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What Michigan court will decide in upcoming hearing related to trial of 1997 ‘Baby Garnet’ murder
Read full article: What Michigan court will decide in upcoming hearing related to trial of 1997 ‘Baby Garnet’ murderA court will soon decide if a mother’s statements to law enforcement related to the murder of “Baby Garnet” will be admissible in trial.
How DNA helped investigators identify a Michigan woman and her killer in a 1988 cold case
Read full article: How DNA helped investigators identify a Michigan woman and her killer in a 1988 cold caseOn Wednesday, Georgia investigators named the man they believe killed a Michigan woman nearly 34 years ago.
Georgia investigators use DNA to identify man accused of killing Michigan woman nearly 34 years ago
Read full article: Georgia investigators use DNA to identify man accused of killing Michigan woman nearly 34 years agoGeorgia investigators have named a man suspected of killing a Michigan woman in the Georgia area nearly 34 years ago.
Couple flying small plane from Macomb County across Michigan vanished on 4th of July 45 years ago
Read full article: Couple flying small plane from Macomb County across Michigan vanished on 4th of July 45 years agoA couple vanished 45 years ago while flying their own plane from an airport in Macomb County to meet up with one of their sons in Northern Michigan on the Fourth of July.
Mother charged with murder 25 years after ‘Baby Garnet’ found dead in Michigan outhouse
Read full article: Mother charged with murder 25 years after ‘Baby Garnet’ found dead in Michigan outhouseA Wyoming woman has been extradited to Michigan on murder charges 25 years after a baby was found dead in a Michigan outhouse.
DNA leads to identity, murder charge in death of ‘Princess Doe’ 40 years later
Read full article: DNA leads to identity, murder charge in death of ‘Princess Doe’ 40 years laterA molar root that weighed just 200 milligrams was the key to identifying a teen who was brutally murdered nearly 40 years ago.
Final ‘Jack in the Box’ suspect charged in connection with 2002 Michigan murder case
Read full article: Final ‘Jack in the Box’ suspect charged in connection with 2002 Michigan murder caseEaton County deputies took Beverly McCallum into custody for the charges of second-degree murder and disinterment/mutilation of a body.
Vehicle purchased in Lake Orion linked to Missouri kidnapping case from 57 years ago
Read full article: Vehicle purchased in Lake Orion linked to Missouri kidnapping case from 57 years agoElizabeth Ann Gill was just 2 years old when she disappeared from her front yard in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, on June 13, 1965.
‘Where is baby Holly?’: Woman discovers true identity more than 40 years after going missing as baby
Read full article: ‘Where is baby Holly?’: Woman discovers true identity more than 40 years after going missing as babyHolly Marie Clouse vanished 41 years ago and only now will she be able to reunite with the biological family who has been searching for her.
Woman police suspect was murdered by serial killer in Detroit still unidentified 16 years later
Read full article: Woman police suspect was murdered by serial killer in Detroit still unidentified 16 years laterA woman police suspect was murdered by a serial killer in Detroit 16 years ago has never been identified.
‘Please speak up’: Shooter still unknown 12 years after pregnant teen killed on Detroit freeway
Read full article: ‘Please speak up’: Shooter still unknown 12 years after pregnant teen killed on Detroit freewayIt has been 12 years since Latasha Cheatum, 18, was shot in a drive-by freeway shooting in Detroit. She was pregnant.
Woman still unidentified 19 years after body found burning in St. Clair Township dumpster
Read full article: Woman still unidentified 19 years after body found burning in St. Clair Township dumpsterThe body of a woman was found burning in a dumpster 19 years ago in St. Clair Township, and police still don’t know who she is.
Children still missing 8 years after mother murdered in Detroit: ‘They’re missed tremendously’
Read full article: Children still missing 8 years after mother murdered in Detroit: ‘They’re missed tremendously’The two young children of a Detroit woman who was murdered eight years ago are still missing.
Brothers, mom arrested nearly 4 years after bloody murder scene led police to body in Pontiac lake
Read full article: Brothers, mom arrested nearly 4 years after bloody murder scene led police to body in Pontiac lakeA Pontiac man, his brother and his mother have been taken into custody nearly four years after fishermen came across a bloody murder scene that helped police discover the body of a 20-year-old man in a lake.
Western Michigan University students help crack 1987 Berrien County murder cold case
Read full article: Western Michigan University students help crack 1987 Berrien County murder cold caseA murder cold case out of Southwestern Michigan had gone unsolved for 35 years -- that is, until a group of Western Michigan University students got involved.
