Category Archives: Homicide, Murder & Manslaughter Charges

Judge Dismisses Involuntary Manslaughter Charge in 2013 School Pool Drowning A Judge recently dismissed charges in a drowning case that has been dragging on for two years. Johnathan Sails, a former substitute teacher, was accused of involuntary manslaughter after a student drowned in a pool at East Detroit High School in 2013. But as of […]

Kimario Deondrae Rowland-Taylor, a 24-year-old resident of Ypsilanti, has been charged with the death of 20-year-old Maurice Anthony-Charles Kirkwood, who was shot to death in southeast Lansing recently. According to police, the shooting took place in the 3200 block of Trappers Cove Trail in the early hours of the morning on Friday, October 2nd. Apparently, […]

Anthony Duke Accused of Murdering Ronald Hauser The jury trial has finally begun for Anthony Sean Duke, the Webberville man accused of murdering Ronald Hauser in the basement of his own home on New Year’s Eve, 2011. The trial is taking place in the Livingston County Circuit Court in Howell, before the honorable Judge Michael […]

2007 Cold Case Murder of Young Girl Solved? Eight years ago, in early November, the body of 11-year-old Jodi Parrack was discovered abandoned in a cemetery. She had disappeared somewhere between her friend’s home and her own house, a route of only a few blocks, and her body was later found in the Constantine Township […]

Witnesses Say the Hit-and-Run Was Intentional People charged with murder always face an uphill battle in their own defense. But when the victim was a child, or a person well-loved or respected by their community, the situation almost always worsens for the defendant. Aside from the inevitable media storm that follows, public outrage can engulf […]

  An officer of the law covering up murder seems more the province of Hollywood, not Detroit. And yet Elijah Lately, a 25-year-old Detroit Police Officer, is facing allegations that he concealed a murder from investigators. In essence, that he knew about a planned murder, and did nothing to stop it, and then lied about […]

Timothy Fradeneck Accused of Strangling Wife and Kids Few crimes capture the noir aspect of the public’s imagination, and spawn as many “true-crime” novels as the murder of one’s own family. It is a subject that invites much morbid speculation, and a great deal of controversy about mental illness. 38-year-old Timothy Fradeneck, who is charged […]

For those of you who don’t watch CSI or Law & Order, a cold case is a crime that has gone unsolved for years, sometimes decades. It is considered one of the hardest types of crimes to solve, simply because the evidence is usually lost, forgotten or irrevocably damaged. Add to that the fact that […]

14-year-old Attempted Murder On His Mother Teenagers arguing with their parents is common. In fact, it happens so often that most parents expect to have some real doozies with their kids during those often-awkward teen years. But it is rare to encounter a teenager who chooses to resolve the argument with a gun and attempted […]

Murder Suspect Lived Next Door for 30 Years People all over the world can relate to the strained relationship between 65-year-old Gary Earl Oliver and 60-year-old John M. Kennedy. After all, neighbor disputes happen pretty much anywhere two people are forced to live side by side. But what makes this case unusual is how, after […]