Husband is charged with strangling his pregnant wife, 32, to death two months after she was found dead in bed at their home where they lived with their two other children
Richard Guichelaar, 35, charged with open murder for strangulation death of his pregnant wife, Amber Guichelaar, 32, in November 2020
Guichelaar called 911 to report finding his wife dead in their bed; Amber was pregnant with couple s third child
Medical examiner who performed her autopsy ruled Amber s death a homicide by strangulation/asphyxiation
Richard worked for landscaping company and Amber taught English
January 11, 2021
From the Associated Press Authorities say a Grand Rapids-area teacher pregnant with her third child was strangled by her husband. Richard Guichelaar appeared in Kentwood District Court in a murder charge Monday. Bond was set at $2 million. Police say 32-year-old Amber Guichelaar was killed at her home on November 16. She was a Kentwood teacher and the mother of two children. Investigators say her husband was only the person at home “physically capable” of causing the injuries. The Kentwood school district says the family remains in its “thoughts and prayers.”
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LANSING, Mich. (AP) Michigan has banned the open carry of guns in the state Capitol a week after an armed mob rioted in the U.S. Capitol and following a protest in the statehouse last year. Moves to ban weapons at the statehouse have been pushed since April, when protesters opposed to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s COVID-19 restrictions, some armed with long rifles and other weapons, entered the statehouse demanding to be allowed into the legislative chambers. The Michigan Capitol Commission has been reluctant to issue rules for firearms, but it shifted course Monday and issued the order to ban the
Retiring judge remembered for fairness, getting Michigan’s driver responsibility fees abolished
Updated Jan 07, 2021;
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KENTWOOD, MI Looking back on his 42-year judicial career as Kentwood’s first district court judge, William Kelly thinks fondly of his father.
Kelly followed in the footsteps of his father, Joseph Kelly, who was a Kentwood municipal judge in the 1970s.
“The last time I had a conversation with my father, I told him I was trying to keep up the good name he established. He said that from what he heard, I had. That always meant a lot,” he said.
Kelly, 73, officially retired as Kentwood’s first and only district court judge on Jan. 1.