Overview
- Harley Feldman has died weeks after a jury on April 9 found Ian Mitcham guilty of killing his daughter, Allison, as the case moves into sentencing.
- Authorities have not released a cause of death.
- Police used a familial DNA search that flags relatives in law-enforcement databases to identify Mitcham.
- The Arizona Supreme Court later ruled that DNA from Mitcham’s earlier DUI blood sample could be used at trial.
- After the 2015 murder, Feldman served on the Parents of Murdered Children board and pushed for Arizona’s familial DNA system, which he said has helped solve 24 cases.