Recently, a 58-year-old Milford woman was charged with the murder of her 68-year-old husband, who was suffering from dementia according to an article at People.com. Yvonne Helen Cortis allegedly bludgeoned Gregory Cortis using a metal rod, then attacked the couple’s dog. The incident occurred on November 30. While Cortis sustained…
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South Carolina Woman’s Appeal of 2012 Murder Conviction Denied
In 2012, Brenda Miles Bratschi of Columbia, SC was convicted of the 2004 murder of her estranged husband, Randy Bratschi. The Bratschi’s lived in a mobile home where the defendant allegedly buried her husband’s body under the home, leaving new owners of the property to find the skeletal remains five…
14-year-old Teen Boy Could Be Sentenced as Adult in Murder Attempt of Mother
Recently, a 14-year-old Detroit teen was accused of attempting to murder his mother. Tommie Lee Grady has been “adult designated” according to a news article at Mlive.com, which means he may be sentenced as an adult although he will be tried in the juvenile court. On June 11, Grady’s mother…
Hart Man Potentially Faces Life in Prison for Allegedly Supplying Drugs That Led to Death of Woman
On Wednesday June 10, 24-year-old Foster Mudget was charged with two counts of delivery of a controlled substance causing death after he allegedly gave drugs to a 46-year-old woman who died from an overdose. The substance allegedly given to the woman, whose name was not released in news reports, was…
Ex-boyfriend of Fatal Shooting Victim in Auburn Hills Arrested, Charged with First-Degree Murder
On Sunday, March 8, Troy police announced they had taken a man into custody in connection with the fatal shooting death of an Auburn Hills woman. On the previous Saturday evening, 21-year-old Jamila Monet Vigier-Cage was found slumped over the steering wheel of her vehicle. Now, 24-year-old Cory Daniel Mullen…
Sibling Fight Ends in Murder Charges for Dearborn Man
On Monday, July 28, 23-year-old Rajeh Elmawri of Dearborn was charged with torture and first-degree murder in the death of his sister, 30-year-old Asyh Elmawri. According to news reports at Mlive.com, the brother and sister became involved in an argument that turned deadly. Rajeh Elmawri allegedly strangled his sister on…
Detroit Suburb Shooting Leaves Two-Year-Old Dead
On the evening of Tuesday, July 1, a two-year-old toddler was killed and two other people injured in a Detroit suburb shooting, according to Michigan State Police who were canvassing the neighborhood at the time in search of information regarding a motive or suspect. Now, police have taken a suspect…
Walled Lake Man Charged with Murder of Neighbor Whose Body was Found in a Closet on Mother’s Day
On Tuesday May 13, 21-year-old Alex Adamowicz was arraigned on a charge of open murder in the killing of a man who was found in Adamowicz’s closet by his mother on Mother’s Day and who is believed to be the body of 51-year-old John Watson, a neighbor. The body has…