Flushing man faces life sentence for killing mother at her home, prosecutors say
Randall David Cocking, 49, of Flushing, was found guilty as charged of felony murder in the July 6, 2025, death of his mother, Pamela Payne, according to prosecutors.
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Randall David Cocking, 49, of Flushing, was found guilty as charged of felony murder in the July 6, 2025, death of his mother, Pamela Payne, according to prosecutors.
Boise police have identified a man known as the "Unknown Wanderer" who was found dead in a church in 1982, and revealed a possible link to the Chicago Tylenol murders.
A 15-year-old Detroit boy is charged with the robbery and murder of a 14-year-old boy on the city's west side.
A Clinton Township man accused of strangling his aunt in her apartment has been convicted of second-degree murder.
Charla Pendergrass entered the plea Wednesday in Wayne County Circuit Court. She still faces felony murder, premeditated murder and unlawful imprisonment charges at a trial set for November.
A Southeast Michigan man accused of murder in the deaths of his three sons waived his arraignment and the case is set for pretrial in Lenawee County.
A Detroit man will spend decades in prison after being convicted of shooting and killing a man outside an apartment complex in May 2025.
According to the prosecutor's office, Svacha was sentenced to 22 to 35 years in the Michigan Department of Corrections for second-degree murder, and a consecutive 24 months for felony firearm.
John Skelton has been ordered to stand trial for murder in the deaths of his three sons, who were last seen in 2010 in Lenawee County.
In July 2026, 21-year-old Kayvon Briscoe Hall was found guilty of second-degree murder of his partner, 63-year-old Roger Willie, according to the Macomb County Prosecutor's Office.
A preliminary hearing for John Skelton, the man charged with murder and tampering with evidence in the disappearance of his three sons, is scheduled to begin on Monday.
A judge has sentenced a Sterling Heights, Michigan, man to life in prison for the 2023 murder of his girlfriend, Dhoua Lao, according to the Macomb County Prosecutor's Office.
A Michigan man accused of killing his parents, his brother, and his brother's girlfriend was found incompetent to stand trial at this time.
Charles Black, Eric Matthews, and Felix Washington face first-degree murder charges in the fatal shooting of Jethro Jackson Jr., 53, at a Pontiac apartment on Aug. 4.
Amanda Hernandez, the wife of one of the men who posed as a DTE utility worker and was convicted of robbing and killing a Rochester Hills businessman in 2024, was sentenced on Wednesday for her role in the crime.
A man serving life sentences at a Michigan prison after he was convicted of three murders in 2006 is dead after he was found unresponsive in his cell on Wednesday, according to the state's Department of Corrections.
Jalen Pendergrass was sentenced on Friday to 25-50 years in prison for murdering his 17-year-old girlfriend, London Thomas.
A murder victim has been identified decades after his remains were discovered in a wooded area in Oregon in 1972, authorities said.
Police have finally identified the remains of a woman murdered nearly a century ago and buried beneath a building in Toronto.
The wife of a Michigan man who was convicted of killing a Rochester Hills man while posing as a DTE worker has pleaded no contest in the case.
Aaron Samir Akel, 50, was arraigned July 20 on first-degree murder charges after prosecutors say he strangled and stabbed his 73-year-old cellmate at the Macomb County Correctional Facility in April.
An Oakland County man has been convicted in the fatal shooting of his girlfriend and the mother of his child.
A Detroit man is charged in connection with a fatal shooting at a motorcycle club in March, prosecutors said.
On July 14, a jury convicted 21-year-old Kayvon Briscoe Hall of second-degree murder and felony firearm in the death of his partner.
A Macomb County man convicted of killing his girlfriend and living with her body for seven months will spend the rest of his life in prison.
