Phoenix Man Charged in 3 of Women’s Deaths
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A man who Phoenix police say admitted strangling five women and dumping another body was charged with three counts of murder.
Cory Morris, 24, was arrested Saturday after a decomposing body was found in a camper where he sometimes lived. An official would not say why Morris was not charged in all six cases.
Police say Morris told them he lured prostitutes to his camper with drugs and strangled five of them during sex. He said he dumped the sixth body nearby, officials say.
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