Next step unclear after judge dismisses triple homicide case

PHOENIX (AP) — Whether a man already sentenced to prison for attacking police officers in a Phoenix suburb will eventually stand trial in the killings of three Washington state residents in western Arizona is uncertain after a judge dismissed charges in the triple homicide case while chastising prosecutors for being unprepared for trial.
Judge Matthew Newman of La Paz County Superior Court said in a Sept. 21 order that he dismissed the case against Kitage Lynch because prosecutors failed t