DETROIT (AP) - The Latest on the case against a man accused in the killings of four women in Detroit (all times local):
3:30 p.m.
A 34-year-old man has been arraigned in the slayings of four women whose bodies were found in vacant houses in Detroit.
Deangelo Martin’s case went before a 36th District Court magistrate Wednesday afternoon. Hours earlier, the Wayne County prosecutor’s office announced he is charged with four counts of first-degree murder and four counts of felony murder.
The bodies were found from February 2018 to June this year. The victims were in their 50s. Police have characterized the deaths as the work of a serial killer.
Martin was arrested in June. He’s also charged in the stabbing and sexual assault of a woman and the kidnapping and assault of another.
A probable cause conference on the murder charges is scheduled for Oct. 2. A preliminary examination follows on Oct. 9.
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11:45 a.m.
A 34-year-old man has been charged with murder in the slayings of four women whose bodies were found stashed in vacant houses in Detroit.
Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy announced Wednesday that Deangelo Martin is charged with four counts of first-degree murder and four counts of felony murder.
Police have characterized the deaths as the work of a serial killer.
Police Chief James Craig said he sees similarities between three of the slayings and the assaults of at least two other women who survived attacks. The bodies were found from February 2018 to June this year, and the victims were all in their 40s and 50s.
Martin was arrested in June. He is also charged in the stabbing and sexual assault of one woman in May and the kidnapping and assault of another woman in June.
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12:15 a.m.
Murder charges could be announced against a man suspected of killing at least four women and stowing their bodies in vacant houses in Detroit.
Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy is expected to discuss the case against 34-year-old Deangelo Martin on Wednesday.
Martin has been ordered to stand trial in the May stabbing and sexual assault of a woman who escaped, and is also charged in the kidnapping and assault of a 51-year-old woman in June.
Police are calling the slayings that occurred between March and June the work of a serial killer. The victims were all in their 40s and 50s.
Police Chief James Craig has said he sees similarities between three of the slayings and the assaults of at least two additional women who survived attacks.
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