Missing Mich. championship pool player feared murdered
/ CBS News
The disappearance of Dawn Fital, a championship pool player who lived in southeastern Michigan, is being investigated as a possible homicide after a man believed to be her boyfriend was stopped by police in Indiana for acting suspiciously, authorities said. Police say based on statements the man believed to be her boyfriend told them, Fital, 45, may be the victim of a homicide, reports CBS station WWJ.
Tuesday night police in Merrillville, Ind. contacted Michigan authorities to check on Fital's welfare after they say they found a man acting suspiciously behind a bank. Details of the incident weren't released and no charges have been filed. Fital lived with the man and her ex-husband at an apartment complex in Pittsfield Township, about 35 miles southwest of Detriot, police said. Fital's ex-husband told investigators that he hadn't been in contact with her since Monday.
Francine Fitol, a cousin of Fital's ex-husband said Fital regularly traveled to compete as a pool player nationwide. She had returned to Michigan earlier this month from a tournament in Las Vegas, Fitol said, the station reports. "She's competitive and loves that rough edge," Fitol said reports the station. The Michigan State Police Crime Lab, the Washtenaw County prosecutor's office and other police agencies were working on the investigation.
The disappearance of Dawn Fital, a championship pool player who lived in southeastern Michigan, is being investigated as a possible homicide after a man believed to be her boyfriend was stopped by police in Indiana for acting suspiciously, authorities said. Police say based on statements the man believed to be her boyfriend told them, Fital, 45, may be the victim of a homicide, reports CBS station WWJ.
Tuesday night police in Merrillville, Ind. contacted Michigan authorities to check on Fital's welfare after they say they found a man acting suspiciously behind a bank. Details of the incident weren't released and no charges have been filed. Fital lived with the man and her ex-husband at an apartment complex in Pittsfield Township, about 35 miles southwest of Detriot, police said. Fital's ex-husband told investigators that he hadn't been in contact with her since Monday.
Francine Fitol, a cousin of Fital's ex-husband said Fital regularly traveled to compete as a pool player nationwide. She had returned to Michigan earlier this month from a tournament in Las Vegas, Fitol said, the station reports. "She's competitive and loves that rough edge," Fitol said reports the station. The Michigan State Police Crime Lab, the Washtenaw County prosecutor's office and other police agencies were working on the investigation.
The disappearance of Dawn Fital, a championship pool player who lived in southeastern Michigan, is being investigated as a possible homicide after a man believed to be her boyfriend was stopped by police in Indiana for acting suspiciously, authorities said. Police say based on statements the man believed to be her boyfriend told them, Fital, 45, may be the victim of a homicide, reports CBS station WWJ.
Tuesday night police in Merrillville, Ind. contacted Michigan authorities to check on Fital's welfare after they say they found a man acting suspiciously behind a bank. Details of the incident weren't released and no charges have been filed. Fital lived with the man and her ex-husband at an apartment complex in Pittsfield Township, about 35 miles southwest of Detriot, police said. Fital's ex-husband told investigators that he hadn't been in contact with her since Monday.
Francine Fitol, a cousin of Fital's ex-husband said Fital regularly traveled to compete as a pool player nationwide. She had returned to Michigan earlier this month from a tournament in Las Vegas, Fitol said, the station reports. "She's competitive and loves that rough edge," Fitol said reports the station. The Michigan State Police Crime Lab, the Washtenaw County prosecutor's office and other police agencies were working on the investigation.
The disappearance of Dawn Fital, a championship pool player who lived in southeastern Michigan, is being investigated as a possible homicide after a man believed to be her boyfriend was stopped by police in Indiana for acting suspiciously, authorities said. Police say based on statements the man believed to be her boyfriend told them, Fital, 45, may be the victim of a homicide, reports CBS station WWJ.
Tuesday night police in Merrillville, Ind. contacted Michigan authorities to check on Fital's welfare after they say they found a man acting suspiciously behind a bank. Details of the incident weren't released and no charges have been filed. Fital lived with the man and her ex-husband at an apartment complex in Pittsfield Township, about 35 miles southwest of Detriot, police said. Fital's ex-husband told investigators that he hadn't been in contact with her since Monday.
