The Harper Woods man who was charged with killing four people, including several family members, has been sentenced to 45-75 years in prison.

The family of a woman found dead in a field is speaking out Friday night as the man charged with her murder was also charged with the murder of three other people in Metro Detroit.

A Harper Woods man accused of murdering his girlfriend, mother and stepfather last year while out on bond is now facing a fourth murder charge.

A third murder charge has been filed against a Harper Woods man after his mother died from several stab wounds.

More than a week ago, a violent incident that rocked a Harper Woods neighborhood and destroyed a family keeps worsening. Jonathan Welch, 23, was let out on bond and accused of torturing his girlfriend.

The system failed them. Local 4 heard from the family of a murdered woman whose suspected killer is believed to have been set free after a previous attempt on her life.

Officials said a Harper Woods man, who days earlier had been released on bail and ordered to live at his mother’s house, stabbed his mom several times with a butcher’s knife and murdered his girlfriend and stepfather with blunt force.

A man accused of killing his girlfriend during a violent seven-hour standoff in Harper Woods over the weekend had just been released on bond days earlier after he allegedly strangled her with an extension cord, poured gasoline on her, and burned her with a spatula.

A 23-year-old Detroit man is facing several charges after police said he tortured and sexually assaulted his 22-year-old girlfriend.