David Lacey, a 42-year-old taxi driver from Phoenix, was murdered in his cab shortly after midnight on April 16, 1992. A young man who had called the taxi arranged the pickup; when Lacey turned to take payment the caller drew a revolver. According to the caller’s later account, Lacey tried to grab the gun and the man fired nine times inside the taxi, four bullets striking Lacey. The assailant took about forty dollars, dragged Lacey from the cab and dumped his body by the side of a road, then drove off in the taxi.

Investigators linked Lacey’s killing to two other violent robberies and murders that month through matching shoeprints, vehicle damage patterns, and forensic evidence. A bloodstained receipt left in the abandoned cab bore the attacker’s fingerprint, and that print, together with surveillance footage and leads tying the suspect to an associate, led to arrests. The man who confessed and was later convicted in this case was tried in 1994 and received a death sentence; his teenage accomplice was tried as well and received life terms. Does anyone have additional information about David Lacey’s life or the events of April 1992 that could help complete the record?