Detroit man sentenced in killings of 4 women, 2 sex assaults
DETROIT (AP) — A Detroit man was sentenced to at least 45 years in prison after pleading guilty to murdering four women whose bodies were found in vacant houses and to sexually assaulting two other women.
A Wayne County Circuit Court judge sentenced Deangelo Martin, 37, on Thursday to 45 to 70 years behind bars. He had pleaded guilty in the killings and assaults in September, days before he was scheduled to stand trial.
Martin pleaded guilty to the murders of Annetta Nelson, 57; Nancy Harrison, 52; Trevesene Ellis, 55; and Tamara Jones, 55. Their bodies were found in vacant houses on Detroit’s east side between February and June 2019.
Medical examiners found that Nelson and Harrison died of blunt force trauma but the bodies of Ellis and Jones were too badly decomposed to determine how they died.
At the time, authorities characterized the slayings as the work of a serial killer and said they believed all of the women were sex workers.
“The women Deangelo Martin violently killed all had families that loved them dearly. Hopefully, they will find some peace knowing that he will be in the Michigan Department of Corrections and off the streets,” Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy said in a statement.
Martin also pleaded guilty to stabbing and sexually assaulting a 26-year-old woman in May 2019 and kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 51-year-old woman in June 2019.
‘Revocation of Paternity Act Refresher’ offered online for judges
The Michigan Judicial Institute (MJI) is pleased to offer a webinar for judges assigned to a family division docket. The “Revocation of Paternity Act (ROPA) Refresher Webinar” will take place on Tuesday, November 1, from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. via Zoom.
What happens when the wrong man is the legal father and what needs to be done to undo parentage? Faculty for the “ROPA Refresher Webinar” will provide an overview of the four different actions outlined in the ROPA statute and address common challenges when a judge is facing a request to:
• Set aside an acknowledgment of parentage.
• Determine that a genetic father is not a child’s father.
• Set aside an order of filiation.
• Determine that a child with a presumed father is born out of wedlock.
To register for the webinar, family division judges should visit www.courts.michigan.gov/events.
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