Highland Park Police Investigating Axe Murder
This morning, Highland Park police are investigating the chain-of-events leading up to the death of a 26-year old mother, who was reportedly killed with an axe. Relatives tell police that when Myla...
View ArticleSuspects’ Mom Charged In Fatal Shooting
The mother of two young men charged in Sunday’s fatal shooting outside a Kmart in Ypsilanti Township has now been charged in the case. Tina Crockett is in the Washtenaw County Jail on on $300 bond. Her...
View ArticleHarper Woods Mom Charged In Infant’s Death
Delniece Williams (Booking Photo) A Harper Woods mother has been jailed on $1 million bond after she was arraigned Wednesday on first degree child abuse charges in the death of her baby boy. According...
View ArticleLivonia Woman Found Safe
A 79-year old Livonia woman missing since Tuesday has been found. Police tell WWJ Mary Ann Ryan is safe and back with her family, who had been worried after she didn’t return home Tuesday following her...
View ArticleMich. Woman Charged In Theft Of $350K From Mother
A 49-year-old Westland woman has been charged in the theft of more than $350,000 from her elderly mother. The Wayne County prosecutor’s office said Monday that Carol Brazeika was arraigned on three...
View ArticleSon Charged After Hammer Attack On Family
A Farmington Hills man is facing attempted murder charges after he allegedly attacked his sister, mother and father with a hammer and pocket knife. 33-year old Fuad Sheena was arraigned Wednesday on...
View ArticleDetroit Woman Facing Deportation Given Reprieve
A native of Mexico who has lived in Detroit for 20 years had faced deportation as soon as this week. But Immigrations and Custom Enforcement granted a three-month extension after intervention by...
View ArticleVigil Held For Three Missing Brothers
Several dozen people, most who don’t know Andrew, Alexander and Tanner Skelton, turned out for a candlelight vigil in Adrian nearly one month after they were last seen alive. The Thursday evening...
View ArticleFather Of Missing Boys To Stand Trial
A Morenci father blamed for the disappearance of his three young sons will stand trial on charges of parental kidnapping. John Skelton waived his right to a preliminary hearing to determine if he...
View ArticlePolice Credit Community With Peaceful End To Stand-Off
DETROIT (WWJ) - It was a tense 12-hour standoff that ended very early Friday on Detroit’s westside. Now, Detroit’s Police Chief is crediting the community for bringing the drama to a peaceful ending....
View Article1 Year In Jail For Mom Who Faked Son’s Cancer
MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. (WWJ/AP) - A Roseville woman will spend a year in jail for scamming thousands of dollars from donors by drugging her 12-year-old son to make him appear to have cancer – a sentence...
View ArticleDetroit Man Charged In His Mother’s Murder
DETROIT (WWJ) – A 25-year-old Detroit man has been arrested in connection with the murder of his mother. Police say Edward Hicks hired someone to gun down his mother, 46-year-old Marion Harris, last...
View ArticleMan Finds Long-Lost Mother Was 1982 Homicide Victim
NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. (AP) – A Michigan man seeking his long-lost mother has discovered she was killed in 1982 when her body was found miles off Florida’s Gulf coast. Jeff Earley of Grand Blanc, Mich.,...
View ArticlePolice: Mom Arrested For Neglect After Dragging Child Down Street
HOWELL (WWJ) - A Howell mother has been arrested for child neglect after dragging her 18-month-old child down the street. The Oakland County Sheriff’s Department said the 39-year-old mother had...
View ArticleTIME Magazine Cover Of Breastfeeding Mom Sparks Intense Debate
DETROIT (WWJ) - An attractive 26-year-old mom dressed in a tank top is featured on the cover of TIME Magazine with her 3-year-old son standing on a ladder, sucking on her semi-exposed breast. It’s a...
View ArticlePolice: Southgate Man Fatally Stabbed Elderly Mother
SOUTHGATE (WWJ) - A Southgate man has been charged in the brutal murder of his elderly mother. Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged 53-year-old James Shields with premeditated murder in the...
View ArticleMom Pleads In Ohio Crash That Killed 2 Children
ELYRIA, Ohio (AP) – A Detroit mother has pleaded guilty in the traffic deaths of two of her children as she dozed off while driving 88 to 103 mph on the Ohio Turnpike in 2009. Thirty-two-year-old...
View ArticleMother Run Over By Carjackers Who Took Her Children
ROSEVILLE (WWJ) - A Roseville woman is in serious condition after she was run over by carjackers who had her two children in the vehicle. Police say the 31-year-old mother was about to drive her...
