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Carlos Watts Jr Charged In Heather Kelley Murder

Carlos Watts Jr is an alleged killer from Michigan who has been charged with the murder of Heather Kelley

According to police reports Heather Kelley was reported missing in December 2022. Heather vehicle was later found abandoned and set on fire. Kelley who was the mother of eight children remains have not been found

Now police in Michigan have charged her boyfriend Carlos Watts Jr with her murder

Carlos Watts Jr who is a convicted felon was just released from prison six months before the disappearance of Heather Kelley. The two would begin a relationship soon after his release

Carlos Watts Jr is currently in jail on other charges

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Carlos Watts Jr., 38, has been charged with the murder of a Portage mother who went missing in December 2022.

Heather Kelley, 35, is a mother to eight children and was last seen in December 2022. Her car was later found abandoned. It had been set on fire, and investigators found her clothes and blood inside.

The Kalamazoo County Prosecutor’s Office shared additional details about those charges Wednesday morning and disclosed the FBI and other federal investigators have assisted in the case.

Investigators have not recovered Kelley’s remains, but feel they have enough probable cause to charge the man she had been in a relationship with.

“It’s the evidence in total in this case,” Prosecutor Jeff Getting said about why his office decided to charge Carlos Watts Jr. in her killing.

If convicted of open murder, he faces life without parole.

Watts Jr. is currently in federal custody for an unrelated case. Court proceedings to bring him back to face these charges are pending.

Watts Jr. had been previously convicted of drug and gun charges and began his supervised release from prison in July 2022.

During the second half of 2022, Watts Jr. had a relationship with Kelley. According to court documents, the two planned to move in together and Watts Jr. tried to support her and her children while they were together.

Kelley was last seen leaving her home at 9 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022. Police said she was last heard from about an hour later when she called her children around 10:20 p.m. and said she would be home shortly.

Kelley never returned home and her truck was found abandoned near the intersection of Sprinkle and E. Michigan the next day, the sheriff’s office said.

Authorities asked the public to keep an eye out for her and indicated there was evidence she may have been the victim of a violent crime.

On Feb. 8, 2023, the Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s Office said the case transitioned to a homicide investigation.

Authorities have not shared how Kelley died.

The Sheriff’s Office also said the person of interest in the case, who has been confirmed to be Watts Jr., was in custody elsewhere on an unrelated charge.

https://www.wzzm13.com/article/news/investigations/heather-kelley-missing-portage-mom-update/69-0903bdfd-1711-4d1b-9ecb-a7f9520990be

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Recently released federal court documented say the boyfriend of a missing mother of eight from Portage murdered her hours before he escaped from a halfway house.

Carlos Watts Jr. has not been charged in the disappearance of Heather Kelley, 35, but on Tuesday, the Kalamazoo County Prosecutor’s Office announced it will provide an update on the case at a Wednesday morning press conference.

Kelley’s body has not been found but investigators believe she was killed.

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Recently released federal court documented say the boyfriend of a missing mother of eight from Portage murdered her hours before he escaped from a halfway house.
Portage Police Department / U.S. District Court – Western District of Michigan Southern division
By: Marisa Oberle
Posted at 9:30 PM, Jan 09, 2024
and last updated 10:16 PM, Jan 09, 2024

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Recently released federal court documented say the boyfriend of a missing mother of eight from Portage murdered her hours before he escaped from a halfway house.

READ MORE: Prosecutors to deliver update on missing Portage mother Heather Kelley

Kelley’s body has not been found but investigators believe she was killed.

READ MORE: Disappearance of Portage mother of 8 now considered a homicide case

Trevon Wright Charged In Ikea Imari Hood Murder

Trevon Wright is an accused teen killer from Texas who has been charged with the murder of Ikea Imari Hood

According to police reports Trevon Wright and Ikea Imari Hood were in an on again off again relationship. Ikea Imari Hood who had given birth just three weeks before she was killed, Trevor Wright was not the father of the child

Ikea Imari Hood would be fatally shot at a Oak Cliff Texas home. She would be found dead in a locked bedroom inside of the home with a gunshot wound to her head

Police are not speculating on the motive to the murder but one has to wonder if Trevon Wright learning he was not the father of the child set off these horrific events

Trevon Wright News

The “on-again-off-again” boyfriend of a Texas teenager murdered just weeks after giving birth has been arrested, according to a report.

