LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) – The household of a person whose physique was found within the particles and aftermath of a hearth on Feb. 10 is pleading with the general public for info.
“His being the victim of violence—the victim of such gruesome and malicious violence—deserves an answer,” says Trevor Pollo, 33, the youthful brother of Lance Pollo, 38.
Eaton County authorities report that Lance’s physique was found within the rubble of a hearth on Feb. 10. They decided he’d been shot within the head earlier than the hearth was set. and recognized Lance by DNA testing final week, says Trevor.
Trevor says he and his mother and father have been notified of Lance’s loss of life final week.
Trevor Pollo, with photographs of his deceased brother, Lance Pollo (WLNS)
“When the police got here and talked to us, it was a spread of [emotions], I believe, on the shock of listening to that he was gone. Disappointment. I believe it turned to anger once we realized concerning the nature through which his life was taken from him,” he says. “And then it turns to guilt and regret when you relive the past several weeks or several months and ask, you know, why didn’t I reach out to him? Why didn’t we check in? Why is there anything that we could have done that would have changed what happened?”
He says his brother was a free spirit, obsessive about understanding the world round him. That meant taking issues aside and placing them again collectively and studying books. He was gregarious, Trevor tells 6 Information, working at lots of the Lansing space’s meals institutions as a bartender.
However, he additionally struggled with psychological well being points, despair and loneliness.
Lance was the first caregiver for his or her mother and father, who’re each blind, the youthful brother tells 6 Information. The final time a member of the family had contact with him was on Feb. 3, he says. Lance had been at his mother and father’ house to interchange a ceiling fan and handle different points with the house.
Skeletal stays present in hearth, police say somebody shot and killed him
His absence, nonetheless, was not acknowledged as a priority as a result of Lance would often drop out of contact for days or even weeks at a time.
“We hadn’t heard from him for a few weeks after that, which wasn’t totally abnormal,” Trevor says. “Lance had a lot of interest and passion, some jobs that he’s working on, so it wouldn’t be unusual to go a few weeks without speaking to him.”
Lance had his struggles, Trevor says, together with stints the place he was homeless. He additionally had entanglements with the legal justice system.
Ingham County Circuit Courtroom data present he was charged in Aug. 2017 with two counts of Felony Sexual Conduct third and one depend of Felony Sexual Conduct 4th. In 2018, he entered a responsible plea to at least one depend of CSC 4 below a plea cope with the Ingham County Prosecutor’s Workplace.
Below the deal, Lance would serve not more than 120 days – 3 months – within the Ingham County Jail, and 24 months of probation. However the courtroom file reveals Lance had a number of cases of violating his probation, leading to extensions of his probation and jail time.
His final violation occurred when he entered a responsible plea in Clinton County District Courtroom to writing a verify with non-sufficient funds, diminished from a cost of uttering and publishing. He was sentenced to time already served, in addition to fines and costs from the courtroom.
Due to the responsible plea, Ingham County Circuit Courtroom data present he was topic to a probation violation. Ingham County Circuit Courtroom Decide James Jamo sentenced him to 240 days within the Ingham County Jail, with credit score for 121 days already served.
He started his jail sentence on Dec. 15, 2024.
Legislation enforcement says Lance was launched on Feb. 1 from the Ingham County Jail.
Trevor says detectives say they’re significantly desirous about his most up-to-date keep within the Ingham County Jail.
“They are interested in what might have happened in his most recent stay in jail for probation, like who he might have ran into or been connected to as part of that,” the brother says.
Trevor says a $5,000 reward is now being supplied for info resulting in the profitable conviction of the particular person or individuals liable for his brother’s homicide.
“The memory that remains of Lance and, right now, there’s more questions than answers — there’s more pain. That we’re going through trying to figure out what happened, who did this and why, and no one deserves,” he says. “The lack of dignity that was done to my brother, the violence, the maliciousness, the disposal of who he was and his body. And ultimately, someone is out there that did this, and there are people out there that know what happened. And I’m just hoping that by bringing attention to who Lance was and what happened to him, someone will have the courage to come forward with the information that will provide that closure and also make Eaton County in the Lansing area safer by putting whoever is responsible for this behind bars.”
