Category Archives: Homicide, Murder & Manslaughter Charges

Coopersville Man Suspected of Killing Mother Michael David Roersma, the 50-year-old Coopersville resident who reported his mother missing in September, has now been charged with open murder in her death.  On top of killing her, he allegedly attempted to dispose of her body by dumping it in the Grand River.

The criminal justice process is turning into a very long and rather bumpy journey for Lorenzo D. Relerford Jr., the 30-year-old Flint man accused of murdering Jeanne Hank, the sister of a Genesee County sheriff deputy.

44-year-old Michael Darnell Williams, a resident of Saginaw with a long history of mental illness, has been charged with attempted murder. Police say Williams stabbed four people on an Amtrak train bound for Port Huron, but according to Williams, he was just fighting demons.

After less than even one full day of deliberations, a jury in the Washtenaw County Trial Court returned with a guilty verdict on all four counts. 32-year-old Willie Wimberly was found guilty of first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, witness intimidation and felony firearm.

Teens Charged with Hiring a Hit Man Hiring a hit man looks easy in the movies. But real life is nothing like Hollywood’s portrayal of reality, as two young Oakland County teens recently discovered, when they hired an undercover detective to perform a revenge killing on their behalf.

On Monday, November 10th, 18-year-old Tyrel Bredernitz, who is one of the three teens involved in the murder of MSU student, Dustyn Frolka, was sentenced to spend decades in prison by Clinton County Circuit Judge Randy Tahvonen. During an emotional plea hearing on September 8th, Bredernitz pled guilty to second-degree murder. At his sentencing, Judge […]

A Livingston County detective, Mark Klein, testified last week at a preliminary exam that a former murder suspect told him Sean Anthony Duke posted a suspicious comment on Facebook. The posting said, “What to do?? … 30K I have to spend.”

What began as a missing persons report has ended up as a murder investigation, with the person who initially alerted police arrested and charged as the number one suspect. 50-year-old Ernest Carr Jr. of Mt. Morris Township, contacted police on October 28th to report that his father was missing. Police conducted a brief search, which […]

66-year-old Cheryl Livy from Livonia has died from a beating administered by a woman who those around them called her friend. While police have yet to release the reasons for the argument, the charges have been adjusted accordingly in the wake of the victim’s death.

24-year-old Donnie Everett (who is in no way connected to the well-known baseball star from Clarksville, Tennessee) was arraigned on Monday morning in the 36th District Court in Detroit. He is facing a host of felony charges, including murder charges, for a shooting that injured three people and killed a little girl.