Prosecutors not seeking death penalty for 3 eligible suspects in Preston Lord murder case

PHOENIX — Maricopa County prosecutors said they will not seek the death penalty for the three eligible suspects in the Preston Lord murder case.

A notice of intent was not filed for Dominic Turner, Treston Billey and Taylor Sherman,  the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office said Tuesday in an email.

The other four suspects – William Hines, Talan Renner, Jacob Meisner and Talyn Vigil – were minors at the time of the crime and therefore ineligible for the death penalty.

All seven defendants were charged with first-degree murder and kidnapping.

A trial is expected to start until July 2025.

Here’s what happened in the October 2023 murder

Lord, 16, died in a hospital two days after getting attacked by a group of youths outside a Halloween party in Queen Creek.

The seven defendants were arrested in March after a lengthy investigation.

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