Overview
- Investigators found 47-year-old Jerry Dietch dead in an alley near Mesa Drive and Broadway Road with apparent stab wounds on May 12, 2025.
- Mesa police released surveillance clips from the morning of the homicide that show an unidentified person walking among parked cars and then running from the scene.
- The individual in the video is wearing a light-colored hoodie, dark pants and dark shoes, details law enforcement highlighted to help the public recognize them.
- Police are urging anyone with information to call Mesa PD at 480-644-2211 or to leave an anonymous tip with Silent Witness at 480-WITNESS or 480-TESTIGO for Spanish speakers.
- The investigation remains active with no arrest announced, and officials say the video is being released now to generate new leads and bring answers to Dietch’s family and the community.