Articles tagged:homicide

Posted: Tue Jan 17 5:59 a.m. by Kyle Feldscher Crime and courts reporter
10 years later: Jason Sizemore's family losing hope that his killer will be caught

Becky and Kermit Sizemore of Ypsilanti Township have waited more than 10 years for their son's killer to be brought to justice.It’s a sequence of events no parent should have to endure. A son stabbed to death at the age of 27, his suspected killer escaping back to his native ...

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Posted: Sat Dec 3 12:30 p.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter
Man charged with murder in beating at Scio Township auto dealership

A second man has been charged with murder in the 2006 beating of a security guard at a Scio Township auto dealership that investigators said caused the guard's death. Jonathon Lee Aiden, 31, who is serving prison time in Florida for burglary, was charged Thursday with murder in the death ...

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Posted: Wed Sep 21 12:46 p.m. by Cindy Heflin News producer
Hearing delayed for man accused in Ann Arbor-area beating death

A preliminary examination for a man accused in a beating death at an Ann Arbor-area auto dealership was delayed until Oct. 6, the Daily Press & Argus reported.

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Posted: Wed Sep 7 6:29 p.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter
Ex-political candidate charged with murder in 2006 auto dealership robbery

A former political candidate in Livingston County who was arrested and released in 2006 after being suspected in a robbery and fatal beating at a Scio Township auto dealership was charged Wednesday with murder in the case. Shane Noel Roscoe, 46, of Redford, who was the 2006 Democratic candidate for ...

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Posted: Mon Jul 25 7:16 p.m. by Heidi Fenton
Witnesses recount aftermath of West Willow homicide; case sent on to circuit court

Deputies responding to the scene of a homicide this spring in Ypsilanti Township’s West Willow neighborhood arrived to find David Harold Bennett’s body lying naked in a back bedroom of his home, covered in bruises. Keithen Potter stood in an area between Bennett’s kitchen and family room as Washtenaw County ...

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Posted: Thu Jun 16 7:38 p.m. by Heidi Fenton
Family and friends share memories of Dawn Fital after missing woman is found slain in Indiana

As news emerged Thursday that Indiana police had found the body of Dawn Fital in an Indiana swamp, hundreds of family and friends turned to <a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=234478376569239">online Facebook pages</a> to share thoughts and prayers in her memory.

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Posted: Wed Jun 15 11:10 p.m. by Heidi Fenton
Family concerned as police search for missing woman who may be homicide victim

Updated story: Police said they had probable cause to arrest man for murder in disappearance of Pittsfield Township woman Previous story: Police searching for woman they believe may be homicide victim Several Pittsfield Township police officers on Wednesday night walked in and out of an apartment in the Arbor Knoll ...

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Posted: Tue Jun 14 10:57 a.m. by Heidi Fenton
Updated: First of three suspects in killing of Ypsilanti father pleads guilty to second-degree murder

Editor's note: This story has been updated with additional details from court today and statements from the victim's family. Willie Walker, the first of three suspects set to stand trial in the fatal robbery of an Ypsilanti father, will spend at least 35 years in prison under an agreement reached ...

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Posted: Mon Jun 13 6:10 p.m. by Heidi Fenton
First of 3 suspects in killing of Ypsilanti Township father scheduled to stand trial Tuesday

An Ypsilanti man charged with murder in a suspected drug deal that evolved into a fatal robbery is expected to stand trial in Washtenaw County Circuit Court at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday. Willie Edward Walker, 30, is charged with murder in the Nov. 6 death of Jason Hoover at Schooner Cove ...

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Posted: Thu Jun 9 7:22 p.m. by Heidi Fenton
After court hears tearful 911 call, woman faces trial on charge of premeditated murder in Ypsilanti Township man's death

As he sat in a Washtenaw County district courtroom Thursday surrounded by rows of family and listened to details of his son’s death, Richard Mishler said he harbored no hard feelings against the Ypsilanti Township woman police say is responsible for the March 23 killing. Those feelings are not ones ...

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Posted: Fri Apr 1 8:45 a.m. by Art Aisner AnnArbor.com Freelance Journalist
Suspect in fatal shooting of former Saline athlete pleads guilty to manslaughter

The gunman in the fatal shooting of a former star Saline athlete has pleaded guilty to reduced charges. Court records show Michael Crockett pleaded guilty Wednesday to an added count of manslaughter in the July slaying of Chris King in Ypsilanti Township. He also pleaded guilty to one count of ...

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Posted: Thu Mar 17 2:26 p.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter
Man charged with murder in fatal shooting in Ypsilanti Township

An Ypsilanti man was charged today in the fatal shooting of an Ypsilanti Township man last month on Nash Avenue in the township's West Willow neighborhood.

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Posted: Tue Mar 8 5 p.m. by Heather Lockwood
Victim in Ypsilanti Township fatal shooting died of a gunshot wound to the head, medical examiner's office says

Marcus Tramale Jones, who was fatally shot in Ypsilanti Township’s West Willow neighborhood Feb. 26, died of a gunshot wound to the head, according to the Washtenaw County Medical Examiner’s Office. Jones, 33, of Ypsilanti Township, was found lying in a yard in the 1300 block of Nash Avenue after ...

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Posted: Sat Feb 26 1:12 p.m. by Heather Lockwood
Neighbors recall waking up to sound of gunfire after early morning Ypsilanti Township fatal shooting

Ashlei McDonald said she awoke to the sound of gunshots near her home in Ypsilanti Township's West Willow neighborhood early Saturday morning. The Washtenaw County Sheriff''s Department received reports of gunfire about 2:30 a.m. When deputies arrived, they found a mortally wounded 33-year-old Ypsilanti man. Two other men were also wounded.

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Posted: Sat Feb 26 8:34 a.m. by Steve Pepple Print Director
33-year-old man killed, two others wounded in overnight shooting in Ypsilanti Township

One man was killed and two other wounded in an overnight shooting in Ypsilanti Township, according to the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Department. No arrests have been made as of this morning, according to Sheriff’s Department spokesman Derrick Jackson.

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