LOCAL 4 NEWS AT SIX STARTS NOW. IT’S BEEN NEARLY A MONTH SINCE THE LOCAL NEUROSURGEON WAS FOUND
MURDERED INSIDE HIS HOME TONIGHT
. WE ARE LEARNING WHY IT’S
TAKING SO LONG TO GET ANSWERS
AND GET SOMEONE IN CUSTODY. GOOD
TO HAVE YOU WITH US HERE AT SIX.
I’M DEVIN SCILLIAN KIMBERLY GILL
WITHIN DAYS OF STARTING THEIR
INVESTIGATION, POLICE HAD A
PERSON OF INTEREST IN CUSTODY.
THEY WERE SOON RELEASED. AND
SINCE THEN WE’VE HEARD LITTLE
ABOUT THE CASE MOVING FORWARD.
SHAWN LEY HAS BEEN REACHING OUT
TO SOURCES TO FIND OUT WHY SEAN
YOU’RE HEARING IT HAS TO DO WITH
A KEY PIECE OF EVIDENCE.
ABSOLUTELY WE WANTED TO KNOW
WHAT’S GOING ON WITH THIS
INVESTIGATION. WE’RE STAYING ON
TOP OF IT. AND HERE’S THE DEAL
27 DAYS AGO, 27 WHEN THE
DOCTOR’S BODY WAS FOUND IN HIS
BOSTON EDISON HOME, SO WHAT IS
SLOWING DOWN THIS INVESTIGATION?
HERE’S WHAT WE KNOW RIGHT NOW.
27 DAYS HAVE PASSED SINCE
NEUROSURGEON DR DEVON HOOVER WAS
FOUND SHOT TO DEATH INSIDE HIS
BOSTON EDISON HOME, HIS BODY
FOUND WRAPPED UP AND CONCEALED
IN THE HOMES. ATTIC SOURCES
TELLING LOCAL 4 FROM ALMOST THE
VERY START OF THE INVESTIGATION
. DETROIT POLICE HOMICIDE
INVESTIGATORS HAD A PERSON OF
INTEREST IN THIS CASE BASED ON
WE’RE TOLD TEXT MESSAGES BETWEEN
THE DOCTOR AND THE SUSPECTED
KILLER. THEY KNEW EACH OTHER
VIDEO FROM INSIDE THE DOCTOR’S
HOME DNA FOUND INSIDE THE HOME.
THAT PERSON OF INTEREST WAS
ARRESTED, QUESTIONED AND THEN
RELEASED SINCE THEN, DETROIT
POLICE HAVE ONLY SAID THAT THE
CASE REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION
. NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE NO
ONE BEING HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR
THE MURDER OF DR HOOVER SOURCES
TELLING US THAT THE WAYNE COUNTY
PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE HAVE ASKED
DETROIT POLICE TOGETHER MORE
EVIDENCE. IN THIS CASE. THOSE
SAME SOURCES TELL US THAT THE
SAME PERSON OF INTEREST REMAINS
THE ONE AND ONLY SUSPECT IN THE
MURDER. THE KEY PIECE OF
EVIDENCE PROSECUTORS WANT
INVESTIGATORS TO FIND WE ARE
TOLD INVESTIGATORS ARE SEARCHING
FOR BUT SO FAR HAVE NOT BEEN
ABLE TO FIND THE GUN USED TO
KILL THIS WELL KNOWN AND BELOVED
SURGEON. BACK YOUR LIFE. IT’S
IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT AGAIN AND
REPEAT THAT THE PERSON OF
INTEREST WHO WAS DETAINED AND
THEN LET GO. MY SOURCES ARE
TELLING ME HE REMAINS THE ONE
AND ONLY SUSPECT IN THIS MURDER,
SO WE HAVE TO SEE WHAT’S GOING
TO HAPPEN. GOING FORWARD THE
PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE TO CONFIRM
SOME OF THE THINGS SOME OF THE
FACTS WERE PRESENTING TONIGHT.
