Members whose loved ones jumped to their deaths off the bridge showed up in force, bringing pictures of the ones they lost. All support the proposed steel cable net system, that would hang below the span around 2018. Suicide barriers were approved a few years back. Todays vote is about funding. The directors are poised to approve spending 20 million for the 76 million project. The rest of the money will be covered by the state and federal government. If approved, this is a huge step in the decadeslong debate over whether or not there should be suicide barriers to save lives. Since the bridge opened in 1937, more than 1,400 people jumped to their deaths. Last year set a record with 46 suicides in one year, including the death of 18yearold kyle camboa, whose father has joined the push for safety nets. For the nine months ive been coming here, since my son has passed away, this is a little step for me, because the final step is for me to go out on that bridge, look down, and see that no o
Police have arrested his wife, the childs step america not his biological mother, but on an unrelated charge. What does this all mean . Alexandra field is in detroit with the latest. This has a lot of twists coming us very quickly. Reporter it really does, chris, and police are relying on this 12yearold boy, Charlie Bothuell, to help them understand how he could have possibly wound up in this basement here in detroit. We know that charlies been checked out by a team of child psychologists. Hes also been speaking to investigators. They say they are getting good information from him, but theres a lot more that they still need to know. 12yearold Charlie Bothuell is with his mother this morning after suddenly being found in his fathers home wednesday, 11 days after disappearing. We have not done anything wrong to my son, nothing but to try to help. Reporter on thursday charlies stepmother was taken into custody for a probation violation on unrelated weapons charge as the boys father, charl
Andrew Baim was charged with second-degree murder, arson, and possession of stolen vehicles on Nov. 16, following the death of Ravensdale resident Nick Valison.