Samuel Dieteman and Dale Hausner
Dale Hausner and Samuel Dieteman; spree killers who used drive-by methods of shooting
Samuel John Dieteman and Dale Shawn Hausner were a duo of serial killers and arsonists who committed several drive-by shootings and arsons in Phoenix, Arizona, United States, between May 2005 and August 2006. They targeted random pedestrians and animals, mostly doing so while under the influence of methamphetamine, and also set multiple objects on fire. Investigators believe they were responsible for eight murders and at least 29 other shootings. The investigation of their crimes coincided with the search for the Baseline Killer, who was also committing random murders and sexual assaults in the Phoenix area.
After being found guilty of 80 of 88 felony charges in one single trial including murder, attempted murder, arson, animal cruelty and drive-by-shootings, Hausner was sentenced to death. He killed himself in prison in 2013. Dieteman was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Hausner's brother Jeff had assisted in some of the shootings, and was himself sentenced to 25 years in prison.
Crimes
In addition to several dozen non-fatal shootings of people and fatal shootings of animals, Hausner and Dieteman were found guilty of the following murders:
David Estrada (20), shot to death on June 29, 2005, in Tolleson, Arizona.
Nathaniel Shoffner, (44) murdered on November 11, 2005, while attempting to protect a dog from being shot.
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