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 forensic investigation class. He had mesmerized the mostly female class by answering their questions about killings and crime scenes, motives and modus operandi, crime and punishment.
Consistently responsive, often humorous, always respectful, Keith Hunter Jesperson spoke of his extensive experience in what the students were studying.
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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 set to stand trial in three of those cases. His attorney requested that Macons’ trial be moved out of Ingham County because he believes media coverage has tainted potential jurors. Judge William Collette denied a motion to move the murder trials. He told the prosecution and the defense that if the county could pick a jury for the high profile trial of Tim and Lisa Holland, he’s confident it can find one for Matthew Macon.
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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 women with evil eyes, died in a secure area of Foote Hospital, Michigan Department of Corrections spokesman Russ Marlan said. Read More »
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 Watts, 53, on Thursday for the 1974 stabbing death of 19-year-old Gloria Steele. Watts made some brief comments about abortion during his sentencing hearing, while the victim’s mother and daughter spoke about losing Steele, the court said. Read More »
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 sister was placed in foster care in 1983 after her father was accused of sexually abusing her.
Then, by age 16, at a 1996 Ingham County juvenile court hearing, a court referee said although Macon was making progress in a program for sex offenders, he required “lifetime vigilance.” Read More »
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 Sandra Eichorn. She was found dead in her home just last week. He was also charged with home invasion and assault after a woman was found badly beaten in her home one day after Eichorn’s death. Read More »
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 closes the case on Shelly Andre Brooks, a homeless man whom authorities believe killed at least seven prostitutes between August 2001 and June 2006. Investigators have said he may have killed another seven women, though no charges were filed in those deaths. Read More »
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 Lansing, was ordered held without bond during his video arraignment in Lansing District Court after being named as a suspect last week. Read More »
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 could face charges in a sixth slaying from 2004. Macon, who officials say is a registered sex offender, was arrested last week and could face charges in one death as early as Tuesday. Read More »
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 said Friday.
Murder and assault charges were being pursued against Matthew Emmanuel Macon, 27, of Lansing, who was paroled from state prison June 26, said Police Chief Mark Alley. Read More »
