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Published 16:35 03 Feb 2023 GMT
The search for the missing Michigan rappers has led police officers to three bodies inside an abandoned apartment complex.
As reported by The Detroit News, the investigation for three aspiring musicians ended after bodies believed to be theirs were found in an abandoned Highland Park apartment complex.
Nearly two weeks after Armani "Marley Whoop" Kelly, 38, Montoya Givens, 31, and Dante "B12" Wicker, 31, went missing on the night of their canceled performance at Lounge 31 on January 21, police believe that they have located their bodies.
Michigan state police said that the bodies were discovered under mounds of debris inside the basement, but did not confirm the identities of the remains, per the local outlet.
However, three Detroit police sources said they believed that the bodies were of the rappers, with Michigan State Police 1st Lt. Mike Shaw saying of the complex: "It's supposed to be abandoned, but there are a lot of squatters in there," per the publication.
Police also shared updates from the case on their social media after finding "multiple victims" in a building at the corner of McNichols and Log Cabin.
"Detectives are continuing to investigate this incident and more than likely will be there throughout the night," they wrote. "As of now, we haven't confirmed the identity of any victims inside or a manner of death."
Although law enforcement stressed that the victims have not yet been identified, Givens' mother Cat Fogle told The Detroit News that cops notified her of her son's death on Thursday (February 2) afternoon.
"They told me they found the three bodies," Fogel said to the outlet. "I don't know what I'm going to do; how I'm going to bury him."
Kelly - who was known as B12 - was scheduled to perform at a birthday party inside a Detroit lounge on the night they disappeared but the show was canceled. He reportedly told his fiancée that the performance was canceled due to technical issues.
He also told her that he planned to hang out with his two friends to find some open mic events and that's when he picked up Wicker and Givens in his car that evening.
According to the rapper's partner, she couldn't reach him sometime after 7:30PM after texting and calling his phone several times, as noted by the New York Post.
In addition to this, last week, police found a 15-year-old boy driving Kelly’s car - a 2017 Chevrolet Equinox - on the road without a license plate.
The teenager was taken into custody and told the cops that a man had advised him to pick up the car from a location on Detroit’s west side. The police looked through his text and calls with the man and saw that he had a warrant involving alleged fraud.
Authorities searched his home and took him in for questioning, according to the outlet. Furthermore, they also recovered surveillance footage of a man wearing gloves cleaning out the Equinox.
Published 17:01 22 Feb 2023 GMT
A baby has been found alive alongside two dead police officers in a Detroit home, multiple sources have reported.
The discovery was made on Sunday night (February 19), with the Detroit Police Chief Jesse E. White revealing in a statement that the Livonia Police Department is currently investigating the incident.
Through a statement recorded and subsequently posted to Twitter, White stated: "It's a very tragic and sad course of events."
He then added: "It appears to be domestic. It looks like, preliminarily, a murder-suicide, and that's where we are right now. It's a sad day for our department, and thoughts and prayers go out to the family, as well as our officers who you can see over there that are taking it pretty hard, as are the rest of the command team."
Fox Detroit reported that the police officers - whose identities were later confirmed to be Maria Martin, 22, and Matthew Ethington II, 26 - were in a relationship, and both had suffered gunshot wounds. A baby was also discovered at the scene but is unharmed, and is now in the care of family members.
Officers had turned up at the residence after a family member contacted Livonia Police and requested a welfare check, PEOPLE detailed.
Police Chief White told Fox 2 that the pair, who had been with the force less than four years, had been "model officers" and nothing in their records could have foreshadowed the tragedy.
He explained: "I've secured every document that we have involving the officers, and nothing – nothing jumps out at you at all. Model officers, no issues.
"My understanding is they were both preparing for the supervisors' exam we have upcoming in about a month, This was out of nowhere."
He added: "We'll certainly be looking anything internally that we can do to help our officers who may find themselves in a domestic situation."
The Federal Bureau of Investigation's Law Enforcement Bulletin has explained that close to 600 murder-suicides occur in the United States each year, which reportedly accounts for between 1,000 and 1,500 deaths.
The majority of incidents happen between two people involved in a romantic relationship or domestic setting, with 65% of murder-suicides happening between intimate couples. Over 81% will occur in the home.
"Although uncommon, such incidents vary widely in terms of the persons involved, how they are related, and where the crimes take place," the bulletin details. It also specifically details statistics regarding incidents involving police officers, stating: "Because of job-related variables and personality factors, police officers appear to be disproportionately at risk for suicide and its subset, homicide-suicide, compared to other occupational groups. Subsequent research supports this sad reality."
However, the bulletin does note that there is an insufficient amount of research conducted into domestic murder-suicide in the law enforcement community.
Published 12:26 09 Oct 2021 GMT
The body of Miya Marcano, the 19-year-old college student who went missing late last month, was found bound with duct tape in the woods near the home of suspect Armando Caballero.
Police revealed graphic details of the teen's murder while declaring there is "no doubt" Caballero is responsible for a pre-meditated confrontation that led to her death, ABC News reports.
Orange County Sheriff John Mina told a press conference that there was no indication of sexual assault despite the way her body was found near Caballero's Florida apartment complex on October 2.
"Miya was found bound with black duct tape on her feet and hands, and her mouth was also covered with black duct tape," he said, per CNN.
"The way she was found is she did have jeans on, her shirt was taken off, she was wearing a bra, there was a robe that was on her as well."
The orange shirt she was last seen alive in was found inside her purse, which was found nearby, he said.
