.
Her family thought the crimes were connected, and they waited more than two years for answers. Now, authorities believe that one of the suspects in Vega’s killing is the same man who was charged in her robbery case…