Trevon Wright, 17, was arrested Monday by the U.S. Marshals Task Force and taken to the Dallas County Jail, according to Dallas police. He was arrested and charged with murder for the death of 17-year-old Ikea Imari Hood, who was shot and killed at a home in the southeast section of Oak Cliff on Sunday morning.

Hood gave birth three weeks prior to the shooting. She and Wright’s tumultuous relationship occurred over the last two years, an arrest affidavit obtained by FOX 4 states.

The mother of the Lancaster High School junior, who was a member of the Tigerette Drill Team, told investigators her daughter had just learned Wright was not the father of her newborn daughter and planned to tell him Jan. 7.

Wright had previously believed the baby was his, the arrest documents state. It is also noted that Hood’s mother found her daughter with a gunshot wound in her locked bedroom after finding the window open with a screen pushed out.

Hood, who aspired to dance at the collegiate level, left behind seven siblings and was happy to be a mother, local NBC 5 reported.

“Goofy, funny, she always had us laughing,” sister Jalaya Williams told the local TV station. “Kea was a celebrity! She was everything.”

Police have not said how or where they tracked down Wright, nor if a weapon was recovered from him. He remains in custody on $500,000 bond.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/texas-teens-boyfriend-arrested-charged-murder-weeks-she-gave-birth

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A 17-year-old man accused of fatally shooting a 17-year-old high school junior in Southern Dallas Sunday morning is in police custody.

The Dallas Police Department said Monday afternoon they were looking for 17-year-old Trevon Darnell Wright in connection with the murder of 17-year-old Ikea Imari Hood, a mother to a 3-week-old infant girl and a junior at Lancaster High School.

An arrest warrant for murder was issued for Wright on Monday, police said. He was taken into custody sometime Tuesday by a U.S. Marshals Task Force and taken to the Dallas County Jail.

A bond amount has not yet been set and it’s unclear if Wright has obtained an attorney to speak on his behalf.

Dallas Police said officers were called to a shooting on the 700 block of Grambling Drive at about 10:40 a.m. Sunday and that when the officers arrived they found a woman injured with an apparent gunshot wound.

The woman, later identified as Hood, died from her injury.

Hood’s seven siblings and other family members are rallying around each other, united in grief and shock over the loss of the beautiful and talented young woman.

https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/she-was-so-happy-to-be-a-mother-family-of-murdered-17-year-old-new-mom-speaks-out/3429597/

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Connor Crumrine Murders Mother In Florida

Connor Crumrine is an alleged killer from Florida who has been charged with the murder of his mother Jennifer Crumrine

According to police reports Jennifer Crumrine was attempting to get her twenty three year old son committed to a mental health facility to help with his deteriorating mental health. Unfortunately Connor Crumrine was not interested in going and would attack his mother and his two sisters with a knife with his mother Jennifer dying from her injuries

Connor Crumrine would be arrested and has been charged with murder and two counts of assault

Connor Crumrine News

The 23-year-old man accused of stabbing his family and killing his mother, had his first court appearance on Wednesday. Connor Crumrine is currently charged with aggravated battery and resisting arrest.

Those charges could change, after his mother Jennifer Crumrine, succumbed to her injuries. In court on Wednesday, bond was set at over $700,000. Crumrine is also not allowed to make contact with his sisters or carry a weapon of any kind.

A request was made for a public defender.

According to court documents, on Tuesday, the family had planned to leave for a cruise but Connor was behaving oddly. His mother said she was going to skip the trip and instead take her son to get help at a mental health facility. At some point Connor reportedly attacked his mother, and then his sisters with a knife.

