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Murder Trial Ordered In Death Of 14-Year-Old April Millsap
ROMEO (WWJ) – After two days of witness testimony, a St. Clair County man has been bound over for trial in the death of 14-year-old April Millsap whose body was found along a rural trail last summer....
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Briefly Declared ‘Medically Unfit’ For Trial, Bob Bashara To Return To Court...
DETROIT (WWJ) - The trial of Bob Bashara, charged with arranging his wife’s murder, will resume Thursday. Court-appointed defense attorney Michael McCarthy Wednesday afternoon said Bashara — who must...
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65-Year-Old Woman Charged In Killing Of Son, Infant Grandchild To Get Mental...
Sylvia Marie Majewska (Photo: Oakland County Sheriff’s Office) PONTIAC (WWJ) – An Oakland County woman accused of killing her son and infant granddaughter will undergo a mental exam to determine...
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Prisoner Who Won Michigan Supreme Court Case Denied Parole
Matthew Makowski (Booking Photo, 2010) ADRIAN (WWJ/AP) - A prisoner who won a major Michigan Supreme Court case about changing his sentence won’t be released anytime soon. The Corrections Department...
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Ohio Couple Plead Guilty In Ypsilanti Man’s Death
TOLEDO, Ohio (WWJ/AP) - A husband and wife in Ohio have pleaded guilty in the death of a Michigan man whose body was found in an empty grain storage barn in early December. Robert Strauss pleaded...
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Study: Michigan Ranks 3rd For Number Of Black Residents Murdered
DETROIT (CBS Detroit) – Michigan has been ranked near top of the list in a grim statistic: the numbers of black residents who are slain. Michigan has the third highest rate of black homicides in the...
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Speaking Before Sentencing, Bob Bashara Tells Judge His Trial Was Unfair
DETROIT (WWJ) – Convicted murdered Bob Bashara claims he didn’t get a fair trial. Speaking in court on Thursday, the former Grosse Pointe Park businessman accused of ordering his wife’s murder said not...
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Bob Bashara Sentenced To Life In Prison Without Parole: ‘I Had Absolutely...
DETROIT (WWJ) – Sentenced to mandatory life in prison without parole for his wife’s murder, Bob Bashara maintains his innocence and vows he will appeal. Dressed smartly in a suit and tie and sporting a...
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Police Searching For 2 Suspects In Connection With Murder Of 20-Year-Old
DETROIT (WWJ) – Detroit police are working to solve a murder which happened Monday morning on the city’s west side–near West McNichols and the Southfield Freeway. Just after 2 a.m. at a home on Harlow...
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Warren Man Accused Of Hiding Dead Girlfriend In Barrel Declared Competent For...
WARREN (WWJ/AP) - A Warren man accused of killing his girlfriend and concealing her body in a plastic drum has been ruled mentally fit to stand trial. Scott Wobbe’s court hearings were suspended in...
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Wisconsin Prosecutors Charge Michigan Man With Homicide In Cold Case
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin prosecutors have accused a Michigan man of killing another man with his car in 2008. Erik Smith of Iron Mountain was charged Thursday with multiple counts, including...
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Prosecutors: No Reason To Reopen Fatal Ambush Of 2 Hunters
KALAMAZOO (AP) — Prosecutors are urging a judge not to reopen a case involving the 1990 slayings of two hunters in southwestern Michigan, saying an alternative theory of the fatal ambush wouldn’t have...
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Friend: Woman Drove To Buy Heroin After Fatal Carjacking At Burger King
WATERFORD TOWNSHIP (WWJ/AP) – A woman accused of stealing a pickup truck at a metro Detroit Burger King and running over the 76-year-old owner has been ordered tried on first-degree murder and...
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Murder Charge Filed In Death Of 86-Year-Old Detroit Man
DETROIT (AP) — A young man has been charged with murder in the death of an 86-year-old man who disappeared after telling people that he won a lottery prize. Quanzell Hood was charged Friday with...
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Mother Charged With Murder After Son, 2, Dies In Detroit
DETROIT (AP) — Authorities say a Detroit woman has been charged with murder in connection with the death of her 2-year-old son. The Wayne County prosecutor’s office says 26-year-old Priyanka...
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Facebook Tip Helps Identify Michigan Teen Murdered Decades Ago
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) – Authorities say a Facebook tip has helped lead to the identity of a victim found stabbed to death in Louisiana’s woods 34 years ago. Investigators say the identity of the victim is...
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New Trial For Murderer? Michigan Supreme Court To Decide Importance Of Jury Oath
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) - A mistake by a court clerk could lead to a convicted murderer getting a new trial. “It’s not just any convicted murderer,” said WWJ Legal Analyst Charlie Langton. “His name is...
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Have You Seen This Car? Police Seek Suspect Vehicle In Detroit Resale Shop...
DETROIT (WWJ) – Detroit police have released photos of a vehicle in hopes of catching a killer. The owner of a resale shop was gunned down in his store in 1700 block of E. 7 Mile Road near Dequindre...
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Police Investigate Apparent Murder In Trenton; City’s First In A Decade
TRENTON (WWJ) - A murder-mystery is rocking a Downriver city that hasn’t recorded a single homicide in the past decade. Police say the body of a 65-year-old man was discovered around 9:30 a.m....
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Man Charged With Murder After Woman, 2 Kids Found Shot In Burned Home
ALLEGAN, Mich. (AP) - Authorities say a 32-year-old man fatally shot a woman and her two children before returning to their mobile home in western Michigan and setting it ablaze. WOOD-TV reports that...
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