Mina confirmed that Marcano had "rebuffed" the romantic advances of Caballero, who was a maintenance worker at the Arden Villas Apartments in Orlando.
Caballero, 27, was found dead in an apparent suicide after police had named him as the prime suspect in Marcano's death.
Marcano, who lived and worked in the building, went missing after a shift on Friday, 24 September.
Mina told reporters the fact he had illegally entered her apartment, with a maintenance key, earlier in the day, which led investigators to believe there was "some plan" in place.
"I don’t know what that is exactly, did he just plan on confronting her or did he plan this out, we’re not really sure, but we’re going to try and find those answers for Miya’s parents," he said, per CNN.
"There’s no doubt he was waiting for her knowing she was going to be coming home from work, and so whether she went willingly or not, I would speculate that she did not go willingly based on everything that we know thus far," he added.
Mina said they’re still waiting for the exact cause and manner of death from the medical examiner’s office, which could take "some time" as they await toxicology results.
"I’ll say again, Armando Caballero is the person responsible for Miya’s death, he is the only person that is involved in this case, we’re not looking for any other suspects, he is the one responsible for Miya’s death," he added.
Published 15:08 21 Oct 2021 GMT
The bodies of at least five missing people have been found so far in the US amid the Gabby Petito homicide investigation, The Independent reports.
For five weeks now, law enforcement has been on a desperate hunt for Brian Laundrie, the only person of interest in the disappearance of his now-dead fiancée Petito.
Laundrie went missing from his home n North Port, Florida, just five days before Petito was found dead in Wyoming.
In the weeks since the case began, six people have been confirmed dead near areas where authorities were searching for both Petito and Laundrie, Metro adds.
Investigators have not drawn a connection between Laundrie and any of the deceased - besides Petito, as he remains the only "person of interest" in her murder.
Amid the search for both Petito and Laundrie, the body of 55-year-old Sara Bayard was found. Bayard was a woman from Colorado who had mysteriously disappeared, and her body was found in areas searched by police.
She was last seen at a convenience store in Parker, Colorado, on June 28 and had been reported missing on July 4. Her remains were found in Parker on October 9, however, a cause of death has not been released.
Based on Petito's Instagram activity, it is known that she and Laundrie had visited the Monument Rocks in Colorado - about 200 miles away from Bayard on the day of her disappearance. They had also traveled to Colorado Springs, approximately 60 miles south of Parker, on July 8.
Lauren Cho, a 30-year-old chef from New Jersey, vanished on June 28 during a lone hike in Yucca Valley, California.
Following the international interest in Petito's missing person case, Cho's case, in turn, received renewed attention within the media and on social media platforms.
On October 9, investigators searching for her found human remains in a desert. Officials have said it could take several months before the remains are formally identified, CNN reports.
Additionally, the body of Robert Lowery, a 46-year-old father of two from Texas, was found in Wyoming, with the manner of death having been ruled a suicide, ABC13 reports.
Josue Calderon, 33, had died following stab injuries. The New York Post reports that his body was found in the Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina, on October 9.
When his remains were found, it ignited rumors that the body may belong to Laundrie, with dozens of tips claiming to have seen the 23-year-old fugitive in the area. These rumors were swiftly revealed to be false by FBI officials.
And The Independent reports that Kylen Schulte and Crystal Turner - a recently married Utah couple - were fatally shot at a campsite near Moab on August 18. They had alerted their friends about a "creepy man" staying near their campsite just days before they were shot dead.
The couple were reported missing on August 16, and their partially-dressed bodies were discovered by a friend in a wooded area near South Mesa two days later. Both bodies had multiple gunshot wounds.
Once again, authorities have ruled out any connection to their deaths being related to Laundrie.
Published 16:47 02 Mar 2024 GMT
Law enforcement officers have rescued a suspected trafficking victim who had been missing for a staggering seven years after her blood-curdling cries led authorities to a Michigan motel.
According to Michigan State Police reports, the woman - who had vanished without a trace in 2017 - managed to call her stepmother and convey her distressing situation of being held against her will at a motel in Inkster, the New York Post reports.
Despite the absence of an exact address, determined troopers swiftly initiated an investigation. Their pursuit led them to the Evergreen Motel in Inkster, where they could hear the unsettling cries that guided them to the Michigan woman.
Describing the haunting encounter, Michigan State Police Lt. Mike Shaw recounted in an interview with WXYZ: "They described it as like a crying, kind of screaming type of noise that lured them to that specific area."
The woman was discovered on Monday, February 26.
Officers forcefully entered the motel room, bracing themselves for the unknown. Inside, they found the woman - now in her 30s - physically unharmed but surrounded by drugs and a firearm. "She was pretty distraught," Shaw added.
While her physical safety was ensured, officials are now working to heal the psychological scars of her ordeal. After she was rushed to the hospital for medical attention and she is now receiving counseling. The victim has also been reunited with her family.
As the investigation unfolds, authorities are yet to divulge more details regarding the nature of the woman's disappearance and have chosen to withhold her identity.
Human trafficking detectives are now working to unravel the circumstances surrounding her prolonged absence.
In the pursuit of justice, questions loom about the identity of the alleged perpetrator. While a suspect has been identified, authorities have yet to make an arrest.
"We’ll kind of look at what’s next, right… interview her if a crime did take place such as human trafficking or is it a domestic violence situation or is it different," Shaw said. "I don’t want to use the word kidnapping like somebody grabbed her and took her to that place.
"It may have started out as a relationship that turns into being held against your will and being trafficked."
Situated in the suburb of Detroit, Inkster has a population of roughly 25,700.
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