MESA, Ariz. — Mesa police have arrested a suspect who's accused of violently killing his neighbor Sunday night.
Joseph Maldonado, 33, is suspected of murdering Brian Kazan, 59, inside the victim's apartment near 10th Street and Country Club Drive.
Court records show Kazan's body was found on the floor, wrapped in bloody sheets and blood splatter was observed throughout his apartment.
Video surveillance allegedly captured Maldonado, who allegedly lived with one of Kazan's neighbors, hanging around the victim's apartment at the time of the murder.
The suspect allegedly told Mesa police he sometimes cleaned the complex's apartments and had gone into the victim's unit to retrieve cleaning supplies he had left behind earlier that week, court records show.
Maldonado later allegedly admitted to killing Kazan because "he needed to clean the area," The Mesa Police Department said.
At the time of his arrest, Maldonado was allegedly found in possession of Kazan's credit card.
The suspect has been booked into jail on one count of first-degree murder.
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