“I pray that he's caught before he hurts someone else,” said the murder victim's daughter.
It has been 44 years since a Tempe woman was murdered in her home, but her killer is now on the run, after escaping a halfway house.Mary-Rita Yates was 39 years old when she was stabbed to death on Dec. 3, 1979."By stabbing her at least five times and cutting her throat, it was unbelievable," said Yates' daughter.
Yates' daughter described her mother as a vibrant and loving person who worked at the Phoenix radio station KTAR."She was in the prime of her life," said Yates' daughter.Yates' daughter was 19 years old when Yates was murdered."The fact that she couldn't be at my wedding, or at the birth of my four children. I think all the time about what my life would be like if I had my mom," said Yates' daughter.
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