Deputies were called to the scene. His mother was taken to an area hospital, where she succumbed to her injuries.

Connor was taken into custody. He will be arraigned on Jan. 29.

https://www.mysuncoast.com/2023/12/28/man-accused-killing-mother-stabbing-family-makes-first-appearance/

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Authorities claim a man fatally stabbed his mother in the neck after she planned to take him to a mental health facility for his concerning behavior

The victim, Jennifer Crumrine, 54, had initially survived her injuries but died at a hospital, documents state. As of Sunday afternoon, records in Charlotte County, Florida, show that the defendant, Connor Crumrine, 23, is only charged with three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and one count of resisting an officer without violence. Deputies said Friday that they are working with prosecutors to update charges to reflect the stabbing death.

Cops say the defendant attacked his mother while his elder sister called authorities and the other sister tackled him to stop the stabbing, according to the probable cause affidavit viewed by Law&Crime.

Citing interviews with the survivors, deputies describe a sequence of events going back to Monday night.

“Last night, Connor began making statements to the family trying to teach them how to get into a fetal position and making statements about heaven and hell,” investigators wrote. “During this time Connor would also make a finger gun gesture towards them. Due to a fear that Connor may cause harm to them during the night the rest of the family kept their bedroom doors locked.”

Connor, who is the youngest of the siblings, had allegedly told the younger sister to, in the affidavit’s words, “sleep face down tonight so that he can take her to heaven and keep her from going to hell.”

Fearful he might hurt them, the rest of the family slept in shifts, deputies said.

The situation escalated Tuesday morning. They had planned to go on a cruise that day. The mother decided to miss it in order to arrange for Crumrine to stay at Charlotte Behavioral Health Care for mental health care.

She told him her plans, and he procrastinated getting ready, documents said. The mother asked the older sister to call the facility. While this sister was on the phone, she heard her mother scream, “he’s
stabbing me, he’s stabbing me.”

She found her brother stabbing their mother, documents said. The elder sister tried to disarm him, but this caused a minor laceration to her finger. The younger sister woke up to the sound of her mother calling for help, documents stated. She tackled Connor and wrestled with him over the knife, authorities wrote. The older sister worked on trying to save their mother’s life.

Deputies arrived to find Connor Crumrine struggling with the younger sister, who sustained a stab wound in the upper back, documents said.

“Connor still had the knife in his possession but was not actively using it at the time,” they wrote. “Connor was given multiple commands, which he ignored, and was ultimately tased, continued to be non compliant with law enforcement orders, and had to be physically removed from the bedroom, and detained on scene.”

First responders took Jennifer Crumrine to Fawcett Memorial Hospital, where she eventually died from her injuries, documents stated.

The defendant allegedly declined to speak post-Miranda and asked for an attorney. The court scheduled an arraignment for Jan. 29, records show.

‘He’s stabbing me’: Man killed mom after he said he would take sister to heaven, deputies say

Spridal Hubiak Murders Angela Bragg In Maine

Spridal Hubiak is an alleged killer from Maine who has been charged with the murder of Angela Bragg

According to police reports Spridal Hubiak and Angela Bragg were coworkers at Damon’s Beverage Waterville when Spridal would attack Angela with a sharp edged weapon causing her death.

Spridal Hubiak would take off and would be seen by police in Arkansas. A brief police chase would take place and Hubiak would be shot before taken into custody

Spridal Hubiak was rushed to the hospital where he is recovering and is expected to be extradited back to Maine where he faces murder charges

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The death of a 52-year-old woman at a liquor store in Waterville has been ruled a homicide.

Police found the body of Angela Bragg, 52, at Damon’s Beverage in Waterville early Thursday morning. An autopsy Friday determined the cause of death as sharp force injury.

A murder warrant has been issued for 20-year-old Spridal Hubiak in connection with the death.

