Jaylin Brazier is a killer from Michigan who was convicted of the murder of Zion Foster
According to court documents Jaylin Brazier and Zion Foster were cousins from Michigan who were hanging out when something awful happened
Exactly what happened is not sure as seventeen year old Zion Foster body has never been found. Jaylin Brazier would tell police that the two were getting high when the teenager died so he freaked out and threw her body into a garbage bin. Police believe this story is nonsense
Jaylin Brazier would be arrested and convicted of second degree murder and tampering with evidence
Jaylin Brazier was arrested soon after Zion Foster disappearance and would be convicted of lying to police and served ten months in prison. Now he awaits sentencing on the murder charge
Jaylin Brazier Case
The 25-year-old step-cousin of Eastpointe teen Zion Foster has been found guilty of her murder.
Jaylin Omar Brazier was convicted of charges of second-degree murder and tampering with evidence in the case.
The 17-year-old’s body has never been found.
After the verdict, Zion’s mother, Ciera Milton told 7 News Detroit she’s “happy that in the end this is justice”.
When asked what she’d say to jurors, Milton said tearfully, “Thank you for looking at this and knowing that she can’t speak for herself. Thank you for speaking for her.”
Zion’s father, James Royster said of Brazier, “You thought you was smart. You tried to be slick, but people saw you for what you are.”
Milton said of Brazier, “You thought that she didn’t matter to us, and you, you were mistaken.”
“You set yourself up. Good riddance. My condolences to the family,” she added.
What exactly happened in Brazier’s home the night of Jan. 4, 2022, is what investigators have tried to figure out.
Police say on January 4, 2022, Zion Foster left her home in Eastpointe and never returned.
Investigators believed early on that Brazier was responsible for her death. Police say after initially lying, Brazier later confessed that the two got high and he panicked after claiming Zion suddenly stopped breathing.
He reportedly said he threw her in a dumpster, prompting a five month-long search by DPD at a Macomb County dump site. Zion’s body was never recovered.
Brazier was initially sentenced to 23 months after being charged with lying to police in connection to Zion’s disappearance. He was released in January of 2023 after serving 10 months.
During testimony, the jury viewed and listened to video and audio tapes of Brazier’s interrogations with police.
In an interrogation on Jan. 19, 2022, Brazier said the the two only smoked ‘normal’ marijuana the night of her disappearance.
Then, in an interrogation on Jan. 20, 2022, he claimed he and Zion smoked marijuana and did LSD. He said she must have had a bad reaction to it.
Then in another interrogation in October 2022, he said he had lied about the LSD and that they’d only smoked marijuana.
Brazier told detectives that Zion became unresponsive after they smoked marijuana at his home for about an hour.
During day two of testimony, the prosecution played his confession tape. During the confession, Brazier told Detroit and Eastpointe police detectives that he panicked and disposed of Zion’s body in a dumpster.
During day two of testimony, the prosecution played his confession tape. During the confession, Brazier told Detroit and Eastpointe police detectives that he panicked and disposed of Zion’s body in a dumpster.
The interview took place Jan. 19, 2022. That’s 15 days after Zion’s disappearance, which is the night the two hung out together.
In the two weeks leading up to the confession, investigators said Brazier changed his story. At one point, he claimed he hadn’t seen her in a long while.
A total of 32 witnesses testified in the case. Brazier was not among them. Instead, he maintained his right to remain silent.
Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy released the following statement about the case:
This case remains the quintessential example of investigators and prosecutors who refused to give up on her homicide. For 18 months, investigators put together the evidence. Each piece of evidence in this case was examined and linked together Zion’s cousin, Jaylin Brazier, with Murder in the Second-Degree for killing Zion.
