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Tucker Cipriano Expected To Testify In Court
FARMINGTON HILLS (WWJ) - Tucker Cipriano, the teenager accused of killing his father with a baseball bat and seriously injuring his mother and brother, is expected to take the stand Thursday. Mitch...
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Cipriano Says He Took Several Drugs On Day Of Baseball Bat Attacks
PONTIAC (WWJ) - A judge has shot down an attempt by Tucker Cipriano to have his confession thrown out of court. The young man accused of murder in the beating death of his father took the stand and...
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Ex-con Pleads Guilty In Killing Of 80-Year-Old
PONTIAC (WWJ/AP) - An ex-convict charged in the home invasion and knife-slaying of an elderly Royal Oak woman has pleaded guilty in the case. Tonia Watson, 41, pleaded guilty Friday to second-degree...
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Life Sentences In Kidnapping, Deaths Of 2 Hamtramck Women
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) - A Wayne County judge has ordered life sentences for three people convicted in the deaths of two Detroit-area women who sparked a frantic search when one of them texted a friend that...
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Joe Gentz Pleads Guilty In Murder Of Jane Bashara
DETROIT (WWJ) – Handyman Joseph Gentz has pleaded guilty to second degree murder in the death of Grosse Pointe mother and marketing executive Jane Bashara. Gentz will be sentenced January 29 to a...
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2 Sentenced In Double Slaying In West Michigan
LUDINGTON (WWJ/AP) - A West Michigan man who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for fatally shooting his sister and strangling her friend with a belt has been sentenced to 46 to 65 years in prison....
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Reward Offered In Quadruple Murder Case
DETROIT (WWJ) - Grieving families are pleading for the public’s help to bring to justice the person responsible for the deaths of four people, murdered last month on Detroit’s east side. A childcare...
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Pastor Declared Competent To Stand Trial For Young Mom’s Murder
MOUNT PLEASANT (WWJ/AP) - A mid-Michigan pastor charged with killing a young woman in her trailer as part of a sexual fantasy has been declared competent to stand trial. The determination involving...
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No Bond For Detroit Mom In Child’s Stabbing Murder
DETROIT (WWJ) - A Detroit mother accused of in the stabbing death of her 8-year-old daughter will remain behind bars now that she has been formally charged with murder and child abuse. No bond was set...
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Wife Of Man Killed In Oct. Charged With Murder
PETOSKEY (AP) - The wife of a 58-year-old Petoskey man who was found fatally shot in October has been charged with first-degree murder, as investigators said they found an empty pistol case at her home...
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Official Saw No Immediate Danger For Detroit Girl Allegedly Killed By Mom
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) - A court official who was asked to remove a Detroit child from her home just weeks before she was fatally stabbed turned down the state’s request because he believed there was no...
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Lansing Officials Report 12 Homicides In 2012
LANSING (AP) - Lansing officials say the city had 12 homicides last year, the most since 2008 when it had the same number. Police say arrests have been made or charges filed in seven of those 12...
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Lansing Police Investigate Baby’s Death As Homicide
LANSING (AP) - Lansing police say they’re investigating the death of a 3-month-old girl as a homicide and a person is in custody. The Lansing State Journal reports the person being held Monday is...
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Man Who Fled To Mexico Sentenced In 1989 Killing
DETROIT (WWJ) - Juan Cruz will spend the rest of his life in prison after being sentenced to 40 to 92 years in the 1989 murder of a 26-year-old Detroit woman. Cruz, 57, fled to Mexico after fatally...
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Sibling Saw Mother Stab 8-Year-Old Sister To Death
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) - The younger brother of an 8-year-old girl told children’s advocacy workers he watched as she was stabbed to death in their Detroit home. Semeria Greene, 27, is charged with murder in...
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Bob Bashara Gets New Digs, Moves To Prison In Manistee
MANISTEE (WWJ/AP) – Bob Bashara, the businessman convicted of plotting to kill a handyman charged with his wife’s slaying, has been moved to a different prison. The 55-year-old Grosse Pointe Park man...
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Police: Woman Killed In Dispute Over Escort Services
REDFORD (WWJ) - There’s been another murder in metro Detroit connected to the website backpage.com. Redford police say a 22-year old Lathrup Village man met a 22-year old Detroit woman on the site and...
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Warren Man Gets Up To 40 Years In Dad’s Death
WARREN (WWJ/AP) - A metro Detroit man has been sentenced to 12 to 40 years in prison in the beating death of his father. Jason Kinnie, 36, pleaded no contest to a charge of second-degree murder last...
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Flint Teen Charged With Murder In Best Friend’s Death
FLINT (WWJ/AP) – A prosecutor has charged a 16-year-old Flint boy as an adult in the shotgun death of a 15-year-old. Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton says he filed adult murder and other charges...
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City Council Member Charged In Wife’s Drowning
HART, Mich. (WWJ/AP) – A city council member in a small Michigan community has been charged with open murder in the bathtub drowning of his wife that was initially reported to authorities as an...
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