In the predawn hours of April 4, 1999, 34-year-old Edward Mendoza ’Eddie’ Payan Jr. was shot and killed inside an apartment in Phoenix, Arizona. Payan was at the residence of Andrew Parks when Brian Jeffrey Dann forced his way in and opened fire. Andrew Parks and Shelly Parks were also shot; Payan was killed, according to reports, to eliminate a witness.

Dann had borrowed a .38 caliber revolver earlier that day and told a friend at a bar he intended to confront Andrew Parks. He later returned to the scene and contacted police, claiming to have discovered the victims, but ballistics linked the revolver to the shootings and his account quickly fell apart. Dann was arrested on April 7, 1999, and later convicted on multiple counts related to the killings.

Does anyone have memories of Eddie Payan or information about his life that could add to the record?