Indiana man sentenced in 1987 murder in Berrien County, closing cold case
Read full article: Indiana man sentenced in 1987 murder in Berrien County, closing cold caseAn Indiana man has been sentenced to decades in prison in connection with a 1987 murder in Southwestern Michigan, effectively closing what was once a cold case.
Missing father’s remains found in Michigan woods 3 years ago: FBI offering $10,000 in cold case
Read full article: Missing father’s remains found in Michigan woods 3 years ago: FBI offering $10,000 in cold caseThree years after the remains of a father who had disappeared 13 months prior were found in the woods off of I-94 in Michigan, the FBI is offering $10,000 for information that exposes the murderer.
What happened in Millington? Officials investigate 1984 disappearance of Pontiac mother
Read full article: What happened in Millington? Officials investigate 1984 disappearance of Pontiac motherInvestigators with the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office are investigating the 1984 disappearance of a Pontiac woman.
Tipsters come forward as JoAnn Matouk Romain death case sees renewed interest
Read full article: Tipsters come forward as JoAnn Matouk Romain death case sees renewed interestIt’s been less than a month since Dateline Detroit focused on the death of JoAnn Matouk Romain and the family said people unwilling to talk in the past are starting to come forward.
JoAnn Matouk Romain death case: Reward increased to $200,000 for arrest
Read full article: JoAnn Matouk Romain death case: Reward increased to $200,000 for arrestThe daughters of JoAnn Matouk Romain announced Monday they have increased the reward they are offering for information leading to the arrest of the person who killed their mother in 2010.
Dateline Detroit: Secrets of a Small Town -- new revelations in JoAnn Matouk Romain’s mysterious death
Read full article: Dateline Detroit: Secrets of a Small Town -- new revelations in JoAnn Matouk Romain’s mysterious deathIn this Local 4 special report you’ll see the new revelations in JoAnn Matouk Romain’s mysterious death that some firmly believe was murder.
Police reopen 1981 homicide of ex-bartender last seen in Washtenaw County
Read full article: Police reopen 1981 homicide of ex-bartender last seen in Washtenaw CountySALINE, Mich. – Nearly 40 years later, police are asking for the public’s help to solve the death of a woman who was last seen leaving a Washtenaw County bar. Mary Alice Ellicott was at the Polar Bear Bar, on U.S. 12 between Clinton and Saline, on Oct. 11, 1981. Her body was found 13 days later in a grassy field, less than 2 miles away, a victim of a homicide. “Whenever you're working on a cold case you have to open up the box and go over everything.”No tip is too small. Polar Bear Bar is now known as Thompson Bar & Grill in Saline Township.
Sterling Heights cold case: Search for answers continues in Laith’s Candy Land killings
Read full article: Sterling Heights cold case: Search for answers continues in Laith’s Candy Land killingsSTERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. – Investigators are still trying to figure why two people were murdered at Laith’s Candy Land in Sterling Heights back in 2017. Sufian “Samuel” Saba, 51, was found shot to death Nov. 27, 2017 in the office of Laith’s Candy Land, a candy and nut wholesaler off of Mound Road in Sterling Heights. The owner of Laith’s Candy Land was Sam Saba’s younger cousin, 26-year-old Laith Anki. “I think about it every single day,” said Sterling Heights police Det. “We’ve toyed around with the idea, was Laith the original target and Sam in the wrong place at the wrong time?
Karen Drew: Why I decided to cover mysterious death of JoAnn Matouk Romain
Read full article: Karen Drew: Why I decided to cover mysterious death of JoAnn Matouk RomainOn Jan. 12, 2010, Grosse Pointe Farms police reported Matouk Romain walked out of her evening church service at St. Paul on the Lake Catholic Church on Lake Shore Road, then walked across the street right into Lake St. Clair and killed herself. It is a mystery that has haunted Grosse Pointe Farms and Grosse Pointe Woods for more than a decade: What happened to mother of three JoAnn Matouk Romain? On Jan. 12, 2010, Grosse Pointe Farms police reported Matouk Romain walked out of her evening church service at St. Paul on the Lake Catholic Church on Lake Shore Road, then walked across the street right into Lake St. Clair and killed herself. Here’s some Insider info from Karen Drew on producing the series and why she took on this story:Karen Drew and photographer John Pompeo. I have to admit, I have never reported on a story with so many twists and turns as the death of Joann Matouk Romain.
Troy police revisit case of mother who was beaten to death in apartment 42 years ago
Read full article: Troy police revisit case of mother who was beaten to death in apartment 42 years agoTROY, Mich. – Police are revisiting the case of a mother who was beaten to death in her apartment 42 years ago. Gail Webster, 48, was living at an apartment in the 1900 block of Dorchester Drive when she was killed. Police believe she was beaten to death with a “blunt object” on Oct. 28, 1978. READ: Police revisit mysterious fatal beating of mother in Troy apartment from 42 years agoMeghan Lehman runs the Troy Police Department Twitter account. Lehman was working the front desk years ago, when she was a rookie and someone came into ask about a cold case murder -- the murder of Gail Webster.
