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Man Accused Of Strangling Wife, 2 Kids With USB Cord Ordered To Stand Trial
EASTPOINTE (WWJ/AP) – A 38-year-old Eastpointe man has been ordered to stand trial in the strangulation of his wife, their 2-year-old daughter and their 8-year-old son. A district judge ruled Tuesday...
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Woman Pleads Guilty In Drunken, Politics-Fueled Crockpot Killing
Tewana Sullivan (Booking photo) DETROIT (WWJ/AP) – A Detroit woman accused of killing a friend with a slow cooker during a political dispute while very drunk pleaded guilty to second-degree murder on...
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Reports: Man Kills Wife In Front Of Their 2 Young Children
CLARKSTON (WWJ) – The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office has a man in custody who, according to reports, killed his 30-year-old wife in front of their two young children. The situation unfolded around...
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Woman, Dog Found Beaten To Death In Independence Township
INDEPENDENCE TOWNSHIP (WWJ) — The Oakland County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a homicide that left a 30-year-old woman dead on Saturday. Deputies were dispatched to the Cheshire Park...
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Man Charged With Murder After Allegedly Beating Wife, Dog To Death With...
INDEPENDENCE TOWNSHIP (AP) — A 32-year-old Detroit-area man accused of killing his wife and dog with a baseball bat while the couple’s children were in other parts of their home has been charged with...
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Psychological Exam For Man In Slayings Of Wife, 2 Children
EASTPOINTE (AP) — A 38-year-old man will undergo a psychiatric examination prior to his trial in the strangulation of his wife, their 2-year-old daughter and their 8-year-old son at their Eastpointe...
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Michigan Ex-Con Gets Life Without Parole In 2 Killings
MUSKEGON (AP) — An ex-convict charged in two additional deaths was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole Monday for killing two western Michigan women last fall. Leon Means...
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Man Charged After Wife’s Body Found In Burning Vehicle
BRILEY TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) – A northern Michigan man faces charges in the slaying of his wife whose body was found in the rear seat of a burning vehicle. WPBN-TV reports that Erich Wilfinger was...
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Romulus Woman Charged With Murder In Hit-And-Run Death Of 8-Year-Old Boy
WESTLAND (WWJ) – Murder charges have been filed against a Romulus woman accused of running over a young Westland boy and driving off. After the 8-year-old victim died, Wayne County prosecutors amended...
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Michigan Supreme Court Overturns Murder Conviction In Child’s Death
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (AP/WWJ) – The Michigan Supreme Court has overturned a murder conviction in the death of a 3-year-old girl in southwestern Michigan. In a unanimous decision Monday, the court says...
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Westland Man Sentenced To Life Without Parole In Murder Of Girlfriend Found...
MOUNT CLEMENS (WWJ) – A Westland man has been sentenced to life in prison without parole in the slaying of his girlfriend whose body was found concealed in a plastic drum. Scott Wobbe, 38, last month...
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22-Year-Old Detroit Man Appears In Court In Fatal Greektown Shooting
Denzel Talbert (credit: Detroit police) DETROIT (WWJ) – A probable cause hearing was held Thursday for a 22-year old Detroit man, charged with a murder in Greektown last month. Denzel Lee Talbert is...
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Woman Charged In Death Of Newborn Found In Cublicle Ruled Competent
REDFORD TOWNSHIP (WWJ/AP) – Defense lawyers say a Detroit-area woman accused of giving birth at work and hiding the boy in a plastic bag in her cubicle has been found mentally competent. The Detroit...
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Michigan High Court Overturns Flint Gang Murder Conviction
LANSING (WWJ/AP) – The Michigan Supreme Court has overturned the first-degree murder conviction of a man linked to a Flint gang because the prosecution didn’t tell the jury about FBI payments to a key...
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No New Trial For Man Serving Life Sentence In ’86 Port Huron Death
Temujin Kensu a.k.a. Fred Freeman. (Booking Photo, 2013/MDOC) PORT HURON (WWJ/AP) – A man serving a life sentence for a fatal shooting in a college parking lot has struck out again in his latest effort...
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Police Investingating After Transgender Woman Found Dead In Detroit
DETROIT (WWJ) – Police are investigating after the body of a 20-year-old black transgender woman is found in Detroit over the weekend. Early reports claim that Amber Monroe was shot, but Detroit police...
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Can Science Predict, Prevent Gang Killings? MSU Study Says ‘Yes’
DETROIT (WWJ) – Can science actually predict gang killings, to the point of ultimately preventing them? A study by Michigan State University says all signs seem to be pointing toward “yes.” In what is...
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Court Eases Sentencing Power Of Judges In Some Juvenile Murder Cases
By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) – The case of an overnight attack on a couple in a small Michigan town could rewrite the rules for life sentences for teens convicted of murder. The state...
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21-Year-Old Detroit Man Pleads Guilty In French Street Artist’s Killing
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) – A young man has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a 23-year-old French street artist during a robbery outside an abandoned Detroit housing project....
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Convicted Killer Bob Bashara Wants New Trial, Says Wife ‘Gave Permission’ For...
DETROIT (WWJ) – Convicted killer Bob Bashara says he deserves a new trial because his court-appointed lawyers failed to inform the jury that his wife gave him permission to live an alternative sexual...
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