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A Van Buren Township man has been arrested in the death of a woman whose body was found in a storage unit, police said Monday.
On Sunday afternoon, township police learned the 31-year-old victim had been shot at the Westlake Apartments and her body was moved, investigators said in a statement.
Officers had the name of a suspect and obtained a search warrant to examine the apartment with help from the Michigan State Police forensic unit. Further investigation led them to Monroe County, where the Sheriff’s Office arrested the 32-year-old suspect, according to the release.
Detectives with a search warrant for a storage unit in Westland found the woman's body.