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Preston Lord: AZ teen killed 2 years ago this week
It has been two years since a 16-year-old was brutally beaten at a Halloween party in the East Valley area of Phoenix, and died a few days afterwards. FOX 10's Kenzie Beach has more on the status of his murder case, and details on why one of the suspects in Lord's death has been arrested, again.
GILBERT, Ariz. - Gilbert Police says one of the suspects accused in the 2023 death of 16-year-old Preston Lord was arrested for violating an order of protection on Sept. 5.
What we know:
The police department says it took two reports on Talyn Vigil: one that alleged in-person contact with a protected party, and a second alleging electronic communication with a protected party.
Talyn Vigil
Officers found him and arrested him on suspicion of two misdemeanors. He was booked into the "Gilbert-Chandler Unified Holding Facility and held for his initial appearances," police said, adding that the cases are still pending.
The Maricopa County Attorney's Office and pre-trial services were notified about his arrest due to Vigil being on pre-trial release for his case in Maricopa County Superior Court.
Arrest comes amid two-year anniversary of deadly assault
The arrest of Vigil for the alleged protection order violation came almost two years after Lord's death.
Vigil was one of the seven suspects arrested in connection with the deadly incident. The other six are:
- William Hines
- Dominic Turner
- Taylor Sherman
- Treston Billey
- Talan Renner
- Jacob Meisner
The backstory:
Lord was found severely beaten outside a Halloween party on Oct. 28, 2023 in Queen Creek, and he died from his injuries days later.
Of the seven suspects in Lord's death, only one of them, William Hines, has been sentenced.
Hines pleaded guilty on March 4, 2025 to manslaughter. His sentencing happened on May 2, 2025, when a judge gave him a 12-year term in connection with Lord's death.
Hines will also serve another five years for reckless drunk driving, after being involved in a crash that left another driver in the ICU for more than a week. Once the 12-year term and the five-year term are served, Hines will be placed on probation for another three years.
"I have no words of forgiveness to offer William Owen Hines for the role he played in my son's death. The severity of the crime demands accountability, and I ask for the maximum sentence," said Lord's father, Nick Lord, during Hines' sentencing.
"His crocodile tears when he changed his plea [to] guilty for manslaughter and the other attacks, really mean nothing to me or to his victims and their families," said Lord's grandfather, Tony Rich.
What's next:
The six other defendants in Lord's death are tentatively scheduled to be put on trial in January 2026. In the interim, many of them have been bonded out of jail, and placed under pre-release conditions.
The state is not offering any other plea deals at this point.