Michael Butler is a killer from Flint Michigan who was convicted of the murder of sixteen month old Chaos Demilo McCarty
According to court documents Chaos Demilo McCarty and his siblings were removed from their mother’s care after they were found living in an abandoned building. Unfortunately Michael Butler would get temporary custody
Weeks after arriving at Michael Butler residence Chaos Demilo McCarty would be killed and his so called father would throw the body into a ditch. Chaos died from severe head injuries and had meth in his system
The body of Chaos would be found weeks later and a neighbor remembered seeing Michael Butler toss something into a ditch
Michael Butler would be arrested, convicted and sentenced to life in prison without parole
Michael Butler Case
The great aunt of 16-month-old Chaos Demilo McCarty says the boy was doomed from the start.
Michael Butler, the baby’s father, was convicted of killing him in February and received his mandatory sentence Monday of life in prison with no chance of parole.
Donna Schultz, the great-aunt of baby Chaos, never really got a chance to meet baby Chaos due to her relationship with the child’s mother. However, she said the 16-month-old never had a chance at a normal life.
A Genesee County court awarded Butler temporary custody of Baby Chaos just weeks before his death after Chaos and his siblings were found living with their mother in an abandoned home.
In August of 2022, neighbors found the body of Baby Chaos in a ditch in Montrose Township. A woman identified Butler as the man who got out of his car on Morrish Road and placed something in the ditch across the street from her home.
Based on the investigation, authorities believe Chaos died several weeks before his body was found from massive head trauma. They also discovered the boy had methamphetamine in his system.
“He’s a monster,” Schultz said. “How could you beat your kids in the head like that? How could you give your child meth?”
Shultz, knowing the background of the child’s parents, provided a victim impact statement in court during Butler’s sentencing hearing. She helped honor the child she barely knew by making sure justice was served.
“I think that we’re satisfied up to this point,” said Schultz. “But I still think the mother should be charged with something.”
Schultz blames meth and a bad lifestyle choices by Baby Chaos’ parents as the reason the baby never had a chance. She wishes the child’s mother would have made better life choices, but she knows the tragedy cannot be undone.
Shultz offered this advice to people who may know someone experiencing addiction or living questionable lifestyles with children.
“Stay on it, don’t give up,” said Schultz. “Fight whoever you have to fight to save our children.”
Hunter Locke-Hughes is a killer from Michigan who was convicted of the murder of a disabled six year old boy
According to court documents six year old Terrance “Terry” Adams was nonverbal, suffered from CHARGE which is “coloboma, heart disease, atresia of the choanae, retarded growth and mental development, genital anomalies, and ear malformations and hearing loss.” The little boy also had to be fed through a stomach tube
Hunter Locke-Hughes apparently became enraged when Terry Adams was not cooperating when he was taking a bath and had also vomited. Hunter responded by striking the boy several times before pushing his head under water for a long enough time to cause his death
Terry Adams would be dead before Hunter Locke-Hughes would call 911. The little boy had previously been removed from the home due to allegations of abuse
Hunter Locke-Hughes would be arrested, plead guilty and was sentenced to five to thirty years in prison
Hunter Locke-Hughes Case
Today, 22- year-old Hunter Locke-Hughes was sentenced for his First Degree Child Abuse (life felony) and Involuntary Manslaughter (15 year felony) conviction for drowning his girlfriend’s six year old special needs child.
Macomb County Circuit Court Judge Kathryn Viviano sentenced Locke-Hughes to 90 months to 30 years on the First Degree Child Abuse conviction, which was 45 months below the sentencing guidelines. On the Involuntary Manslaughter conviction Judge Viviano sentenced him to the low end of the sentencing guidelines at 43 months – 15 years. The sentences will run concurrent. The Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office is appealing the sentence.
“When a sentencing fails to reflect the gravity of the offense, we must appeal it on behalf of the victim, victim’s family, and the community,” said Macomb County Prosecutor Peter J. Lucido.
The Macomb County Prosecutor’s office represents the people. We are committed to achieving justice and following the laws of the State of Michigan.
The Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office said it will appeal the sentence issued Wednesday for a Fraser man convicted of drowning his girlfriend’s 6-year-old special needs son in 2021.
