Category Archives: MI Michigan
JESPERSON Keith Hunter: Getting to know a serial killer
US/CA/SanJose – There was no texting, no whispering, no staring into space by the 30 Duquesne University students seated around a black speaker phone in Room 607 of Fisher Hall. On the line was the special guest lecturer for the … Continue reading
MACON Matthew: Lawyer Wants Serial Killer Trial Moved
US/MI/Lansing – The attorney for accused serial killer Matthew Macon tries to get his clients’ trial moved to another county. It’s a case that captured mid-Michigan’s attention this summer. Matthew Macon is suspected of brutally attacking six women. He’s now … Continue reading
WATTS Coral Eugene: Texas serial killer dies in Michigan
US/MI/Jackson – A confessed serial killer who police said may have been responsible for dozens of deaths died Friday, a little more than a week after he received a second life sentence, authorities said.Coral Eugene Watts, who said he targeted … Continue reading
WATTS Coral Eugene: Alleged serial killer gets mandatory life sentence
US/MI/Kalamazoo – A second life prison sentence has been given to a confessed serial killer, this time for slaying a Western Michigan University student more than three decades ago. Kalamazoo County Circuit Judge Gary C. Giguere Jr. sentenced Coral Eugene … Continue reading
MACON Matthew Emmanuel: Macon’s early life marked by violence, crime
US/MI/Lansing – By the time Matthew E. Macon pleaded guilty at age 14 to sexually assaulting a girl with a stick, he had seen a lot of violence. Court documents reveal that Macon’s father was violent and abusive. His older … Continue reading
LANSING Serial Killer: Recap – Suspected Serial Killer Arraignment
US/MI/Lansing – Charges are handed down to a man Lansing police label a serial killer. It was Matthew Macons’ first courtroom appearance in this case, part of a video arraignment. Macon was charged with open murder for the death of … Continue reading
BROOKS Shelly Andre: Serial killer of prostitutes gets another 25+ years
US/MI/Detroit – A convicted serial killer already serving life in prison was sentenced today to another 25 to 50 years behind bars for raping and beating a prostitute who survived his usually deadly attacks. The formality in Wayne Circuit Court … Continue reading
MACON Matthew Emmanuel: Suspected serial killer charged with Lansing killing
US/MI/Lansing – A suspected serial killer was charged Wednesday with open murder in the death of a woman on the city’s west side, and more charges could follow in the slayings of five other women. Matthew Emmanuel Macon, 27, of … Continue reading
MACON Matthew Emmanuel: Lawyer – ‘Serial killer’ label unfair for Lansing killings suspect
US/MI/Lansing – A lawyer for a prison parolee suspected of killing five women in the state capital in just over a month said Monday that labeling his client a serial killer is unfair. Matthew Emmanuel Macon, 27, of Lansing, also … Continue reading
MACON Matthew Emmanuel: Suspected Mich. serial killer identified as convicted sex offender
US/MI/Lansing – A prison parolee and sex offender was identified as the man suspected of killing five women in the city in a little more than a month, and he could face charges in a sixth death from 2004, authorities … Continue reading