Francine Fitol, a cousin of Fital's ex-husband said Fital regularly traveled to compete as a pool player nationwide. She had returned to Michigan earlier this month from a tournament in Las Vegas, Fitol said, the station reports. "She's competitive and loves that rough edge," Fitol said reports the station. The Michigan State Police Crime Lab, the Washtenaw County prosecutor's office and other police agencies were working on the investigation.
The disappearance of Dawn Fital, a championship pool player who lived in southeastern Michigan, is being investigated as a possible homicide after a man believed to be her boyfriend was stopped by police in Indiana for acting suspiciously, authorities said. Police say based on statements the man believed to be her boyfriend told them, Fital, 45, may be the victim of a homicide, reports CBS station WWJ.
Tuesday night police in Merrillville, Ind. contacted Michigan authorities to check on Fital's welfare after they say they found a man acting suspiciously behind a bank. Details of the incident weren't released and no charges have been filed. Fital lived with the man and her ex-husband at an apartment complex in Pittsfield Township, about 35 miles southwest of Detriot, police said. Fital's ex-husband told investigators that he hadn't been in contact with her since Monday.
Francine Fitol, a cousin of Fital's ex-husband said Fital regularly traveled to compete as a pool player nationwide. She had returned to Michigan earlier this month from a tournament in Las Vegas, Fitol said, the station reports. "She's competitive and loves that rough edge," Fitol said reports the station. The Michigan State Police Crime Lab, the Washtenaw County prosecutor's office and other police agencies were working on the investigation.
The disappearance of Dawn Fital, a championship pool player who lived in southeastern Michigan, is being investigated as a possible homicide after a man believed to be her boyfriend was stopped by police in Indiana for acting suspiciously, authorities said. Police say based on statements the man believed to be her boyfriend told them, Fital, 45, may be the victim of a homicide, reports CBS station WWJ.
Tuesday night police in Merrillville, Ind. contacted Michigan authorities to check on Fital's welfare after they say they found a man acting suspiciously behind a bank. Details of the incident weren't released and no charges have been filed. Fital lived with the man and her ex-husband at an apartment complex in Pittsfield Township, about 35 miles southwest of Detriot, police said. Fital's ex-husband told investigators that he hadn't been in contact with her since Monday.
Francine Fitol, a cousin of Fital's ex-husband said Fital regularly traveled to compete as a pool player nationwide. She had returned to Michigan earlier this month from a tournament in Las Vegas, Fitol said, the station reports. "She's competitive and loves that rough edge," Fitol said reports the station. The Michigan State Police Crime Lab, the Washtenaw County prosecutor's office and other police agencies were working on the investigation.
The disappearance of Dawn Fital, a championship pool player who lived in southeastern Michigan, is being investigated as a possible homicide after a man believed to be her boyfriend was stopped by police in Indiana for acting suspiciously, authorities said. Police say based on statements the man believed to be her boyfriend told them, Fital, 45, may be the victim of a homicide, reports CBS station WWJ.
Tuesday night police in Merrillville, Ind. contacted Michigan authorities to check on Fital's welfare after they say they found a man acting suspiciously behind a bank. Details of the incident weren't released and no charges have been filed. Fital lived with the man and her ex-husband at an apartment complex in Pittsfield Township, about 35 miles southwest of Detriot, police said. Fital's ex-husband told investigators that he hadn't been in contact with her since Monday.
Francine Fitol, a cousin of Fital's ex-husband said Fital regularly traveled to compete as a pool player nationwide. She had returned to Michigan earlier this month from a tournament in Las Vegas, Fitol said, the station reports. "She's competitive and loves that rough edge," Fitol said reports the station. The Michigan State Police Crime Lab, the Washtenaw County prosecutor's office and other police agencies were working on the investigation.
The disappearance of Dawn Fital, a championship pool player who lived in southeastern Michigan, is being investigated as a possible homicide after a man believed to be her boyfriend was stopped by police in Indiana for acting suspiciously, authorities said. Police say based on statements the man believed to be her boyfriend told them, Fital, 45, may be the victim of a homicide, reports CBS station WWJ.