Hunter Locke-Hughes, 22, was sentenced to 7 1/2 to 30 years in prison for first-degree child abuse, and 43 months to 15 years for involuntary manslaughter. Macomb County Circuit Judge Kathryn Viviano gave Locke-Hughes credit for 706 days, or nearly two years, in jail, according to online court records.
The Prosecutor’s Office stated in a release that the sentencing on the child abuse conviction was 45 months below the sentencing guidelines and that Viviano sentenced Locke-Hughes to the low end of the sentencing guidelines on the involuntary manslaughter conviction.
“When a sentencing fails to reflect the gravity of the offense, we must appeal it on behalf of the victim, victim’s family and the community,” Prosecutor Peter Lucido said the release.
Dan Garon, the attorney representing Locke-Hughes, said: “Judge Viviano took an incredible amount of time and effort into analyzing all of the factors that needed to be addressed in tailoring a sentence that was appropriate given the facts and the circumstances of this particular case, and any comment to the contrary is uninformed.”
Hunter Locke-Hughes was convicted by a jury Feb. 5.
He originally was charged with first-degree child abuse and felony murder, which carried the potential of a life sentence. Involuntary manslaughter is a 15-year felony.
Hunter Locke-Hughes was accused of holding the boy, Terrance ‘Terry’ Adams, under water while giving him a bath on Dec. 28, 2021, according to a prior release from the Prosecutor’s Office and its communications director, Dawn Fraylick.
She said the incident occurred in a bathtub at a residence in Clinton Township. Locke-Hughes, who was 19 at the time, called 911; the boy’s mother was at work, Fraylick said.
The boy was born with CHARGE syndrome, a rare genetic condition that affects several parts of a child’s body, including the eyes, nerves, heart, nasal passages, genitals and ears, according to the Cleveland Clinic. Children diagnosed with this condition have unique facial features and a combination of symptoms, according to the clinic’s website, and every person with the condition is affected in different ways.
Despite the condition, the boy overcame many obstacles, such as learning to walk and partially seeing, according to his obituary.
Jennifer Crumbley the mother of school shooter Ethan Crumbley has been convicted of four counts of involuntary manslaughter
According to court documents Jennifer Crumbley failed to act when she saw the warning signs that her teenage son was planning a school shooting. Ethan Crumbley would go to the Oxford school where he would shoot and kill four fellow students. Jennifer Crumbley husband will stand trial in March facing the same charges
This is the first time in American history where a parent has been charged and convicted for a charge related to the crime their child committed
Jennifer Crumbley will be sentenced at a later date where she faces up to fifteen years in prison
Jennifer Crumbley News
A jury convicted a woman of involuntary manslaughter and determined she bore responsibility for her son’s actions when he fatally shot four students and injured several others at his high school in November 2021.
The Detroit Free Press reports Jennifer Crumbley was found guilty Feb. 6 on four counts of involuntary manslaughter, marking an unprecedented moment in history because this is the first time a parent has been convicted and held criminally responsible after their child committed a school shooting.
Crumbley’s husband, James Crumbley, will stand trial in March for the same charges. The four counts of manslaughter relate to the deaths of 17-year-old Madisyn Baldwin, 16-year-old Tate Myre, 14-year-old Hana St. Juliana, and 17-year-old Justin Schilling.
Ethan Crumbley, 17, pleaded guilty in October 2022 to murder, terrorism, and other charges, and was sentenced to life in prison without parole. It also marked the first time someone was convicted of terrorism for committing a school shooting, according to the Oakland County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office.
On Nov. 30, 2021, at 12:51 p.m., the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office received a call about an active shooter incident at Oxford High School. The dispatch center fielded more than 100 calls during the course of the shooting. Multiple people, including a teacher, were injured. The sheriff’s office took Crumbley, who was 15 years old at the time, into custody and recovered a handgun.
