He Once Dismembered 2 Dogs. Now He’s Accused of Killing a Beloved Advocate for the Unhoused

Matthew Dieringer, who was convicted of killing dogs in Colorado, has been arrested for allegedly killing a church worker in Arizona

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  • Matthew Dieringer, 35, is accused of killing of 67-year-old Frank Quaranta
  • “This was a very violent and horrific murder,” a Maricopa County prosecutor said at a hearing on Sunday, Sept. 7
  • He was convicted in 2023 of killing his roommate’s dogs in Colorado

A man who was convicted of killing dogs in Colorado has been arrested on a murder charge in Arizona.

Matthew Dieringer, 35, is accused of murdering 67-year-old Frank Quaranta, who authorities say was murdered at his Scottsdale home in “a targeted attack,” per a Scottsdale Police Department press release.

At a Sunday, Sept. 8, hearing, a Maricopa County prosecutor alleged Dieringer “beat the victim to death.”…

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