WE’RE TOLD THIS WE ARE NOT
COMMENTING ON ANY ASPECT OF THE
HOOVER INVESTIGATION. DE’VEON
KIMBERLY TELLS YOU HOW TIGHT
LIPPED INVESTIGATORS AND
PROSECUTORS ARE BEING ON THIS
CASE AS THEY MOVE FORWARD WITH
IT. YEAH SO MUCH MORE TO COME
AND QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED ON
THIS STORY, SHAWN. WE APPRECIATE
IT. MAN IS CHARGED WITH MURDER
IN THE TWO STABBINGS THAT KILLED
A WOMAN IN ROSEVILLE AND INJURED
A MAN IN ST CLAIR SHORES ON
WEDNESDAY, ACCORDING TO MACOMB
COUNTY PROSECUTORS, STABBING
VICTIMS WERE CHOSEN AT RANDOM.
THE MAN IN CUSTODY IS 31 YEAR
OLD SHANE BURNS. HE WAS BROUGHT
UP ON EIGHT CHARGES TODAY,
INCLUDING FIRST DEGREE MURDER.
POLICE FOUND A SHOTGUN AND A
NINE MILLIMETER PISTOL AND BURNS
HIS CAR, WHICH THEY TRACED TO A
RESIDENCE IN WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP
WHILE AT THE ROSEVILLE POLICE
STATION, BURNS SOMEHOW GOT A
KNIFE FROM AN OFFICER AND TRIED
TO USE IT TO KILL HIMSELF.
UNSUCCESSFULLY HE IS DUE BACK IN
COURT NEXT MONTH. PATRICE WILL
SEND AND DR CALANDRA GREEN, BOTH
MEDICAL PROFESSOR PROFESSIONALS
, BOTH BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN
KILLED BY A CURRENT OR FORMER
PARTNER. THESE WOMEN ARE TWO
RECENT EXAMPLES OF THE TRAGIC
TOLD DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CAN TAKE
, EXPERTS SAY IT’S TIME FOR SOME
DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS CENTERED
ON THE WARNING SIGNS OF ABUSE
AND WHERE TO FIND HELP. LET’S
BRING IN PRIYA MANN PRIYA
SHELTERS ARE ACTUALLY SEEING AN
UPTICK IN CASES. SHELTERS
KIMBERLY AS WELL AS POLICE
DEPARTMENTS RIGHT ACROSS THE
COUNTRY. THEY HAVE BEEN SEEING
AN INCREASE IN THE PANDEMIC
STARTED. YOU MENTIONED PATRICE
WILSON. THIS CASE HAS REALLY
SPARKED A LOT OF OUTRAGE. THE
DETROIT NURSE KIDNAPPED FROM
HERE DETROIT RECEIVING HOSPITAL
AFTER SHE FINISHED WORK, AND SHE
WAS LATER FOUND DEAD, EXPERTS
SAY IN MANY CASES, WE DON’T KNOW
THE WARNING SIGNS TO WATCH OUT
FOR AND PREVENTS US FROM HAVING
THOSE TYPES OF MEDICAL
CONVERSATIONS THAT COULD END UP
SAVING LIVES. PACKED VIGIL IN
REDFORD THURSDAY NIGHT FOR
DETROIT NURSE PATRICE WILSON,
WILSON’S EX BOYFRIEND NOW IN
CUSTODY, ACCUSED OF KIDNAPPING
THE NURSE FROM DETROIT,
RECEIVING HOSPITAL AND KILLING
THE YOUNG MOTHER HER DEATH LAST
WEEK JUST TWO DAYS AFTER DR
CALANDRA GREEN, THE BELOVED
OAKLAND COUNTY HEALTH OFFICER,
WAS KILLED IN A MURDER SUICIDE.
