Attorneys argued over the evidence with Steingold emphasizing the several details that he considers questionable: Claims by Farmington Hills Police Sgt. Richard Wehby, now a lieutenant, that he could tell from security camera footage of shadows cast on an outdoors berm that the person who tossed Huranieh, 35, out an upper-story window was a male.
“I don’t think that’s science at all,” Steingold said. “There’s no way anyone can determine looking at this shadow whether it was a male or female.” Autopsy implications that Huranieh died from asphyxia and smothering.
“How was she smothered?” Steingold asked. “Where was she smothered? Where’s the evidence? If she was smothered, then she was overpowered.
As expected, crime and court stories in The Oakland Press had a strong draw on readers in 2020.
Like in prior years, the majority of our online stories generating the most interest covered homicides reported in Oakland County. Yet other crime and court-related reporting was also quite popular with readers. Hereâs a look back at some of those other attention-grabbers from the past year.
Tina Talbot, convicted of killing husband, released from prison
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After serving the minimum of a 20 months to 15 years sentence for fatally shooting her husband, Tina Talbot, 53, walked out of the Womenâs Huron Valley Correctional Facility on Nov. 17.