Battle Creek Police: Blood sample re-tested using new technology solves 1988 cold case
James Barrus
A more than 30-year-old cold case murder in Battle Creek has now been solved after a piece of evidence was tested with new technology.
and last updated 2021-02-01 17:40:03-05
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. â A more than 30-year-old cold case murder in Battle Creek has now been solved after a piece of evidence was tested with new technology.
An old blood sample was collected from one of the suspect s in the murder and rape case of Gayle Barrus back in 1988, a decision that has now paid off.
Man, 22, jailed after puppy killed in Calhoun County
A 22-year-old man is jailed as he faces an animal cruelty charge after a puppy was found slain last month at an Athens Township home, police said Monday.
Sgt. Katrina Herrington of the Calhoun County Sheriff s Office said it was in the noon hour Jan. 23 when police responded to a home on the 3900 block of 3.5 Mile Road.
There they found a black lab puppy, named Luna, dead. Police believe she had been attacked with a chainsaw.
Herrington said the suspect, Erik Taylor, confessed to Luna s death.
Taylor faces a single charge, killing or torturing an animal. Court records show the home on 3.5 Mile as the suspect s address. Taylor has been jailed since that day, and was given a $20,000 bond.
Driver found unconscious after crash on isolated stretch of road in Calhoun County
Updated Jan 29, 2021;
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CALHOUN COUNTY, MI – A driver was seriously injured in a car crash Thursday night in Marshall Township.
The 18-year-old Marshall man was driving near 19 Mile Road and F Drive S around 7:30 p.m., Jan. 28, when his vehicle left the road and hit a tree, the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office said.
The driver was unconscious and pinned in the vehicle, police said. He was cut out of the car and taken by helicopter to Bronson Hospital in Kalamazoo, where he is in serious condition, police said.
Photo courtesy of the Calhoun County Sheriff s Office.
MARSHALL TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) – A Marshall teenager was flown to Bronson Hospital in Kalamazoo on Thursday night after his vehicle crashed into a tree in Calhoun County.
The Calhoun County Sheriff’s Department says the crash happened at about 7:30 p.m. in the area of 19 Mile Road and F Drive South in Marshall Township.
Deputies found the vehicle was in the ditch and had struck a tree.
The 18-year-old driver was found pinned in the vehicle and unconscious.
Firefighters from the Homer and Fredonia Township Fire Departments were able to free the youngster who was then flown out.