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Who Killed EMU Student Julia Niswender? Police Still Seeking Tips
YPSILANTI (WWJ/AP) - New tips are being sought in the case of a 23-year-old Eastern Michigan University student whose December bathtub drowning was ruled a homicide. Crime Stoppers on Thursday will...
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Murder Charge Vs. Landlord In Tenant Death Tossed
ALLEGAN, Mich. (WWJ/AP) - A murder charge against a 79-year-old western Michigan landlord in the fatal shooting of his 37-year-old tenant has been dismissed. MLive.com reported that Marion Conley of...
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Man Gets 10-15 Year Sentence In Gun Club Shooting
HOWELL (WWJ/AP) - A man has been sentenced to 10-15 years in prison for the shooting death of a friend at a Livingston County gun club. Twenty-year-old Jessce Stearn received his punishment on Thursday...
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$25,000 Reward Offered For Tips In Murder Of Taylor Clerk
TAYLOR (WWJ) – A hefty reward is now being offered for information that will help them find the killer of a cash advance store clerk. Advance America Cash Advance, on Telegraph Road south of I-94 —...
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Charlie Langton: Porch Shooter Will Have Trouble Pleading Self Defense
DETROIT (WWJ) – Facing a second degree murder charge, a Dearborn Heights man will likely claim self defense in the shooting death of 19-year-old Renisha McBride on his front porch last weekend. That’s...
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Man Pleads Guilty To 1991 Killing At Arab Community Center
DEARBORN (WWJ/AP) – A 45-year-old Florida man has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the 1991 rape and killing of a mother of five at a suburban Detroit social agency where both of them worked....
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Bond Denied For 2nd Suspect In Murder Of EMU Football Player
DETROIT (WWJ) – A second suspect is being held without bond in the murder of an Eastern Michigan University football player. Kristopher Pratt, 20, of Detroit, stood mute to open murder, armed robbery...
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Reward Offered For Tips In Murder Of Livonia Man In Detroit
DETROIT (WWJ) – A Livonia family voicing a plea for help from the public in finding the person or persons responsible for the death of a loved one last month. Tyler “TJ” Taylor, 20, was on his way to...
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Detroit Police Chief Criticizes Quadruple Murder Probe
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) – Police Chief James Craig is criticizing the initial investigation into the year-old unsolved slayings of four people at an east side Detroit home. Craig told WJBK-TV that the...
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Former Dearborn Man Gets 30-60 Years For 1991 Murder
DEARBORN (WWJ/AP) - A 45-year-old Florida man has received a 30- to 60-year prison sentence after accepting a plea deal in the 1991 rape and killing of a mother of five at a metro Detroit social agency...
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US Judge Breaks Up Charges In Case Of Slain Boy
BAY CITY (WWJ/AP) - A federal judge has agreed to sever some of the charges against a man accused of killing a 4-year-old boy on an Indian reservation near Mount Pleasant. Wednesday’s decision means...
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Life, No Parole For Woman Who Killed Her Rescuer
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) - A 25-year-old woman has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for killing a 71-year-old Detroit woman who rescued her from homelessness as a child. Wayne County Circuit...
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Detroit Police Say They’ve Solved ’93 Homicide
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) - Detroit police say DNA evidence has helped solved a homicide from 20 years ago. Officials announced an open murder charge Friday against 57-year-old Johnny Kennedy, who is in prison...
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Police: Murder Victim Willingly Let Suspected Killers Into Apartment
ANN ARBOR (WWJ/AP) - Three young men accused of killing a 71-year-old man inside his Ann Arbor apartment apparently knew and had even worked for the victim beforehand. Twenty-year-old Rikky Ranger and...
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Man Pleads Guilty To Killing 4-Year-Old Boy
Anthony Bennett (credit: Isabella County Sheriff’s Department) DETROIT (WWJ/AP) - A young man accused of killing a 4-year-old boy on a central Michigan Indian reservation pleaded guilty this week to...
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Man Faces Feb. Sentencing In 3 Murders From 1972
MONROE (WWJ/AP) - A man faces sentencing next year in Monroe County after entering a plea agreement in three slayings from 1972. Laurence Lamont, 69, on Tuesday pleaded no contest to three counts of...
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1979 Murder Case May Be Reopened In Convict’s Favor
Samuel Ambrose (Booking Photo, 2012) DETROIT (AP) - In an unusual case, a federal judge is recommending that a convicted killer from Wayne County be allowed to plead guilty to a lesser charge after...
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No Arrests In Murder Of Farmington Hills Party Store Owner
FARMINGTON HILLS (WWJ) – Farmington Hills police are combing through evidence looking for a solid lead in the murder of a popular party store owner. Duraid “Dave” Loccia, owner of Tom’s Party Store at...
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Life Without Parole For Man Who Raped, Strangled Woman
PONTIAC (WWJ/AP) – A judge has issued the mandatory sentence of life in prison without parole to a man convicted of raping and strangling a 32-year-old mother of three, then dumping her body in a...
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Judge: No Laptop In Jail For Bob Bashara
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) – Bob Bashara will not be allowed a laptop in jail. Bashara, who’s charged in his wife’s strangling death, said a computer would make it easier to read documents and prepare for trial....
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