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BEGINS RIGHT NOW WITH A
"BREAKING NEWS ALERT."
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>> Devin: BREAKING NEWS, AN
UNSPEAKABLE TRAGEDY UNFOALING
TONIGHT IN DEARBORN HEIGHTS.
>> TWONE NOT BREATHING,
ONE APPEARS TO BE ALIVE.
>> Devin: SHOT IN COLD BLOOD AND
THE PRIME MINISTER SUSPECT, A
MAN THEY KNEW VERY WELL.
GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US FOR
LOCAL 4 NEWS AT 5:00.
SEVERAL NEW DEVELOPMENTS AT THIS
HOUR IN THIS HORRIBLE CRIME IN
DEARBORN HEIGHTS.
>> Carmen: IT REALLY S LET'S GET
YOU CAUGHT UP WITH WHAT WE KNOW.
FOUR CHILDREN, AGES 4, 5, 17,
AND 19, ALL FOUND MURDERED
INSIDE A HOME ON HIPP STREET
OVERNIGHT.
POLICE BELIEVE THE KILLER WAS
FATHER TO TWO, STEPFATHER TO THE
OTHERS.
WHEN POLICE ARRIVED HE WAS ON
IN.
>> Devin: WE'RE NOT NAMING HIM
JUST YET.
CRIME.
THAT'S THE MOTHER OF THE
CHILDREN, WOUNDED IN THE ATTACK
CONDITION.
OUR JASON COLTHORP HAS BEEN
TALKING WITH THE FRIENDS OF
THOSE YOUNG VICTIMS.
>> Carmen: WE START WITH ROD
MELONI.
YOU WERE AT THE SCENE OF THE
HORRIBLE CRIME WHERE A MAKESHIFT
MEMORIAL IS GROWING.
>> Rod: IT'S GOING UP BEHIND ME.
OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS,
THERE HAVE BEEN TERRIBLE AND
NOTABLE MURDERS IN METRO DETROIT
BUT FEW COMPARED TO THE
COLD-BLOODED NATURE OF THIS ONE.
BLOOD.
INSIDE THEIR HOME, YOU TAKE A
LOOK, OVER BY THE GAZEBO, SHEETS
HANGING AND LETTERING THAT SAYS
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BECAUSE THERE WAS
A PARTY HERE A FEW DAYS AGO FOR
ONE OF THE CHILDREN.
AS SOON AS SCHOOL LET OUT, THEY
BEARS.
THE REASON?
THIS FAMILY IS NO MORE.
FAITH GREEN ON THE LEFT HERE HAD
4 CHILDREN, TWO WITH HER CURRENT
HUSBAND.
THEY DIED INTO THIS CAR RIGGED
ONE A HOSE FOR EXHAUST FEELS TO
FEED INSIDE.
AFTER THE CHILDREN DIED, BODIES
RETURNED TO THEIR BED, ALLEGEDLY
BY THEIR FATHER.
17-YEAR-OLD KARA AND 19-YEAR-OLD
CHADNEY WERE HER CHILDREN WITH
ANOTHER MAN.
THEIR BODIES WERE FOUND IN POOLS
OF BLOODSHOT EXECUTION STYLE.
THE FAMILY LIVED TOGETHER IN
THIS HIPP STREET HOME FOR THE
PAST NINE MONTHS.
NEIGHBORS SAY DIVORCE PAPERS
ARRIVED YESTERDAY, FAITH HAVING
FILED THEM A MONTH AGO.
MICHELLE LIVES ACROSS THE STREET
AND SHE IS DEVASTATED!
>> HE DESERVES TO DIE.
I'M SORRY, HE DOES.
THEM BABIES, I USED TO SEE THEM
EVERY MORNING, HIGH MISS
MICHELLE.
THEY WERE BEAUTIFUL KIDS, A
BEAUTIFUL FAMILY!
AND HE TOOK EVERYTHING AWAY.
>> Rod: THE GRUESOME CRIME SCENE
PROMPTED DEARBORN HEIGHTS PUBLIC
SAFETY TO HAVE ALL THE FIRST
RESPONDERS INVOLVED VISIT WITH
COUNSELORS.
WHAT HAPPENED.
>> IT'S DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND
AND THE MOTIVATION.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED
IN THIS HOUSEHOLD, BUT IT'S A
SUPER TRAGEDY!
>> Rod: THE DEARBORN HEIGHTS
POLICE DEPARTMENT SPENT MUCH OF
THE DAY, THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND
EARLY MORNING HOURS TODAY,
CASE.
THEY THEN PULLED TOGETHER THEIR
CASE AND SHIPPED IT OFF TO KYM
WORTHY'S OFFICE.
