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Trial Delayed For Man Accused In 14-Year-Old April Millsap’s Death
MOUNT CLEMENS (WWJ/AP) – A trial is expected to be delayed for a 33-year-old man accused of killing a 14-year-old girl along a popular Macomb County nature trail. The delay is because assistant...
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Man Caught Near Chicago, Charged In Wife’s Murder In Michigan
PAW PAW, Mich. (AP/WWJ) – Authorities in southwestern Michigan have charged a man with murder in the death of his wife, whose body was discovered following a seven-day search. The Van Buren County...
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Police: Man Who Killed Lansing Firefighter Was Mad Over Traffic Delay
Grant Jacob Taylor (credit: Lansing Police Department) LANSING, Mich. (AP/WWJ) – A motorist accused of deliberately and fatally hitting a firefighter with his car told police he was angry with the...
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Jury Hung On Murder Charge In French Street Artist Slaying In Detroit
DETROIT (AP/WWJ) – A jury failed to reach a verdict on a murder charge, but did convict a Detroit man of armed robbery in connection with the slaying of a 23-year-old French street artist. The hung...
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Judge To Hold Hearing In Bob Bashara’s Bid For New Trial
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) – A Detroit-area man convicted of arranging his wife’s death is returning to court to seek a new trial. Bob Bashara’s appellate lawyer will argue that his trial attorneys didn’t do...
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Bond Denied For Michigan Man Charged With Murder In Wife’s Death
SOUTH HAVEN, Mich. (AP) – Bond has been denied for a man charged with murder in the death of his wife, whose body was discovered during a seven-day search. Brent Bogseth was arraigned Wednesday in...
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Man Charged With Murder, Dismemberment Of Woman In Redford Apartment
Dexter Lamar Williams (credit: Redford police) REDFORD (WWJ) – A 44-year-old Redford man has been charged in the stabbing death and dismemberment of a woman with whom he shared an apartment. The...
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Murder Charge Filed In Ax-Slaying Of Detroit-Area Man
WAYNE (AP) — A man has been charged with first-degree murder in the slaying of a 58-year-old man who was struck in the head with an ax outside his Detroit-area home. The Wayne County prosecutor’s...
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Wayne Man Charged With Murder In Ax Killing Of Step-Grandfather
WAYNE (WWJ) – An alleged ax murderer has been formally charged in the city of Wayne. Jesse Gunderson, 26, made a brief appearance in 29th District Court Tuesday morning for an arraignment on a charge...
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23-Year Prison Sentence In Death Of French Artist In Detroit
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) – A man who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a 23-year-old French street artist in Detroit will spend at least two decades behind bars. Wayne County...
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Wyandotte Woman Charged In Stabbing Murder Of Elderly Wayne Man
Kyla Nundley (credit: Wayne Police Department) WAYNE (WWJ) – A 47-year-old Wyandotte woman has been charged in the stabbing death of an elderly man in the city of Wayne. The killing occurred just...
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Hearing Resumes On Request For New Trial In Bashara Case
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) – A hearing is resuming into whether an metro Detroit man convicted of arranging his wife’s death should get a new trial. Fifty-seven-year-old Bob Bashara, known as “Master Bob,” wants...
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Trial Delayed Until January For Man Accused Of Killing April Millsap
MOUNT CLEMENS (WWJ/AP) – A trial date has been pushed back for a man accused of killing a 14-year-old girl along a popular Macomb County nature trail. James VanCallis was scheduled for trial starting...
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Convicted Murderer Bob Bashara Takes Stand In Attempt To Get New Trial
DETROIT (WWJ) – A Wayne County Judge says she will not allow a Grosse Pointe Park man to use his attempt to get his murder conviction thrown out as a chance to testify to what he wishes he would have...
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Drug Addict Sentenced To Life In Fatal Carjacking At Burger King
PONTIAC (WWJ/AP) – A 39-year-old woman has been sentenced to life in prison for carjacking a pickup truck at an Oakland County Burger King and killing the 76-year-old owner as he tried to stop her....
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Crime Stoppers Asking For Anonymous Tips In Murder Of 23-Year-Old Father Of Two
DETROIT (WWJ) – On Sunday, August 16, Norman Spencer took an afternoon drive to show a house his sister was selling on Detroit’s east side. He never made it to the house — as he turned off Merlin...
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Police: Western Michigan Car Fire Started To Cover Up Murder
GRAND RAPIDS (AP) — Authorities in western Michigan are investigating a homicide that a man tried to cover up by setting the body of a 37-year-old woman and a car on fire. Ottawa County sheriff’s...
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Mother, Ex-Boyfriend Sentenced To Prison In Death Of Her Son
DETROIT (AP) – A Detroit mother and her former boyfriend have been sentenced to prison in the death of her 7-year-old son. WDIV-TV reports that a Wayne County judge ordered Victoria Foster to spend 27...
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Bob Bashara’s Quest For New Trial In Wife’s 2012 Slaying Continues
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) – A Detroit-area man convicted of having his wife killed so he could devote himself to a life of bondage and domination is continuing his efforts for a new trial. The hearing for Bob...
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River Rouge Police Search For Suspected Teenage Killer
RIVER ROUGE (WWJ) – River Rouge police are searching for a 17-year-old boy in connection with his relative’s murder. Curtis Cox is considered the primary suspect in the death of his cousin, 18-year old...
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