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Apprehended murder suspect accused of shooting, hiding 31-year-old woman
The Monroe News
A 32-year-old Van Buren Township man apprehended in Monroe County on Monday is accused of shooting a 31-year-old woman and then hiding her body in a storage unit in the City of Westland, according to a press release issued by the Van Buren Township Police Department.
On May 9 at around 4 p.m., Van Buren police received word that a potential homicide had occurred within the township. It was later determined that a suspect had shot a female in an apartment at the Westlake Apartments, but the female victim s identity was initially unknown and her body had reportedly been moved.
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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.
Woman’s body dumped in storage unit after apartment shooting, police say
Updated May 11, 2021;
VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, MI – A woman’s body was found in a storage unit after it was dumped there following a fatal shooting at an apartment complex in Wayne County, police say.
It’s unclear when police uncovered the body, but they discovered where the woman was murdered on Sunday afternoon, FOX 2 Detroit reports. Police received information about a shooting at the Westlake Apartments in Van Buren Township; they believe that’s where the 31-year-old victim died. Her body was found inside a storage unit in Westland.
Woman s body found in Westland storage unit after Van Buren Township murder
By Amber Ainsworth
Police say woman was murdered at apartment before being dumped in storage unit
A murder investigation is underway after the body of a 31-year-old woman was discovered inside a storage unit in Westland.
According to police, a 32-year-old man shot and killed the woman at Westlake Apartments before moving her body.
When police went to the apartment, they discovered the murder scene but noted that the victim s body wasn t there. Police had the name of a suspect, a Van Buren man, and located him in Monroe County.