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A Battle Creek woman denied any wrongdoing Monday when she was arraigned on a murder charge. "Are they saying I killed someone?" Monica Gordon asked Calhoun County District Court Magistrate David Heiss. "No, I didnt kill nobody." Gordon, 48, was arraigned on murder and felony firearm charges and being an habitual offender in the shooting death April 26 of Daniel Murray, 62, of Battle Creek. His body was found in his home at 51 N. Broad St. on May 1 after family members who live away asked Battl...

A 48-year-old Battle Creek woman is now charged in the April shooting death of Daniel Murray. Monica Gordon was arraigned Saturday before a Calhoun County magistrate on charges of open murder, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony and being an habitual criminal. Detective Sgt. Joel Case of the Battle Creek Police Department said Sunday Gordon was arrested Thursday in connection to the shooting death of Daniel Murray, 62. His body was found May 1 in his home at 51 N. Broad St. on Battle...

Police in Battle Creek say they have person of interest in weekend murder case By Brandon James May 4, 2021 6:22 AM BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Police detectives say they have a person of interest in the weekend shooting death of a Battle Creek man. Detective Sgt. Joel Case told the Battle Creek Enquirer that they are hoping to speak to that person soon, but have not released their name due to the nature of their investigation. 62-year-old Daniel Murray was found dead Saturday at ...

A person of interest is identified in the weekend shooting death of a Battle Creek man. Detective Sgt. Joel Case, supervisor of the Battle Creek Police Department Detective Bureau, said Monday afternoon detectives want to speak to a person about the death of Daniel A. Murray. The 62-year-old man was found dead Saturday at his home at 51 N. Broad St. in the Piper Park Neighborhood on the citys north east side. Case said Murray was shot four times with a handgun. His body was found after family m...

Battle Creek police investigate death of man as homicide Battle Creek police said a man discovered dead on Saturday is a homicide victim. Detective Sgt. Joel Case said Daniel A. Murray, 62, was found dead about 10:53 a.m. in his home at 51 N. Broad St., across from Piper Park on Battle Creeks north side. Case said officers were called by family members for a welfare check and found Murray dead of an apparent gunshot wound. Case said shell casings were found in the house. Case said detectives ar...

BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — A preliminary hearing in a Calhoun County courtroom was postponed Monday for a man charged with tampering with evidence in a Battle Creek murder. 28-year-old Julice Haggerty of Battle Creek is one of two people charged in connection with the disappearance and presumed murder of 27-year-old Amber Griffin. Detective Sgt. Joel Case told the Battle Creek Enquirer that Haggerty is alleged to have destroyed evidence last year and then lied to officers about it. Griff...

A Battle Creek man arrested after police said he collected components to make a bomb will undergo a mental examination. A Friday preliminary examination for Tyler W. Grosser, 20, was adjourned after his attorney asked that Grosser undergo an evaluation for mental competency and criminal responsibility. "It appears that there have been mental health issues in the past and we would like to have that situation explored or looked into by a forensic examiner,"  attorney Donald Hammond of the Calhou...