Police return to Canton cemetery to collect DNA samples, working to identify homicide victims
Read full article: Police return to Canton cemetery to collect DNA samples, working to identify homicide victimsCANTON, Mich. Police returned to a cemetery on Tuesday where theyve already dug up several bodies in hopes of solving past homicides. Its phase three of Operation United. Sky 4 was over the scene in Canton on Tuesday at the Knollwood Memorial Park as police oversaw the digging up of unidentified remains in an effort to identify victims of homicide. READ: Operation United aims to ID bodies connected to cold casesThe operation started in the spring of 2019. READ: Police dig up bodies at Plymouth cemetery in attempt to identify Detroit homicide victims
Case of twin babies found dead in Shelby Township in 1967 back under investigation
Read full article: Case of twin babies found dead in Shelby Township in 1967 back under investigationSHELBY TOWNSHIP, Mich. Theres a renewed push to solve a half-century old cold case. The bodies of a baby boy and girl were found on the side of a Shelby Township road in 1967. The twin babies were found along side of Ryan Road, near Hamlin. It is Shelby Township Police Department Det. If you know anything, contact the Shelby Township Police Department.
Mother seeks answers 14 years after son murdered in Detroit
Read full article: Mother seeks answers 14 years after son murdered in DetroitDETROIT A mother is grieving the loss of her 23-year-old son more than 14 years after he was murdered in Detroit -- and police are still trying to solve the case. (They) told me they tried, but they couldnt save him, Linda Berry said. A sketch of the shooter suspected of killing Gavin Early on June 25, 2006. Meanwhile, Linda Berry says she constantly wonders how Gavins life would have turned out if this never happened. Now, Linda Berry says it is her dream to find out who murdered her son that night 14 years ago.
2 charged 10 years after being considered possible suspects in Waterford Township man’s murder
Read full article: 2 charged 10 years after being considered possible suspects in Waterford Township man’s murderWATERFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. – Two men have been charged in connection with the murder of a Waterford Township man more than 10 years after they were initially considered possible suspects in the case, police said. Ruben Guttierrez Jr. lived with his parents in a garage that had been converted into his own living space at their Waterford Township home, police said. Guttierrez was home the night of Nov. 11, 2009, and into the next day, but he remained in his room, according to authorities. He was officially pronounced dead by Waterford Township police. ChargesBarnes and Hobson are both charged with felony murder, armed robbery and possession of a firearm in the commission of a felony.
Michigan man charged in estranged wife’s 2006 cold case slaying
Read full article: Michigan man charged in estranged wife’s 2006 cold case slayingGRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – A man has been charged with first-degree murder in the slaying of his estranged wife more than a decade ago in western Michigan. Michael Pagel, 55, was arraigned via video Thursday in Grand Rapids. Renee Pagel, 41, was stabbed to death in 2006 in her Courtland Township home, northeast of Grand Rapids. He moved with the couple’s three children to Saginaw County after the slaying, according to MLive.com. The investigation eventually was turned over to a cold case team.
Remains found in Michigan might be missing girl from '89
Read full article: Remains found in Michigan might be missing girl from '89ALLEGAN, Mich. – Investigators in western Michigan might have discovered the remains of a missing teenager whose adoptive father was recently charged in a 1980 homicide in Virginia. Aundria Bowman was 14 when she disappeared in 1989 in Allegan County. Skeletal remains were found in a shallow grave under cement Wednesday in the county's Monterey Township, Undersheriff Mike Larsen said. News organizations, citing property records, said the land where the remains were found is owned by Dennis Bowman. “During the course of (the Doyle) investigation, investigators continued to search for answers as to the whereabouts of Aundria,” Larsen said.
Michigan AG: ‘Not enough evidence’ to file charges in 1983 cold case
Read full article: Michigan AG: ‘Not enough evidence’ to file charges in 1983 cold caseDETROIT – The Michigan Attorney General Office will not file charges in a 1983 cold case because of a lack of evidence. Erik Cross, a 16-year-old boy from Vicksburg, Michigan - a small town in West Michigan - was killed in 1983 after attending a party. The Cross family asked the Michigan AG’s office to investigate. Many fear Cross’ death is a cover-upFor years, locals have floated the theory that the death of Erik Cross is being covered up by police and the people involved in the crime. A Facebook group with more than 1,000 members, titled "Justice for Erik Cross," organizes events to keep the story alive.