Suzie Zhao Murder Case Goes to Trial in September
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A Sept. 7 trial date has been set for Jeffery Bernard Morris, the Michigan man accused of violently murdering well-known Michigan and West Coast poker player Susie Zhao last year.
Susie Zhao’s alleged murderer will face a mandatory 25-year prison term in convicted under Michigan’s “four strikes” law. (Image: Facebook/SusieZhao)
Morris was arrested on July 31, 2020, weeks after “Susie Q” Zhao’s bound and burned body was discovered by passersby in the parking lot of a remote wildlife refuge in Oakland County’s Waterford Township. Investigators were able to link Zhao to Morris and determined that the murder took place after the pair met up at a hotel near Pontiac, Michigan.
Murder case sent back to 52-2 District Court in Clarkston
Accused of killing a professional poker player from Waterford Township, Jeffery Bernard Morris is heading back to 52-2 District Court in Clarkston for another preliminary examination.
There were oral arguments Wednesday in Oakland County Circuit Court about prosecutors’ wish to charge Morris, 60, of Pontiac with a second murder charge, according to defense attorney Pamela Irene Johnson.
Johnson said she argued for Judge Martha Anderson to send the case back to the district court level, in the name of fairness, for a hearing on evidence that would support the new felony murder charge. The judge agreed.