Landlord Heads To Trial For Murder Of Battle Creek Couple
The landlord accused of murdering a Battle Creek couple that was initially reported as missing has waived his preliminary hearing.
Chad Allen Reed, the landlord accused of killing a Battle Creek couple last year, waived his preliminary hearing Thursday morning (February 11, 2021) in the Calhoun County District Court.
Shortly after, Reed turned himself in to authorities and was questioned by detectives. Reed soon confessed following questioning. Battle Creek Police say the couple and 53-year-old Reed had a long-running dispute.
Reed claimed to have shot and killed Joseph in self-defense and that he shot Jaclyn while she was trying to escape following Joseph s murder. Reed admitted to then beating and strangling Jaclyn outside the home, killing her.
Appeals Court upholds Calhoun County rape conviction of Lansing man Trace Christenson, Battle Creek Enquirer
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A Lansing man sentenced to life for rape has lost an appeal to overturn his conviction.
The Michigan Court of Appeals denied Dontez Boykins, 27, a new trial but did direct Calhoun County Circuit Court Judge John Hallacy to clairify his sentence.
Boykins is serving a life in prison for kidnapping, 45 to 75 years for sexual assault and 7 years and 11 months to 15 years for assault by strangulation.
He was sentenced in September 2018 following his conviction by a jury for the March 25, 2017 rape of a 26-year-old woman in a Marshall motel.