Who Is Phoenix Serial Killer Dale Hausner And Where Is He Now? His Crimes Explored By Catching Killers On Netflix

Netflix’s Catching Killers is back with new episodes and the third and fourth ones revolve around the Pheonix serial killers Dale Hausner and his partner Samuel Dieteman.

Dale Hausner was a serial killer and arsonist from Pheonix. He and his crime partner Samuel Dieteman shot pedestrians, animals and set fire to multiple objects.

Hausner and Dieteman did so under the influence of the drug, methamphetamine. He was booked for 80 felonies out of 87 in a single trial and was sentenced to death 6 times.

Currently, Dale and Samuel’s notoriety is being presented on the Netflix series, Catching Killers. It is a true-crime documentary that explores the cases of infamous criminals.

Catching Killers premiered on 9 February 2022. The show has featured the case of serial killers and arsonists, Samuel and Dale on the 3rd and 4th episodes.

Who Was Dale Hausner? Phoenix Serial Killer

Dale Hausner was a serial killer and arsonist from Pheonix. He was also a former custodian and boxing photojournalist.

He worked at the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport since 1999. Likewise, he was hired by RingSports as well as Fightnews.com.

Hausner relapsed in 2005 and he along with his partner, Samuel executed drive-by shootings and arsons in Arizona. They were under the influence of methamphetamine while they committed the felonies.

Dale and Samuel’s main targets were pedestrians and animals. Meanwhile, they also set many objects on fire in Pheonix, Arizona.

Was Dale Hausner Sentenced To 364 Years In Prison? Charges Revealed

Dale Hausner was sentenced to six death sentences and 364 years in prison.

After his arrest, he was charged with 87 crimes including murder. During his first trial on 13 March 2009, he was found guilty of 80 of them.

Hausner was convicted of 6 murders, several attempted murders, drive-by shootings, aggravated assaults, cruelty to animals, firearms charges, and arson.

Where Are Dale Hausner And His Crime Partner Samuel Dieteman Now?

As of now, Dale Hausner has perished while his crime partner, Samuel Dieteman serves in the Arizona State Prison Complex.

On 19 June 2013, Hausner was found unresponsive in the correctional facility of Arizona. He was declared dead by the doctors after he was taken to the hospital.

The postmortem report revealed that Dale committed suicide by overdosing on anti-depressants.

Dale Hausner Age- How Old Was He?

Dale Hausner was 40 years old when he left this world by committing suicide.

He was born on 4 February 1973 in Arizona, U.S. He was an American citizen and had a white ethnic background.

Hausner was arrested in 2006 when he was 33 years old. He was in prison from 2006 to 2013 until he killed himself.