Summer is usually a time to relax and enjoy some sort of recreational activity with friends or family.

But 20 years ago, some Valley families were fearful and shaken they may be gunned down on the street as two yet-to-be convicted serial killers were roaming Valley thoroughfares targeting pedestrians and bicyclists.

In addition, the two were linked to eight animal shootings and two arsons at area Walmart stores.

The pair called their acts RVing — or Random Recreational Violence — and the acts jarred the community since they weren’t caught right away.

Dale Hausner and Sam Dieteman were arrested at an apartment complex in Mesa near Mesa Drive and McKellips Road in August 2006.

“The first case wasn’t found out until the arrest of Hausner and Dieteman,” said Clark Schwartzkopf, a former P

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