Murder of Nick Cordova

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Murder of Nick Cordova has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Crime Junkie. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.

What people said

Flowers describes Alicia's account that the footage shows Cordova being shot once in the back of the head execution style as he ran toward the door.
“the suspect comes up behind him and just execution style shoots him once in the back of the head, causing him to fall to the ground”
Crime Junkie: MURDERED: Nick Cordova (Apr 6, 2026) · Listen from 49:45
Flowers relays the office manager's account that Sweetman repeatedly asked when Nick would return the day before the shooting and was unusually quiet on the day itself.
“Dave kept asking Lynn over and over, like, where's Nick? When's Nick going to get in? When's he getting back?”
Crime Junkie: MURDERED: Nick Cordova (Apr 6, 2026) · Listen from 28:53
Flowers reports that officers found over $1,000 cash on Sweetman despite his claim he gave the robbers everything he had.
“Well, imagine this officer's surprise when he's patting Dave down and finds more than $1,000 cash in”
Crime Junkie: MURDERED: Nick Cordova (Apr 6, 2026) · Listen from 14:05
Flowers states that an online theory that a gouged potato found at the scene was used as a silencer is not supported by the police report.
“maybe that potato was like used as a silencer but that is not stated anywhere in the police report”
Crime Junkie: MURDERED: Nick Cordova (Apr 6, 2026) · Listen from 9:35

Prawat says that Cordova's wallet still containing money makes the robbery theory harder to accept.
“Which would make the robbery theory even harder to buy”
Crime Junkie: MURDERED: Nick Cordova (Apr 6, 2026) · Listen from 31:43
Prawat argues that ruling Sweetman out as the shooter does not clear him of involvement.
“No one's proven to me that he wasn't involved. Just because there are two other guys can't mean he's cleared”
Crime Junkie: MURDERED: Nick Cordova (Apr 6, 2026) · Listen from 30:35
Prawat argues that lying about the money in his pocket is itself a reason for suspicion of Sweetman.
“Which, like, makes sense, right? Like, why else would you lie about the money in your pocket? Like, there's just, like, that's weird, right?”
Crime Junkie: MURDERED: Nick Cordova (Apr 6, 2026) · Listen from 21:04

MURDERED: Nick Cordova
Crime Junkie · Apr 6, 2026 · 53 min
Ashley Flowers and Brit Prawat examine the unsolved 2020 murder of Arizona businessman Nick Cordova and suspicions surrounding his business partner.