Police are still asking residents for help in locating Hubiak, who also worked at the store. He’s described as a white male with dark hair, driving a black Ford Taurus with Maine license plate number 4666ZR.

Investigators believe Hubiak has left the state. Anyone with information is encouraged to call Maine State Police or the Waterville Police Department.

https://www.mainepublic.org/courts-and-crime/2023-12-29/police-identify-52-year-old-woman-as-victim-in-waterville-death

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A 20-year-old Maine man was arrested in Arkansas over the weekend for allegedly killing a 52-year-old woman, fatally stabbing her inside of the liquor store where they both worked before fleeing the state.

Spridal Hubiak was taken into custody on Sunday morning and charged with murder in the slaying of Angela Bragg, authorities announced. According to Maine State Police, officers with the Waterville Police Depaertment at about 4:34 a.m. on Dec. 28 responded to a call about a dead body at Damon’s Beverage Waterville on Jefferson Street. The caller said that they were an employee at the store and had just walked in and found their co-worker dead inside.

Upon arriving at the scene, first responders found a deceased woman, later identified as Bragg, who appeared to have suffered multiple stab wounds. Waterville PD then requested the assistance of the state police’s Major Crimes Unit in investigating the murder.

An autopsy conducted by the Office of Chief Medical Examiner in Augusta, Maine’s capital city, determined that Bragg’s manner of death was a homicide and the cause of death was sharp force injury.

Investigators quickly named Hubiak as a person of interest in the case and issued a warrant for his arrest. In a Dec. 28 press release, police said they believed Hubiak, described as a white male in his early twenties with dark hair, had fled the state in a black 2010 Ford Taurus with a Maine license plate.

Hubiak remained on the run for several days until an officer with the Flippin Police Department spotted the black Taurus in a parking lot in the town of Flippin, Arkansas, more than 1,600 miles west of Waterville, Maine. Hubiak was said to be sleeping inside of the car when the officer made contact. A chase ensued.

Flippin Police and the Marion County Sheriff’s Office kept pursuit of Hubiak as he fled west on Highway 412 in the direction of Boone County.

“In response to the situation, Boone County deputies promptly intervened, collaborating with the Arkansas State Police to deploy spike strips. While the spike strips partially disabled the suspect’s vehicle, the pursuit persisted until reaching the intersection of Highway 65 and 412, where the driver pulled into a local private business,” the Boone County Sheriff’s Office wrote in a press release. “Upon exiting the vehicle, the suspect brandished an AR-style rifle, prompting a Boone County deputy to discharge their weapon, striking the suspect. Immediate action was taken as responding officers removed the injured suspect from the vehicle, and emergent first aid measures were initiated on-site.”

Hubiak was transported via ambulance to the North Arkansas Regional Medical Center for treatment. The medical staff was able to stabilize Hubiak, but due to the severity of his injuries, he was transported via Life Flight to a medical facility in Green County, Missouri. Authorities did not release additional details about the shooting or Hubiak’s condition other than to say that he “is expected to live.”

According to a report from Portland-area CBS affiliate WGME, Angela Bragg’s daughter posted a message to social media directed at Hubiak after news about the slaying broke

“My mother took you under her wing like a son. Brought you muffins, talked highly of you,” she reportedly wrote. “All for you to take her life and leave her there alone at night.”

Liquor store employee allegedly killed co-worker who treated him ‘like a son’ only to be shot by police following chase 1,600 miles from murder scene

Sophia Simmons Murders 5 Yr Old Girl

Sophia Simmons is an alleged killer from Arizona who has been charged with the murder of her five year old daughter

According to police reports Sophia Simmons allegedly called a friend and told them that she had beaten her daughter and then she left the house. When Sophia returned the little girl was unresponsive. Instead of calling for help Simmons would leave the little girls body and five days later would throw it into a trash bin

When police went to Sophia Simmons home they would find that someone had attempted to cover up the crime scene. An autopsy would reveal both new and old injuries to the little girl

Sophia Simmons has been charged with first-degree murder, child abuse, and abandonment/concealment of a dead body.

