OR NEWS STARTS NOW WITH BREAKING NEWS ALERT. BREAKING NEWS FROM MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, WERE AFFORD
A MYSTERY ENDS IN TRAGEDY.
POLICE THEY’RE CONFIRMING THE
BODY FOUND LAST NIGHT IS OF
MISSING 34 YEAR OLD ELIZA
FLETCHER, THE MOTHER OF TWO AND
TEACHER WAS ABDUCTED EARLY
FRIDAY MORNING WHILE SHE WAS OUT
FOR A USUAL MORNING RUN. HER
BODY FOUND JUST 7.5 MILES FROM
WHERE SHE WAS ABDUCTED OVER THE
WEEKEND. CLEO TO ABSTINENCE, WAS
ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH HER
ABDUCTION. ABSENT HAS A PAST
CONVICTION FOR KIDNAPPING,
ACCORDING TO AN AFFIDAVIT. HIS
DNA WAS REPORTEDLY FOUND IN A
PAIR OF SANDALS IN THE AREA
WHERE FLETCHER WAS LAST SEEN.
PROSECUTORS ARE NOW ADDING
MURDER TO THE LIST OF CHARGES HE
FACES AND BREAKING NEWS HERE AT
HOME. MICHIGANNATIVE POLICE ARE
INVESTIGATING A MURDER IN
INKSTER, TROOPERS AND EVIDENCE
TECHS ARE ON THE SCENE.
INVESTIGATING DETAILS ARE STILL
UNFOLDING, BUT WE DO KNOW ONE
PERSON IS DEAD. WE WILL KEEP YOU
UPDATED WITH ANY NEW INFORMATION
. WE RECEIVE BOTH HERE ON THE
AIR AND ON CLICKONDETROIT.COM
AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR
THIS NOON SHOW. WE DO HAVE OTHER
STORIES THAT WE WANT TO GET YOU
UPDATED ON AS WELL AS THE
PREPARATIONS FOR A POTENTIAL
STRIKE AT EASTERN MICHIGAN
UNIVERSITY, THE FACULTY THERE IS
ONE STEP CLOSER THIS MORNING AND
CLASSES RESUMED AT TMU. BUT THE
BIG QUESTION IS HOW LONG WILL
THE PROFESSORS BE THERE? THEY
ARE WORKING WITHOUT A CONTRACT,
AND THE UNION WILL VOTE ON A
STRIKE VOTE TONIGHT, SO LET’S
GET TO NICK MONACELLI WITH
WHAT’S AT STAKE. SO WITH THAT
VOTE TONIGHT, THERE COULD BE
CLASS TOMORROW. THERE COULD NOT
BE CLASS WOUND, DEPENDING ON IF
THEY VOTE TO STRIKE. THE
STICKING POINT, THOUGH, IS THAT
THERE IS A POSSIBILITY BECAUSE
THEY HAVE NEGOTIATIONS SCHEDULED
FOR TOMORROW MORNING. SO
ALTHOUGH COULD SAY LET’S DELAY
THE VOTE UNTIL WE SEE WHAT
HAPPENS DURING THOSE
NEGOTIATIONS. THE CAMPUS IS
STILL QUIET FOR STUDENTS LIKE
EDUCATION MAJORS ANYMORE OF
DETROIT, WHO RIGHT NOW WAS
PONDERING WHAT’S HAPPENING
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. OBVIOUSLY
NO CLASSES. YEAH BUT THEN ALSO
IT’S JUST A BAD WAY TO START OFF
THE SCHOOL YEAR. AND YOU KNOW,
IT’S VERY SAD. THE FACULTY IS
WORKING WITHOUT A CONTRACT THAT
EXPIRED AUGUST 31ST. THE UNION
DID NOT LIKE THE SCHOOL’S
CONTRACT OFFER OF A 6.2% RAISE
IN THE FIRST YEAR AND THEN TWO
OR 2.5% INCREASES IN THE NEXT
FOUR YEARS. UNION SPOKESMAN AND
EMU ENGLISH TEACHER MATT CO.
PATRICK SAYS IT’S REALLY NO PAY
RAISE AT ALL EFFECTIVELY AND
THAT ZERO OR NEGATIVE FOR SOME
OF OUR MEMBERS, AND THAT’S WHAT
WE’RE FIGHTING FOR COMPARED TO
THE LAST HEALTHCARE PROPOSAL WE
DON’T WANT IS TO MAKE OUR ARE
QUOTE UNQUOTE GOOD HEALTH
INSURANCE UNAFFORDABLE TO OUR
MEMBERS. WHAT TALKS BOGGED DOWN
OVER THE WEEKEND, THE SCHOOL
ASKED FOR AND RECEIVED A STATE’S
BANTERED MEDIATOR. WALTER CRAFT
IS THE UNIVERSITY SPOKESMAN.
WE’RE NEGOTIATING AND THINGS ARE
HAPPENING AND MOVEMENT IS
OCCURRING AND WE THINK IT’S
IMPORTANT THAT THEY BE ALLOWED
TO CONTINUE IN A STRIKE THREAT
DOES NOTHING TO FURTHER THAT
PROCESS, AND FOR SOME STUDENTS,
THERE IS CONFUSIONS, SOME
BELIEVING THERE WILL BE GLASSES
, OTHERS WITH TEACHERS, TELLING
THEM THERE WILL BE CLASS ON
THURSDAY. ONE OF OUR TEACHERS
TOLD US HOW THERE’S MULTIPLE
DIFFERENT UNIONS ON CAMPUS. AND
HE SAID THAT HIS CLASS WOULD
STILL BE ON. BUT I THINK MY
HISTORY PROFESSOR MIGHT NOT HAVE
HIS CLASSES BECAUSE HE IS PART
OF THEIR UNION. SO AGAIN. STAY
TUNED WITH THAT VOTE HAPPENING
TONIGHT. ONE KEY FACTOR HERE,
THOUGH, IS THAT KEEP IN MIND IT
IS ILLEGAL TO STRIKE IN THE
STATE OF MICHIGAN AND NOT GO
INTO THE CLASSROOM. WE’RE IN
YPSILANTI NICK MONACELLI FOR
LOCAL ALRIGHT. NEXT. THANK YOU.
THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN COULD
ALSO BE DEALING WITH A STRIKE
SOON. 96% OF THE NURSES THERE IN
THE UNION VOTED YES TO ALLOW THE
BARGAINING TEAM TO CALL FOR A
WALK OUT. THE KEY ISSUES ARE THE
HEAVY WORKLOAD, PAY AND PARKING
. THE UNION SAYS A STRIKE COULD
BE SCHEDULED AT ANY TIME. THE
NURSES HAVE BEEN WORKING WITHOUT
A CONTRACT SINCE JULY, 1ST
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH
ISSUED A STATEMENT SAYING THAT
IT HAS PUT TOGETHER A GENEROUS
PROPOSAL THAT INCLUDES PAY
RAISES AND BONUSES. NEGOTIATIONS
HAVE STARTED BACK UP TODAY. AND
LET’S TALK TO BRANDON ABOUT THE
WEATHER BECAUSE WE DO HAVE AN
ISSUE WITH THE LACK OF SUNSHINE
. THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS WOULD
BE NICE TO SEE THE RETURN OF
THAT, BRANDON FOR NOT ONLY JUST
WARMING US UP, BUT HOW ABOUT FOR
THE SPIRIT FOR THE SOUL? BE NICE
. WE STILL HAVE 68 DEGREES HERE
AT NOON IN MOUNT CLEMENS. THESE
NUMBERS ARE GOOD. FIVE DEGREES
COOLER THAN THEY WERE THIS TIME
YESTERDAY AND YESTERDAY WAS NOT
ALL THAT WARM BUT 71 METRO 70
PONTIAC RIGHT NOW, AND CLOUDS
ARE RULING THE DAY AND MAY END
UP RULING MOST OF THE DAY. TODAY
YOU CAN SEE CLOUDS COMING AT US
FROM THE SOUTH. THERE’S A LITTLE
GAP HERE TO OUR NORTH, BUT THIS
LAST COUPLE OF FRAMES HERE
NOTICE NORTHEAST WINDS ARE
STARTING TO DEVELOP A LITTLE
MORE CLOUD COVER. FROM THE NORTH
, SO CLOUDS ARE SORT OF COMING
AT US FROM EVERY DIRECTION. WE
WILL GET A COUPLE OF BREAKS IN
THOSE CLOUDS CAN’T RULE OUT AN
ISOLATED SHOWER, ESPECIALLY
CLOSER TO THE SOURCE UP NORTH
NEAR LAKE HURON. BUT THE REST OF
US MIDDLE SEVENTIES AND PATCHES
OF BLUE SKY TODAY ALL RIGHT,
BRANDON. THANK YOU IN OAKLAND
COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY IS
SUSPENDED WITHOUT PAY OVER
ALLEGATIONS OF WRONGDOING. THE
SUSPENSION IS LEAD TO
ALLEGATIONS AGAINST THE DEPUTY
THAT ANOTHER PERSON POSTED
ONLINE. THE DEPUTY HAS WORKED
FOR THE DEPARTMENT FOR FIVE
MONTHS AND IS ASSIGNED TO THE
OAKLAND COUNTY JAIL. THAT CASE
IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. AND A
WILD SCENE AT A WESTSIDE GAS
STATION OVER THE WEEKEND WHEN
OFFICERS OPENED FIRE AFTER A
DRIVER DELIBERATELY RAMS A SQUAD
CAR. IT HAPPENED ON SUNDAY NIGHT
, NEAR EIGHT MILE AND GLASS AND
VERY CLOSE TO THE SOUTHFIELD
FREEWAY. OFFICERS WERE TRYING TO
PULL OVER THE SUV THAT WAS CAR.
EARLIER IN THE DAY, TWO MEN GOT
OUT, BUT THE DRIVER TRIED TO RAM
THE STOLEN VEHICLE INTO SOME OF
THE POLICE CARS. THREE OFFICERS
DID FIRE SHOTS AT THE SUSPECT’S
CAR AS THE DRIVER TOOK OFF. NO
OFFICERS WERE HURT. TWO PEOPLE
ARE NOW IN CUFFS. STUDY AND
POLICE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR
THAT DRIVER. THERE’S AN
IMPORTANT VOTE TAKING PLACE
TODAY IN ANN ARBOR, THE CITY IS
DECIDING WHETHER OR NOT TO FUND
A STUDY ABOUT ESTABLISHING ITS
OWN PUBLIC POWER UTILITY. IT
COMES AS FRUSTRATION GROWS IN
NEIGHBORHOODS AS THEY DEAL WITH
THE RECENT POWER OUTAGES FROM
LAST WEEK’S STORMS. THE STUDY
BEGAN AS BEING VOTED ON AND
WE’LL SEE HOW FEASIBLE IT WOULD
BE TO HAVE ITS OWN POWER UTILITY
, SO THE STUDY ITSELF IS GOING
TO COST $450,000. TODAY’S CITY
COUNCIL MEETING IS SCHEDULED TO