Michigan Man Gets Life In Prison For Hacking Grandfather To Death
MUSKEGON (AP) – A Michigan man convicted of first-degree murder in the hacking and bludgeoning of his 71-year-old grandfather has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole....
View ArticleLansing Man Sentenced In Shooting Death Of Brother During Drunken Argument
Rahsohn Perry (Booking photo) LANSING (AP) – A Lansing man who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the shooting death of his brother has been sentenced to at least 18 years in prison. The Lansing...
View Article$2,500 Reward Offered For Tips In 36-Year-Old Murder Of Girl Whose Body Was...
DETROIT (WWJ) – Authorities are hoping a $2,500 cash reward will be enough to encourage someone to speak up about the murder of a teenage girl that happened nearly four decades ago. Fourteen-year-old...
View ArticleDetroit Man Found Not Guilty In Murder Of Trenton Man
TRENTON (WWJ) – In a decision that has shocked those involved in the case, a Detroit man has been found not guilty in the murder of a Trenton man. A jury on Tuesday acquitted Aaron Marshall of...
View ArticleMichigan Couple Convicted Of Murder In 5-Year-Old Girl’s Starvation Death
PORT HURON (AP/WWJ) – A Michigan couple accused of abusing, torturing and starving a 5-year-old girl to death have been convicted of murder and other crimes. A jury in St. Clair County returned the...
View ArticleParole Board Can Release Man Who Killed Ex-Wife’s Boyfriend
MOUNT CLEMENS (AP) — The Michigan appeals court has cleared the way for the parole board to release a Macomb County man who fatally shot his ex-wife’s boyfriend in the back four times. In 2014, a judge...
View ArticleMacomb Township Man Charged In Stabbing Death Of Roommate
MACOMB TOWNSHIP (WWJ) – A Macomb Township man has been ordered held without bond, charged with murder in the death of his roommate. Macomb County Sheriff’s officials say 26-year-old Jerald Wayne...
View ArticleSuspect Sought In Connection With Parking Lot Shooting, Leaving 1 Man Dead
FLINT (WWJ) – Police are on the hunt for a suspect in connection with an overnight shooting in Flint. Authorities say a man has died after being shot in the parking lot of the City Diner on Saginaw...
View ArticleDad, Stepmom Sentenced To Life In 5-Year-Old Girl’s Starvation Death
PORT HURON (WWJ/AP) – A Michigan couple has been sentenced to life in prison without parole in the death of their 5-year-old child, who had pneumonia and weighed just 25 pounds when an emergency crew...
View Article11 Years Later, Family Of Murdered Man Still Looking For Answers
Tarrick Brown (photo: Crime Stoppers) DETROIT (WWJ) – The family of a murdered man is still on the hunt for answers more than 11 years after the tragic incident. Crime Stoppers is asking for anonymous...
View ArticleInmate Charged In Slaying Of Michigan Woman Found Buried On Farm
FRUITLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) – A man in prison on a drug conviction has been charged in the slaying of a 32-year-old woman whose body was found buried on a western Michigan farm. Bobbie Maples...
View ArticleMan Sentenced To Life In Prison In Murder Of April Millsap
MT. CLEMENS (WWJ) – A St. Clair County man has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a 14-year-old girl along a popular northern Macomb County nature trail. A Macomb County Judge Mary...
View ArticleDearborn Heights Porch Shooter Granted New Sentence Hearing
DEARBORN HEIGHTS (WWJ/AP) – The Michigan appeals court says a metro Detroit man who fatally shot an unarmed young woman on his porch can seek a new sentencing hearing. The court upheld Theodore Wafer’s...
View ArticleCold Case: $5,000 Reward Offered For Tips In Lincoln Park Pawn Shop Killing
LINCOLN PARK (WWJ) – A $5,000 reward is being offered for the tip that leads to an arrest in a Downriver murder just over a year ago. The body of 29-year-old Mouhammad Hassan of Dearborn was discovered...
View ArticleHazel Park Man Charged With Murder, Desecration Of A Body In Female Friend’s...
HAZEL PARK (WWJ) – A man whose longtime friend was found dead in the attic of his Hazel Park home has been ordered held without bond. The Oakland County Prosecutor’s Office says 23-year-old Jordan...
View ArticleMan Arraigned In Slaying Of 56-Year-Old Detroit Woman
Torius Inge (photo: Detroit Police Department) DETROIT (AP) — A 46-year-old man is charged with murder and arson in the slaying of a 56-year-old Detroit woman. The Wayne County prosecutor’s office says...
View ArticleHazel Park Man Found Competent For Trial In Woman’s Murder, Mutilation
Jordan McClanahan (Booking photo) HAZEL PARK (WWJ/AP) — A Detroit-area man has been found competent to stand trial in the strangling death and mutilation of a 21-year-old woman. The Oakland Press of...
View ArticleUncle Of Slain Teen Lunges At Convicted Murderer During Sentencing
KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — The uncle of a slain southwestern Michigan teen has tried to attack a man being sentenced in his shooting death. The Kalamazoo Gazette reports that Willie Warren was giving a...
View ArticleTeens Enter Plea In Fatal Stabbing, Beating Of 16-Year-Old
WYOMING, Mich. (AP) — Two teens have pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the stabbing and beating of a 16-year-old acquaintance in a western Michigan park. The pleas were entered Monday in Kent...
View ArticlePolice Chase Ends In Capture Of Suspect Wanted In Connection With Macomb...
MACOMB COUNTY (WWJ) – Shots rang out in Lapeer County late Tuesday afternoon as police closed in on a murder suspect. Jeremiah Boshell (credit: Macomb County Sheriff’s Office) Police say Jeremiah...
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