THE POSSIBILITY OF AN
ARRAIGNMENT TOMORROW IS THERE
BUT MAY OR MAY NOT HAPPEN.
>> Carmen: WHAT ELSE ARE
NEIGHBORS TELLING YOU ABOUT THE
SCENE OVERNIGHT?
>> Rod: ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS WHO
WAS UP AND LIVING ACROSS THE
STREET, SHE HEARD ONE OF THE
SHOTS, SHE BELIEVES THE LAST
SHOT.
SHE CAME OUT AND LOOKED AND
DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON.
WITHIN SECONDS, THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT AND AMBULANCES SHOWED
UP AND THE MAN WHO HAD CALLED
911, THE FATHER HERE, WAS BEING
ARRESTED BY POLICE.
SHE SAID IT WAS AN EERIE SCENE
AND IT WAS QUIET, NO STRUGGLE,
JUST THE MAN SURRENDERED HIMSELF
AND THEY WENT IN THE HOUSE AND
SAW.
>> Carmen: OUR ROD MELONI
REPORTING FOR US LIVE.
RIGHT NOW, WE'RE LEARNING HOW
BELOVED THE PROMISING YOUNG
CHILDREN WERE IN THE COMMUNITY.
>> Carmen: KARA, CJ, KOI AND
KALEY ARE ALL GONE.
>> Jason: GUYS, THE STUDENT
NEWSPAPER HERE AT SOUTHFIELD
HIGH SCHOOL, THE SOUTHFIELD
TIMES, HAS ALREADY WRITTEN AN
ARTICLE ABOUT KARA ALLEN.
SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE STUDENT
NEWSPAPER, AS WELL.
IT QUOTES ONE OF HER BEST
FRIENDS AS SAYING SHE WANTED TO
GO TO COLLEGE IN NORTH CAROLINA,
AT SALEM COLLEGE AND DREAMED OF
BEING A DOCTOR ONE DAY.
DAY.
>> IT WAS NEWS THE FARMINGTON
IMAGINED.
>> [INDISCERNIBLE] TO DO
SOMEBODY LIKE THAT, THAT'S
[CRYING]
IT'S MESSED UP!
I JUST SAW HER TWO DAYS AGO.
>> Jason: AND THE HORRIFYING
DETAILS OF KNOWING THEIR FRIEND
WAS BOUND AND SHOT ALONG WITH
HER BROTHER WERE OVERWHELMING.
>> THIS MAN NEEDS TO ROT IN
HELL, HONESTLY.
THAT.
>> WE'RE ALL OUR AGE AND WE WERE
SUPPOSED TO GRADUATE AND GO TO
COLLEGE.
>> Jason: SHE IS DESCRIBED AS
THEM LAUGH.
>> KARA WAS LIKE AN ANGEL ON
EARTH, THE SWEETEST PERSON.
SHE WAS THE NICEST PERSON AND
SMILED AND LAUGHED AND SHE WAS
GOOFY ALL AROUND.
>> Jason: AT SOUTHFIELD HIGH
SCHOOL WHERE SHE WAS A
CHEERLEADER AND A MEMBER OF THE
NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY, STUDENTS
THEY LEARNED.
>> NO ONE CAN FOCUS AT THIS
MOMENT.
IT'S PRETTY HARD.
AND THIS IS SO UNFORTUNATE THE
WAY SHE PASSED.
IT'S JUST UNHEARD OF.
>> Jason: SOME STUDENTS HAD TO
LEAVE FOR A LITTLE WHILE TODAY
AND CLEARLY AND OBVIOUSLY
TODAY.
AND THEY GAVE US A STATEMENT.
THE SOUTHFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS
FAMILY IS DEEPLY SADDENED BY THE
TRAGIC LOSSES BY ONE OF OUR
GRADUATES.
THEY WERE BOTH WONDERFUL YOUNG
INDIVIDUALS AND WE EXTEND OUR
SINCEREST CONDOLENCES TO THOSE
WHO HAVE BEEN TOUCHED BY THEM IN
THEIR LIFE AND PASSING.
OVERCOME THIS.
>> Devin: WE'VE GOT COUNSELORS
AVAILABLE FOR THEM, AS WELL.
I'M WONDERING WHAT ELSE HAS BEEN
PLANNED FOR HONORING THE KIDS?
>> Jason: PRELIMINARILY, KIDS
CANDLELIGHT VIGIL FRIDAY NIGHT
AT ANNAPOLIS HIGH SCHOOL AFTER
THE FOOTBALL GAME.
IT'S STILL IN THE EARLY STAGES.
I THINK YOU'LL SEE A FEW THINGS
THAT WAS WELL LIKED.