Dad Points Gun at Mom’s Head During Argument in Front of Children
Attempted Murder
The older children fled and called police, leaving an infant behind.
Politics and Crime
June 9, 2022
Michigan Governor Candidate Ryan Kelley Arrested for Involvement in January 6 Riot: Docs
A Republican candidate for Michigan governor was arrested on Thursday for his alleged involvement in the January 6 insurrection. The FBI claimed received multiple tips about Ryan Kelley, 40, being at the U.S. Capitol. WOOD reported that the sources who identified Kelley as a suspect included an FBI agent, an Ottawa County sheriff’s deputy, and …
Unsolved
May 23, 2022
Elderly Veteran Found in Trash Can Behind His Home Months After He’s Reported Missing
A body discovered this month in a trash can behind a Michigan home has been identified as the homeowner who vanished four months earlier. On March 17, Walter Dansby, 76, was reportedly found wrapped in a blanket behind his Detroit home. Police located Dansby’s body three days after residents complained of a foul odor in …
Murder
May 21, 2022
4-Year-Old’s Detroit Murder Still Unsolved 2 Years Later
The FBI has offered a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to the arrest of two people who opened fire on a Detroit home with rifles two years ago, killing 4-year-old Nathaniel Mesiah Roby-Townsend. Nathaniel’s grandmother, Pansy Glaster, told WDIV at the time that the boy had gotten out of bed for a …
Murder
May 8, 2022
‘Armed and Dangerous’ Woman Flees on Foot After Killing Boyfriend, Brother: Cops
Police in Michigan are searching for a 22-year-old woman they say is “armed and dangerous” after fatally shooting her boyfriend and brother Sunday morning in Independence Township. Police say Ruby Taverner is 5 feet 2 inches tall and weighs around 115 pounds, with a thin build. She currently has purple hair, according to WXYZ. She …
Missing
May 2, 2022
BREAKING: Body of Missing Michigan Toddler Found in Flooded Creek
Searchers in Michigan have found the body of a 1-year-old boy who went missing Sunday in Byron Township. The body of Noah Alan Jordan was found in Buck Creek, WOOD reported. The boy disappeared before noon on Sunday, as CrimeOnline previously reported, and sparked a widespread search by law enforcement and community members. The search …
Missing
May 1, 2022
MISSING: Search and Rescue Teams Looking for 1-Year-Old Michigan Boy
Deputies in eastern Michigan are searching for a 1-year-old boy missing from Byron Township. The Kent County Sheriff’s Office said Noah Alan Jordan was last seen just after 11 a.m. in a trailer park, WOOD reported. The boy was last seen wearing blue, gray, and black camouflage pajamas and has blond hair and blue eyes. …
Police
April 25, 2022
Auxiliary Police Officer Training Uses Live Ammo, Civilian Shot
A Michigan auxiliary officer with live ammunition loaded into a service weapon shot and wounded a civilian role-player during a training exercise on Sunday. Michigan State Police said that Taylor Police auxiliary officers were conducting a vehicle take-down exercise at a local park when one of the officers fired a service weapon, according to WJBK. …
Murder
April 2, 2022
Michigan Mom Helps Son Chase Down and Fatally Shoot Ex-Girlfriend
A Michigan mother and son have been charged with murder in the killing of the son’s 20-year-old ex-girlfriend earlier this week in Flint. Flint Township police said Deondre Dawayne McLilly, 22, and Windy Marie Weatherford, 47, were arraigned Friday on more than a dozen felonies each, MLive.com reported. They’re charged in the fatal shooting of …
Cold Cases
April 1, 2022
College Criminal Justice Students Help Crack 35-Year-Old Murder Case
A 35-year-old Michigan murder mystery was solved earlier this year with the help of Western Michigan University criminal justice students participating in the school’s cold case program. Patrick Gilham, 67, was arrested in February and pleaded no contest earlier this month to the murder of Roxanne Wood, a 30-year-old Berrien County woman found dead in …
Extortion
March 31, 2022
Popular High School Student Victimized by Sextortion Hours Before Suicide
A 17-year-old Michigan high school student who died by suicide last week did so just hours after someone demanded money from the teen to keep a compromising photo from his parents and friends. Investigators at the Marquette County Sheriff’s Office said they don’t usually release information about suicides, but the parents of Jordan DeMay requested …
Accident
March 29, 2022
Deputy Finds Wife & Infant Son Dead of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning in Hospital Garage
A Michigan woman and her 9-month-old son died last week in a hospital’s garage in a suspected case of carbon monoxide poisoning. According to WDIV, Kellye Weathersby-Canty was with her infant son, Kanaan, when she dropped off her mother at Harper Hospital in Detroit on March 23. Weathersby-Canty’s mother finished her doctor’s appointment but was …