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Sister falsely confessed to Kalamazoo County homicide to protect brother, police report says
Updated Apr 28, 2021;
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KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI – Joynette Cruz falsely confessed to fatally shooting her boyfriend in order to protect her brother, according to police reports.
Phillip Miller, 23, was fatally shot around 1:10 a.m. on April 8, in the 5500 block of Redcoat Lane. The address is inside the Colonial Manor mobile home park off West KL Avenue in Oshtemo Township.
That same day, Joynette Cruz, 20, told Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s Office she shot Miller, according to the police report obtained by MLive/Kalamazoo Gazette through a Freedom of Information Act request.
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Updated Feb 17, 2021;
Posted Feb 17, 2021
Portage police responded to Milham Meadows Apartments on Aug. 12, 2020 on the call of an unresponsive child. On Aug. 13, Meilani Marie Hart, 13 months, was pronounced dead at Bronson Methodist Hospital. (MLive file photo | Crystal Vander Weit)KALAMAZOO
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KALAMAZOO, MI A man accused of sexually assaulting and killing 13-month-old Meilani Hart last summer at a Portage apartment will now stand trial.
Jacob Britton Emmendorfer, 27, is charged with homicide, child abuse and first-degree criminal sexual assault related to the child’s death. Emmendorfer’s case was bound over to Kalamazoo County Circuit Court on Wednesday, Feb. 17 by Kalamazoo County District Judge Richard Santoni.
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Updated Dec 21, 2020;
Posted Dec 21, 2020
Jacob Britton Emmendorfer, 27, was arraigned Monday, Dec. 21, 2020 in the death of 14-month-old Meilani Marie Hart, who was killed Aug. 12 at Milham Meadows Apartments in Portage, Michigan. Emmendorfer is being charged with homicide, child abuse and first-degree criminal sexual assault. (MLive file photo | Crystal Vander Weit)KALAMAZOO
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Jacob Britton Emmendorfer, 27, was arrested Dec. 18 in the matter, according to court records.
Emmendorfer was arraigned Monday, Dec. 21, by Kalamazoo County District Judge Richard Santoni. He is being charged with three felonies, including homicide, child abuse and first-degree criminal sexual assault.
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