MESA, AZ (AZFamily) — A Mesa man will spend life behind bars after he killed a co-worker over suspicions of a workplace romance, prosecutors say.
The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office announced that Tyler McGuire, 31, was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of first-degree murder in the death of Deazo Seghi, 22.
“This defendant carried out a planned and unprovoked killing, leaving a family to endure an unimaginable loss,” Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell said in a statement. “This sentence delivers justice for the victim and affirms that this level of violence will be met with the strongest consequences under the law.”
In Dec. 2022, authorities say McGuire was a supervisor at a Mesa pizza shop when he became “fixated” on one of his employees. McGuire told the woman he had a crush on her, but she replied that she was not interested…