Category Archives: Homicide, Murder & Manslaughter Charges

Martin Zale Faces up to Life in Prison Most people have experienced frustration when trying to get somewhere in a hurry, and the person in front of you drives 10 miles under the speed limit in a no passing zone. Few things are more annoying when you’re running late than getting stuck behind the world’s […]

Crockpot users are constantly espousing the many and varied uses of crockpots. And they are certainly versatile, doing everything from cooking soups and stews to melting wax for homemade candles and even dying yarn. But never mentioned in that list of uses is “murder weapon”. Which, let’s face it, is better for everyone.

Just a few weeks ago in the early evening, police were alerted to a vehicle fire on a rough seasonal gravel road in the Upper Peninsula. Once officers arrived, the fire had burned itself out. But inside the scorched frame of the car were the skeletal remains of three people. An investigation was opened and […]

It has taken three separate trials and more than three years, but Jeanne Hank’s family members feel that they finally have justice for the murdered 47-year-old woman. Lorenzo D. Relerford Jr. has been sentenced to serve life in prison.

Man Shoots Family and Burns the Bodies Murder horrifies people. Even more so if the victims are children. But what society in general really seems to struggle with is how the victim’s body is handled after the fact. Which is why Corey Lee LaValley who shot a family of three people and then burned their […]

Flint Teen gets Life Sentence Deonte Isaac Gray, a 19-year-old from Flint was recently sentenced to life in prison for a triple murder. What makes this situation slightly different from the many other murders processed by the Flint Court on a regular basis, is that one of the victims in this case was 9-year-old Trashawn […]

New Charges in Double Fatal Accident Lying to the police is a bad idea. But lying to the police to cover up a crime, or to avoid the consequences of your actions is even worse – especially when you get caught! Which is certainly the case for Laken Williams, a 21-year-old from Lexington, who is […]

Granddaughter, Missing 17 Years, Finally Declared Dead Om September 22, 1998, 14-year-old Coral Hall went missing. Her last known location was a payphone in the Flint area, from which she called a friend to tell them that she and her grandmother had been fighting again. Records show that shortly before her disappearance, Hall had spoken […]

A Cane Corso, which is an Italian Mastiff breed, and a very large dog overall, is said by the American Kennel Association to be an intelligent and companionable animal which bonds well with children and is easily trained. However, one must not forget that this dog, which averages at about 110 pounds, was bred for […]

Solving murders is very hard. But solving a murder that is old enough to be considered a “cold case” is even harder. So when it does happen, officials are usually overjoyed to bring long-denied justice to victims and families who have waited, sometimes decades, for answers. But in the case of 36-year-old Jason Ryan of […]