Category Archives: Homicide, Murder & Manslaughter Charges

What’s The Difference Between First And Second Degree Murder?

  Terms like “First Degree Murder”, “Felony Murder” and “Premeditated Murder” get thrown around on police dramas (often incorrectly!), but for the people watching, they’re just words. Words that don’t carry much weight, because they don’t mean anything. After all, isn’t murder just murder, plain and simple? You either killed someone, or you didn’t.   […]

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Michigan Man Exonerated of Murder, But Is He Really Free?

  The murder of Jodi Parrack has been a subject of ongoing investigation and debate in Michigan since the 11-year-old was murdered in November of 2007. Jodi was reported missing at about 7 p.m. by her mother, Valerie Carver, who found her strangled body later that same evening in the local cemetery. But it was […]

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Assisted Suicide: Statistics Are Now Available From California

  Assisted suicide, like abortion and gun control, tends to be a very polarizing issue. People are either for it, or against it. There aren’t many people who waiver. Certain well-known people, like Stephen Hawking, Diane Rehm, and Terry Pratchett, have advocated for the right-to-die over the years, which has fueled the debate even more. […]

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Couple Headed To Trial For Murder And ‘Safebreaking’

  25-year-old Dymond Leana Squires and 26-year-old Andrew Mack Johnson Jr., a Lansing based couple, are now headed to trial for the murder of an elderly man and the robbery of his home. The victim, 78-year-old John Abraham Sr., was a resident of Lansing who had lived in his home for over 20 years before […]

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Twice Deported Man Arrested For Murder in Michigan

  A drunk driving case has been settled for 43-year-old Raul Perez, an illegal immigrant to the U.S. who has been deported on two separate occasions before. However, as Kent County, Michigan District Court Judge Steven Timmers said to him when he appeared in court for an unrelated murder charge, “This is probably the least […]

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Parole Denied For East Lansing ‘Serial Killer’

Michigan has recently denied parole requests made by 61-year-old Michigan inmate Donald Gene Miller.  He was imprisoned in 1979. Miller has been labelled a ‘serial killer’ because he murdered four women and tried to kill several others. The latest release date from the Michigan Department of Corrections is scheduled in March of 2031.   Miller […]

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Questionable Cell Phone Data = Murder Charges Dismissed

Television court dramas and John Grisham novels are full of instances where murder charges and other very serious accusations, are thrown out of court on technicalities. But that happens considerably less often in the real world. When it does happen, it’s a big deal. A big deal for the prosecutor’s office, for the defense attorney […]

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Man Arrested For Murdering Girlfriend In Muskegon

29-year-old Josh Salyers has been accused of murdering his 22-year-old girlfriend, Barbie Dailey. Dailey in Muskegon. Dailey is, a mother of three young children and was found dead inside her house Sunday night, September 4th. A Plea of Desperation to Her Father According to Kevin Dailey, the victim’s father, the last contact he had with […]

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Teen Charged With Murder in Saginaw Shooting

17-year-old Milon J. Brown has been charged with the murder of Cameron Pennywell, a 20-year-old resident of Saginaw, MI who was shot to death last weekend in the Bloomfield neighborhood. Sadly, this is the second time this week that we have shared with you an instance of a teen being charged as an adult for a […]

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Preliminary Hearing for Man Accused of Kidnapping and Murder

Jeffrey Willis, the 46-year-old Muskegon Township man accused of attempting to kidnap one woman and murdering another, was present in court recently for his preliminary hearing. Willis is charged with kidnapping, open murder, and felony firearm. In a separate case, he is also charged with possession of child pornography.   The case stems from an […]

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