In an update, the sheriff’s office said investigators executed a search warrant at the Crumbley house and located a 9 mm Sig Sauer, which James Crumbley purchased just days before the shooting.
According to WDIV-TV, Jennifer Crumbley testified at her own trial and said it was James Crumbley’s responsibility to lock and store the gun, which was kept in their bedroom. James Crumbley reportedly bought the gun for his son as an early Christmas present.
The Detroit Free Press reports Jennifer and James Crumbley were called to the school the day of the shooting because a teacher found a drawing on Ethan Crumbley’s desk of someone who looked like they had been shot. The note reportedly said, “The thoughts won’t stop.” Ethan Crumbley was ultimately sent back to his classroom, but officials did not check his backpack for any firearms.
The school administrators reportedly urged James and Jennifer Crumbley to take their son out of school, but they “resisted the idea.”
Ethan Crumbley reportedly wrote a manifesto prior to the shooting and said in a journal he “will cause the largest school shooting in the state,” adding, “I will surrender to the police. I wish to hear the screams of the children as I shoot them.”
He reportedly also wrote, “I have fully mentally lost it after years of fighting my dark side. My parents won’t listen to me about help or a therapist.”
The Associated Press reports Jennifer Crumbley took her son to a shooting range just days before the mass shooting.
Prosecutors argued at the trial that Ethan Crumbley texted her in spring 2021 that he was having hallucinations about “demons.” Jennifer Crumbley reportedly said she thought the messages were “just Ethan messing around.”
She testified, “I have asked myself if I would have done anything differently. I wouldn’t have. I wish he would have killed us instead.”
Craig Schilling, whose son Justin died in the shooting, said following the verdict, “The cries have been heard, and I feel this verdict is gonna echo throughout every household in the country.”
Jennifer Crumbley faces a maximum of 15 years in prison and will be sentenced April 9.
A jury found Jennifer Crumbley guilty of manslaughter after her son killed four students at a Michigan high school in 2021. The shooter’s father, James Crumbley, is set to go to trial next month.
There have been several other cases in which parents were charged for shootings carried out by their children, though not one in a school mass shooting.
For example, the father of the July 4 mass shooter in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park, Illinois, was accused of wrongdoing for signing his son’s application for an Illinois Firearm Owners Identification card months after his son displayed concerning behavior. The father, Robert Crimo Jr., ultimately pleaded guilty to misdemeanor reckless conduct charges and agreed to serve 60 days in jail.
In a similar vein, the mother of a 6-year-old boy who shot his teacher at a Virginia school last year faced charges. The boy’s mother ultimately pleaded guilty to a state child neglect charge and felony charges of unlawful use of a controlled substance while possessing a firearm and making a false statement while purchasing a firearm.
But, the level of severity in the case of the Crumbleys is different. In a written opinion filed last March, a panel of judges for the state’s appellate court acknowledged the possible precedent-setting nature of these cases but called the situation unique and unusual.
Joey Jackson, a CNN legal analyst, said the prosecution’s broad goal in bringing these cases was to deter other parents.
Terry Borgia was a killer from Michigan who was convicted of the murder of her four year old Grandson DeAngelo Tobia
According to court documents four year old DeAngelo Tobia was living in an apartment with his Grandmother Terry Borgia and his aunt. DeAngelo Tobia would be found dead in a bathtub.
Terry Borgia would make conflicting statements to police on what happened to the little boy.
Terry Borgia would be arrested and charged with the murder of DeAngelo Tobia
At trial Terry Borgia lawyers would say that their client was covering for DeAngelo Tobia aunt who was responsible for the murder of the boy however prosecutors would say Terry was responsible
After three mistrials Terry Borgia would be convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison with no parole
Terry Borgia would pass away in prison on May 29 2018
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Terry Borgia Case
A Clinton Township grandmother who was convicted of murder during a fourth trial has been denied a fifth trial and will spend the rest of her life in jail.
