CHASING DOWN THE ZOMBIE HUNTER
By Troy A. Hillman
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Troy Hillman- Then and Now!
**Locations where the Murders Occurred**
Phoenix Canal System
Bike Path near the canal at dusk
Angela's purple mountain bike - it was never found.
Angela- Crime Scene; retrieving the head found in the canal.
Melanie Bernas Crime Scene: Blood trail to the canal.
Angela Brosso and Melanie Bernas were victims of the serial killer
Melanie Bernas found dead
Melanie was found wearing a turquoise bodysuit, several sizes too small.
Angela Brosso and Melanie Bernas murders are linked!
Reward Poster for information about the Canal murders.
(Garett Mitchell, The Republic.com)
25 Years Later Article on the Murders of Angela Brosso and Melanie Bernas by Ed Montini.
Dr Colleen Fitzpatrick, Forensic Genealogist, founder of Indentifinders.
January 2015- Cold Case Arrest!
Bryan with his father and mother.
Bryan Patrick Miller, age 16
Martha 'Ellen' Miller and son, Bryan Patrick Miller
'The Plan' was written by Bryan Patrick Miller; his mother, Ellen Miller, turned it in to the police as his release from juvenile incarceration was approaching.
Mug Shot Bryan Patrick Miller 2025 (CSBNews.com)
Suvivor -Celeste Bentley, stabbed by Bryan Patrick Miller age 16, in Paradise Valley Mall (CBSNews.com)
Washington State Victim of Stabbing, Melissa Ruiz-Ramirez; Bryan Miller was acquitted.
The Zombie Hunter Car (CBSNews.com)
Brandy Myers; Her missing poster
Linking Canal Murders to missing Brandy Myers?
CHART: SEXUAL MURDER
Richard Walter & Robert Keppel- Types of Sexual Murder
Deputy Prosecutor Suzanne Cohen tried the Goudeau case- The Baseline Killer
(She will be the judge in Arizona vs Miller)
EVIDENCE - MURDERS OF BROSSO AND BERNAS
Turquoise Body Suit
Chili's mug used to collect the suspect's DNA
Invisible Woman Doll - with removable organs
Violent Comics
Miller: Sentenced to death.
SOURCES
Angela Marie Brosso, FindaGrave.com, June 2023.
An Introduction to Familial DNA Searching for State, Local & Tribal Justice Agencies, Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative; April 2012.
Briana Whitney, Psychologist testified Bryan Patrick Miller's dissociative amnesia could be related to Canal Murders, ArizonaFamily.com, Jan. 9, 2023.
Briana Whitney, Morgan Loew, Victim describes 1989 'Zombie Hunter' stabbing attack during trial, AZ Family.com, Oct. 11, 2022.
Bryan Patrick Miller Sentenced to Death, Maricopa County Attorney's Office, June 3, 2023.
Ed Pilkington, Vidocq Society- the murder club, The Guardian, March 3, 2011.
EJ Montini, Brosso's Mom wants us to know about murdered daughter, AZCentral.com, Jan. 14, 2025.
Heather Walker, Brie and Cranberry bites/Loaf, AZFamilyDigitalStaffNews.com, Dec. 15, 2023.
John Hook's Original Melanie Bernas Murder Report, Fox 10 Phoenix, 2015.
John Luciew, 'Justice' for central Pa. woman beheaded in Phoenix as 'zombie hunter' killer found guilty 30 years later, PennLive.com, April 11, 2023.
Lane Sainty, Canal killings: Expert cites Bryan Miller's 'immaatue' brain, impaired judgment in murders, AZCentral.com, April 27, 2023.
Lane Sainty, 'Canal Killings' Part 1: Brutal slayings end the lives of 2 young Phoenix women, AZCentral.com, August 28, 2023.
Lane Sainty, 'Canal Killings Part 2: After 20 years, Bryan Patrick Miller emerges as a suspect, AZCeentral, August 29, 2023.
Lane Sainty, 'Canal Killings' Part 3: DNA breakthrough helps Phoenix police catcha killer in decades old case, AZCentral.com, August 30, 2023.
Lane Sainty, 'Canal Killings' Part 4: Bryan Miller stands trial for 30-year old Phoenix slayings, AZCentral.com, August 31, 2023.
Lane Sainty, 'Canal Killings' Part 5:Miller gets ultimate punishment; families, friends mourn Phoenix victims, AZCentral.com, Sept 1, 2023.
Lane Sainty, 'Immeasurable pain', Family of canal killings victims describe impact as judge mulls penalty, Arizona Republic, April 18, 2023.
Melanie Beth Bernas, Find a Grave, 1993.
Morgan Canty, The Case Against the Zombie Hunter, 48 Hours, CBSNews.com, August 17, 2025.
Morgan Loew, Cody Lillich & AZFamily News Staff, 'Zombie Hunter' Bryan Patrick Miller found guilty in Phoenix Canal murders, AZFamily News.com,
April 11, 2023.
Naman Shrestha, Angela Brosso and Melanie Bernas Murders: When is Bryan Patrick Miller Now? Moviedelic.com, August 16, 2025.
Nicole Garcia, A Look at the evidence of the Canal Killer Trial as Bryan Patrick Miller is on death row, Fox10.com, August 28, 2023.
Olivia Land, Man dubbed 'Zombie Hunter' sentenced to death for 1990s murders, New York Post, June 8, 2024.
Paul LaRosa, Convicted killer known as the Zombie Hunter, says life on death row is cold, food is 'not great', CBSNews.com, July 13, 2024.
Peter VanSant, Arizona's Zombie Hunter's unique murder defense: His mother created a monster, CSBNews.com, Aug 17, 2025.
Peter VanSant, "Unmaking the Zombie Hunter", 48 Hours, Oct 21, 2023.
Shivangi Sinha, Angela Brosso and Melanie Bernas murder: How did they die? Who Killed them, TheCinemaholic.com, Oct 21, 2023.
The True Crime Story of Bryan Patrick Miller- AKA Zombie Hunter, Cold Cases Matter, 2025.
Troy A. Hillman, Chasing Down the Zombie Hunter, Pegasus Crime, Oct. 5, 2025.
Vidocq Society, 2025.
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