NEW: Nearly two decades after 17-year-old Alissa Turney disappeared, Phoenix police have arrested the man believed to be responsible for her death: her stepfather.
Her stepfather Michael Turney was arrested Thursday afternoon in Mesa, Arizona. He faces second-degree murder charges."I'm shaking and I'm crying. We did it," Sarah Turney, Alissa's sister, posted on social media."He's been arrested ... Never give up hope that you can get justice. It took almost 20 years but we did it."
Michael Turney has been arrested in the murder of his stepdaughter, Alissa Turney, who was killed in 2001. Authorities also found surveillance equipment inside her house, which her stepfather admitted to setting up, for what he claimed to be safety reasons and not to spy on his children. Police also found all inbound and outbound calls were passively recorded.In an interview with police, one friend said that Alissa had told him her stepfather had tried sexually abusing her when she was younger.
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