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An Arizona woman is accused of killing her daughter and dumping her body in a large trash can on Christmas Eve.

Sophia Simmons, 38, is facing multiple charges, including first-degree murder, child abuse and tampering with physical evidence, according to Phoenix police.

Phoenix police were called to the area around 8 p.m. on Dec. 24 after a man looking for firewood inside a dumpster found the body of a small child between the ages of five and seven stuffed inside a plastic storage tote, according to a probable cause statement obtained by PEOPLE.

The child had multiple injuries on her legs, arms and torso.

“Some of the injuries appeared to be open wounds and others were in multiple stages of healing and there were scars from previous injuries on her limbs and torso,” the document states.

The following day, police received a call from a tipster in New York who alleged they received a call from Simmons who allegedly “told the person that she had beaten her child and it went too far.”

Simmons allegedly told the tipster that after the beating she left her home and when she returned her daughter was not breathing, according to the statement. She allegedly told the tipster she tried CPR but she couldn’t revive her.

“Sophia then remained with the victim for the next five days before taking the victim to a dumpster and placing the victim in a dumpster,” according to the statement.

Phoenix officers reported surveilling Simmons’ townhouse and “it appeared that someone had been attempting to clean the townhouse,” the document states.

Police served a search warrant and discovered the home “appeared to have been emptied of its contents, the couches were in the patio and the cushions were missing.”

Simmons was later detained in Tonopah, Ariz. She is being held on a $1 million bond. A court appearance is scheduled for Jan. 2. It’s unclear if she has retained an attorney.

https://people.com/mom-arrested-daughters-body-found-dumpster-christmas-eve-8420639

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Phoenix police say a woman is accused of killing her daughter and putting the body in a dumpster on Christmas Eve.

At around 8 p.m. on Sunday, December 24, officers responded to the area of 31st and Grand avenues regarding a body that was found in a dumpster near a business. Officers determined the body was that of a “school-aged” girl.

A tip was received on Monday that 38-year-old Sophia Simmons placed the child’s body in a dumpster and that the child may have died from injuries during an assault by the suspect.

According to court documents, a witness was looking through a dumpster for firewood when they saw a storage tote with the lid partially opened. When the witness looked inside they reportedly saw a child’s body.

The witness alerted a nearby security guard who helped call the police. When Phoenix police officers and an official with the Medical Examiner’s Office arrived at the scene, they located the body of a girl believed to be between 5 and 7 years old.

The girl’s body appeared to have injuries to the legs, arms and torso, according to court documents. It also appeared to investigators that some of the wounds were in multiple stages of healing and there were scars from previous injuries.

On December 25, a witness in New York reported to police that they received a phone call from Simmons who claimed she had “beaten her child and it went too far.” The witness claims Simmons told her she left the house after beating the victim and when she returned the victim was not breathing.

According to the police report, Sophia Simmons remained with the victim’s body for the next five days before taking it to a dumpster where it was later found on December 24.

Detectives secured a search warrant for Sophia Simmons’ home near 51st Avenue and McDowell Road and found evidence of someone trying to clean a crime scene. At that time, Simmons was not home.

Authorities obtained a search warrant for Simmons’ phone records and learned her device was near Indio, California, and was headed back toward Arizona. Records state she was later stopped outside of Phoenix, near 411th Avenue and Interstate 10, and was taken to Phoenix Police Headquarters.

A review of her phone records showed Simmons’ device was in the area of the dumpster where the victim was found at around 10:30 a.m. on December 24.

She was booked into jail on multiple charges including first-degree murder, child abuse, and tampering with evidence.

According to an attorney during the initial court appearance, Simmons was involved in a prior case in another state involving a child, though details of that investigation were not immediately known.

The investigation is ongoing

https://www.abc15.com/news/region-phoenix-metro/central-phoenix/phoenix-woman-accused-of-killing-young-daughter-dumping-body-on-christmas-eve