View ArticleDetroit Mother Who Left Kids Home Alone Comes Forward
DETROIT (WWJ) – The mother of two young boys found outside their west side Detroit apartment in freezing cold weather overnight has come forward. Srg. Eren Stephens said the 22-year-old mother came to...
View ArticleMom Holding Child Catches Foul Ball [VIDEO]
MICHAEL WAGAMAN, Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Angels manager Mike Scioscia hasn’t seen Albert Pujols swing like this since the slugger was playing in St. Louis. It just hasn’t been enough to...
View ArticleDetroit Institute Of Arts Unveils Private Lounge For Nursing Mothers
DETROIT (WWJ) – Nursing moms visiting the Detroit Institute of Arts now have a new space to feed their children in private. DIA Director Salvador Salort-Pons said the museum has built a private lounge...
View ArticleMother’s Dying Wish To See Son Graduate High School Fulfilled
MEMPHIS, TN (CBS Local) – A mother’s dying wish was fulfilled when she got to see her son graduate high school from her hospital bed. Stephanie Northcott has Lynch Syndrome, a genetic condition linked...
View Article‘World Is A Better Place Without Her’ Woman’s Obituary Stuns Readers
(CBS Local) – A mother’s obituary in a Minnesota newspaper took an ugly turn when the writer chose to air the woman’s dirty laundry after her death. The five-paragraph memorial to 80-year-old Kathleen...
View ArticleA Mother Says Federal Officials Took Her Daughter While She Breastfed the...
(CNN) — The undocumented immigrant from Honduras sobbed as she told an attorney Tuesday how federal authorities took her daughter while she breastfed the child in a detention center, where she was...
View ArticleDetroit-Area Woman To Stand Trial In Death Of Daughter, 4
SUMPTER TOWNSHIP (AP) — A Detroit-area woman faces trial on murder, child abuse, torture and other charges in the death of her 4-year-old daughter. The Wayne County prosecutor’s office says 25-year-old...
View ArticleMother Gets Probation In Adult Son’s Wiper Fluid Death
ANN ARBOR (AP) — A Michigan mother has received two years’ probation after failing to seek timely medical treatment for her disabled adult son who died from drinking windshield wiper fluid. The Ann...
View ArticleDetroit Mother Charged With Murder In Death Of Her Toddler Son
DETROIT (AP) — A Detroit woman was charged Monday with murder in the death of her 20-month-old son. Rhionna Nichols, 20, was arraigned on murder, child abuse and torture charges. Prosecutors accused...
View ArticleNovi Mother Charged With Murder In Death Of Her 2-Year-Old Son
NOVI, Mich. (PATCH) — A 36-year-old Novi woman has been charged with pre-meditated first degree murder and child abuse in the death of her 2-year-old son. Chunhui Shi was arraigned Monday and was...
View ArticleMother, Baby Die In Mobile Home Park Fire Near Saginaw
BRIDGEPORT TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A woman and her baby died Tuesday morning in a mobile home fire near Saginaw, authorities said. Multiple fire departments responded to the blaze in a mobile home park...
View ArticleMichigan Mother Of 2 In Hospital Fighting COVID-19
Saginaw, MI (WNEM) — Michigan continues to see a record spike in COVID-19 as the total number of cases climbed past 220,000 on Tuesday. One local family is now asking the community for help as a mother...
View ArticleFamily Mourns Loss Of Michigan Stepson And Stepmother In House Fire
(CNN) – Two people died leaving a family in shock this weekend after a house fire just outside of Edwardsburg, Michigan. The fire, still under investigation, took the lives of 37-year-old Brandon Cloud...
View ArticleMom Dies Of COVID-19 Before Meeting Healthy Newborn
(CNN) – Erika Becerra was eight months pregnant when she was diagnosed with Covid-19. In November, she was induced and gave birth to a healthy baby boy. After an otherwise normal delivery in Detroit,...
View ArticleCommunity On A Mission To Find Missing Detroit Mother
(CBS DETROIT) – Members of the community are on the march to find a missing mother in Detroit. Tamala Wells vanished from the 19000 block of Appoline Street on Detroit’s west side eight years ago. A...
View ArticleFamily Of Slain 27-Year-Old Woman Says She Was A Dedicated Mother
(CBS DETROIT) – Alexis Johnson was shot and killed early Monday morning. Her family says it all started from an argument that turned tragic. The 27-year-old was struck multiple times in the gunfire,...
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