LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Two individuals are lifeless and a 3rd is in custody in an incident Blackman-Leoni Township Public Security is asking a double murder.
Officers from the division say officers have been dispatched to a residence within the 6900 block of Welch Lake Rd. Saturday shortly earlier than 2 p.m. on Saturday, December 7, 2024, on a welfare test. On arrival, officers discovered an individual within the driveway. Officers reported in a information launch he was lifeless.
A subsequent search of the property led officers to find a second particular person lifeless on the property, officers introduced in a information launch.
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Officers say the deceased are a 57-year-old male, together with a 70-year-old feminine.
Through the investigation, officers decided the second sufferer’s automobile was lacking from the scene. Shortly after placing out data on the lacking automobile, a license plate reader positioned the automobile within the village of Brooklyn and touring into Columbia Township.
Columbia Township police positioned the automobile and tried to conduct a visitors cease. Nevertheless, the driving force, recognized as a 40-year-old male, fled from the cease. He stopped shortly after the chase started and was taken into custody.
The 40-year-old man has been lodged within the Jackson County Jail, and police in Blackman Leoni Township Public Security are submitted stories and knowledge to the Jackson County prosecutor for charging selections.