Macomb County Circuit Court Judge Peter Maceroni sentenced 63-year-old Terry Borgia after denying the motion for a new trial.
Borgia was convicted of first-degree murder in the January 2010 bathtub drowning of her 4-year-old grandson, DeAngelo Tobia, after earlier trials ended in mistrials.
Borgia reportedly made incriminating statements to police, saying she “snapped,” but did not make an outright confession that she drowned the boy in a Clinton Township apartment she shared with her adult daughter, Tonina, the boy’s aunt.
Defense attorney Mark Haddad said Borgia is covering for Tonina — although prosecutors had said there’s no evidence that supports that theory.
Borgia’s first trial ended in a mistrial after police statements were found to be invalid. Her second trial ended in a hung jury after Borgia’s daughter Tonina was found to be an unfit witness due to mental health issues. Her third trial ended in a mistrial after jurors indicated they were deadlocked.
First-degree murder carries a mandatory penalty of life in prison without possibility of parole.
The Michigan appeals court has affirmed the conviction of a Detroit-area woman who went to trial four times before a jury convicted her of first-degree murder in the drowning of her 4-year-old grandson.
A lawyer for 65-year-old Terry Borgia says her right to a fair trial was spoiled by improper closing remarks by a Macomb County prosecutor. The appeals court disagrees in a 3-0 opinion released Wednesday.
DeAngelo Tobia died in 2010 at a Clinton Township apartment shared by Borgia and her adult daughter, who was the boy’s aunt.
Borgia’s trial attorney says Borgia didn’t drown her grandson and was covering for her daughter, who had a history of mental illness.
Borgia is serving a no-parole sentence. Three earlier trials ended in mistrials
This case arises from the drowning of a small child that occurred on January 11, 2010, in Clinton Township, Michigan. On the morning of January 11, 2010, defendant was present in her apartment in Clinton Township with her daughter Tonina Borgia and her grandson, DT. DT was the son of
defendant's other daughter, Amy Alkasmikha; defendant and Tonina were babysitting DT on January 11, 2010. DT was four years old. Between 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m., a 911 call was made from defendant's home to report a drowned child. A group of firefighters were the first to arrive on the scene; when they arrived at the apartment, they found that no lights were on and the front door of the apartment was locked. After the firefighters knocked on the front door for approximately 10 to 15 seconds, defendant opened the door and let them into the apartment. Defendant appeared calm, and she said nothing as she led the firefighters into the interior of the apartment. Defendant led the firefighters to a bathroom along the main hallway of the apartment; inside, DT was lying on his back, unconscious, on the bathroom floor. Tonina was kneeling next to DT in the bathroom, speaking to an unknown person on a cordless phone.
As firefighters began first aid procedures on DT, Mark Turo, one of the firefighters present, questioned defendant about what had happened. Defendant told Turo that DT had been sleeping on the couch in the living room of the apartment, and that approximately one hour before the firefighters arrived, she placed him in the bathtub. Defendant stated that she had not checked on DT after she placed him in the bathtub. Turo stated that neither defendant nor Tonina could answer his basic questions about DT's background, including what his last name was and what his birthday was. Defendant also initially told Turo that she was DT's mother. Preston Susalla was one of the first police officers to arrive on the scene; she also questioned defendant and Tonina about what had happened to DT. Susalla stated that defendant was calm and emotionless throughout their conversation; however, Tonina was hysterical. Defendant told Susalla that "approximately 10 minutes after waking up she went into the bathroom and filled the bathtub, filled it with water." Defendant told Susalla that "[a]fter filling the bathtub with water, she then walked into the living room where DT was sleeping on the couch, and she picked him up and then proceeded to walk into the bathroom where she [had] filled the tub full of water." Defendant stated that she placed DT in the tub, with his pajamas still on, and then walked into the kitchen; she also stated that she did not check on him for 25 minutes until Tonina discovered him.
