Flint men separately convicted of murder, sexual assault win release from prison
Updated May 06, 2021;
Posted May 06, 2021
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FLINT, MI Two Flint men, each imprisoned for more than 25 years, have been granted parole, according to information posted online by the Michigan Department of Corrections.
The Michigan Parole Board granted parole to Richard McDonough Jr., 56, who had been sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of molesting an 11-year-old girl more than two decades ago, and Leondais Smith, 50, who was serving two life sentences for second-degree murder.
Flint man convicted in brutal murders tells Parole Board, ‘I know the damage I have caused’
Updated Jan 11, 2021;
Posted Dec 15, 2020
Flint homicide detectives and personnel from the Michigan State Police crime lab investigate the site where the bodies of Kimbrel T. Edwards and Maurice Givens were found on Oct. 15, 1988, in this Flint Journal file photo.
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(This story has been updated to correct the date that the homicides occurred.)
FLINT, MI A Flint man serving two life sentences for his part in the killing of two Flint musicians in 1988 apologized to the Michigan Parole Board and the son of one of his victims during a hearing Tuesday, Dec. 15.
32 years after ‘senseless, brutal’ slaying of two Flint musicians, Leondais Smith up for parole
Updated Dec 14, 2020;
Posted Dec 14, 2020
Flint homicide detectives and personnel from the Michigan State Police crime lab investigate the site where the bodies of Kimbrel T. Edwards and Maurice Givens were found on Oct. 15, 1988, in this Flint Journal file photo.
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FLINT, MI Thirty-two years after a woman walking her dog near St. Agnes Catholic Church discovered the bodies of two Flint musicians sprawled dead on a football field, one of the men who pleaded guilty to beating them and running over their bodies with a stolen car is now up for parole.