Danette M. Baxter, 46, was found dead inside her Phoenix apartment after an out-of-state traffic stop in California prompted a welfare check. During a Long Beach traffic stop, her adult son allegedly told officers that his mother was dead at home in Arizona. Phoenix police entered Baxter’s residence and discovered her body with clear signs of trauma; investigators treated the death as a homicide and later reported multiple stab wounds.

The investigation focused on the son, identified in media reports as Zachary Baxter. He was detained in California after the traffic stop, interviewed by Phoenix homicide detectives, and a Maricopa County warrant was issued charging him with first-degree murder in connection with his mother’s stabbing. Does anyone have reliable information about Danette’s life in Phoenix or the events leading up to that night?