Leo Melise, a police detective, also interviewed defendant at the apartment. Defendant told Melise that she had awoken at approximately 6:00 a.m. that morning, brushed her teeth, showered, and then she ran a bath for DT. Defendant told Melise that she placed DT in the bathtub with his pajamas still on, and then walked away. After defendant spoke with Melise, she was arrested and transported to a police station. Police officers discovered five inches of standing water in the bathtub; additionally, the floor around the bathtub was wet. Police officers also recovered wet children's pajamas and a wet mop from the apartment.
DT was declared deceased at a hospital after being transported from the apartment in an ambulance, and an autopsy was performed. Daniel Spitz, who performed the autopsy, observed bruising on DT's scalp and neck that were consistent with physical trauma. Additionally, Spitz found petechiae around DT's eyes; he stated that petechiae are broken blood vessels that form in response to increased pressure in the head and face. Spitz also found tearing inside DT's lip that was consistent with his lips having been pressed hard against his teeth. Spitz determined that DT's cause of death was forced submersion and drowning, and also that the manner of death was homicide.
Throughout the trial, defendant's counsel argued that defendant was attempting to falsely take responsibility for DT's death in an attempt to protect Tonina; defense counsel argued that Tonina actually killed DT. Vicky Antishin, defendant's other daughter, testified that she believed Tonina was responsible for DT's death. Specifically, Vicky testified that several days after DT's death, Tonina was staying at her house, and Tonina had spoken around her children with "satanic talk." Further, Vicky stated that Tonina attempted to kidnap one of Vicky's children by pulling the child out the front door of Vicky's house on the same day. Additionally, Vicky stated that Tonina had confessed to killing DT one day as the two were driving together to one of defendant's court dates. Vicky also testified that DT was exceptionally strong for a small child, and that defendant would have been unable to physically overpower him.
Tonina was not present for defendant's trial; however, Tonina's November 30, 2012 testimony, from one of defendant's prior mistrials, was read for the jury. Tonina denied killing DT, and stated she believed defendant had killed DT because she was tired of being a grandmother and having to constantly babysit him. Tonina also stated that defendant had suffered from mental problems in the past several years, had attempted suicide, and that her daughters had attempted to have her admitted to a mental hospital. Tonina also admitted that she personally suffered from bipolar syndrome and psychosis, and that she had taken antipsychotic medications throughout her adult life. Tonina stated that she went to bed between 9:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. on January 10, 2010, and that defendant and DT were together in the
living room at that time. Tonina awoke at approximately 5:00 a.m. on January 11, 2010, and defendant knocked on her door; defendant stated that she had killed DT. Tonina walked to the bathroom and saw DT floating in the bathtub. Additionally, recorded audio tapes of Tonina's conversations with a police detective were played for the jury; during two of the interviews, she denied killing DT, but in an April 2011 interview, she admitted to killing DT.
During closing arguments, the prosecutor stated:
And then I heard [defense counsel] stand up here and indicate right off the bat, ... his client is not saying a word in her own defense, she is perfectly happy to fall on the sword. If that were true, she would have pled to it. And I say this, I say let's give her her wish, let's convict her, not because she is a martyr ... but because she is a murderer.
Defendant objected to the prosecutor's statement and requested a curative instruction. The trial court agreed and provided the jury with the instruction that the lawyers' opening statements and closing arguments are not evidence, and also an instruction that the jury should ignore the prosecutor's comments to the effect that defendant should have pleaded guilty. On April 17, 2013, defendant filed a motion for a new trial; defendant argued that the prosecutor's statement during closing argument denied her a fair trial. On June 12, 2013, the trial court denied defendant's motion for a new trial, ruling that the prosecutor's statement was made in direct response to defense counsel's argument that defendant was "falling on a sword and taking the blame for her daughter." Further, the trial court ruled that the prosecutor's statement did not implicate defendant's silence at trial; rather, it implicated defendant's failure to plead guilty.