POLICE SAY HER LATE HUSBAND WAS
THE SHOOTER. IT JUST BREAKS MY
HEART BECAUSE I REALLY WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS AWARE
THAT EVERYBODY HAS A CHANCE. TO
GET AWAY FROM A VIOLENT
SITUATION. SHERMAN DEVONPORT IS
THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF TURNING
POINT MCCOMB SHELTER FOR
SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE,
INCREASE IN THE FREQUENCY OF
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND THE
INTENSITY. SO WITH THAT, YOU
KNOW, SO IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE
RECOGNIZE WHAT’S REALLY GOING ON
. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS PERVASIVE
. IT’S DANGEROUS, AND IT CAN BE
LETHAL. THE NATIONAL DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE HOTLINE SAYS THERE ARE
KEY SIGNS OF ABUSE TO WATCH OUT
FOR INCLUDE SHOWING EXTREME
JEALOUSY, PREVENTING OR DISCUSS
COURAGE NG YOU FROM SPENDING
TIME WITH OTHERS INSULTING,
DEMEANING OR SHAMING YOU,
ESPECIALLY IN FRONT OF OTHERS,
CONTROLLING FINANCES AND
THREATENING TO HARM CHILDREN OR
PETS. VICTIM IS MADE TO FEEL
LIKE SHE’S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
ABUSE. AND SO IT’S DIFFICULT TO
KIND OF WORK YOUR WAY THROUGH
THAT AND RECOGNIZE THAT NO, YOU
DON’T DESERVE. SHE SAYS. IF
YOU’RE CONCERNED ABOUT A LOVED
ONE, TALK TO THEM PRIVATELY,
LISTEN TO WHAT THEY SAY.
VALIDATE WHAT THEY SAY. BELIEVE
THEM. AND I THINK MOST
IMPORTANTLY, MAKE SURE YOU GIVE
THEM A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE
NUMBER SO THAT THEY CAN TALK TO
AN EXPERT. AND BY TALKING TO AN
EXPERT, YOU CAN CREATE A SAFETY
PLAN FOR YOURSELF. THE HOTLINE
NUMBER FOR TURNING POINT. MCCOMB
IS 58646369. AND THE NATIONAL
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE IS 1
807 997233. WE HAVE OTHER
RESOURCES UP ON CLICKONDETROIT’S
DOT COM REPORTING LIVE FROM
DETROIT RECEIVING HOSPITAL. I’M
PRIYA MANN LOCAL 4 SERIOUS
PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE. WE
APPRECIATE YOUR STORY TONIGHT.
MICHIGAN MOTHER IS SPEAKING OUT
AFTER FIVE YEAR OLD WAS LEFT AT
A CRAP CLASSROOM ALONE AFTER
SCHOOL HOURS HAPPENED EARLIER
THIS MONTH IN THE JACKSON PUBLIC
SCHOOL DISTRICT, SANTANA MILHAM
SAYS, WHEN THREE OF HER CHILDREN
STEPPED OFF THE BUS, HER
DAUGHTER MIRACLE WASN’T WITH
THEM HER FIRST INSTINCT, GET IN
THE CAR AND DRIVE. I THOUGHT WE
WERE GOING TO HEAR FROM HER
ABOUT WHAT SHE HAD FOUND. SHE IS
WAITING FOR A BETTER EXPLANATION
FROM THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. WELL
THIS WEEK, HYUNDAI AND KIA
AGREED TO A $200 MILLION CLASS
ACTION SETTLEMENT OVER CLAIMS
THAT THEIR VEHICLES ARE TOO EASY
TO STEAL. THE MONEY WILL BE
DISTRIBUTED TO CAR THEFT VICTIMS
NATIONWIDE. BUT HERE IN METRO
DETROIT, DRIVERS HAVE A NEW
CHANCE TO MAKE THEIR VEHICLE A
LESS DESIRABLE TARGET. MEGAN
WOODS IS AN OAK PARK WITH THE
OLD SCHOOL GADGET POLICE ARE
HANDING OUT. DOESN’T THAT SOUND
? BRING BACK SOME MEMORIES SO
YOU CAN FIND THESE ONLINE OR IN
A STORE FOR 20 TO $40, BUT PARK
POLICE ARE GIVING THESE OUT FOR
FREE, BUT NOT JUST ANY DRIVER.
PEOPLE WHO DRIVE HYUNDAI OR KIA
, ARE NUMBERS ACTUALLY INCREASE
SIGNIFICANTLY AS A RELATED TO
MOTOR VEHICLE THEFTS, AND WE
STARTED TO LOOK AND TARGET TO
SEE WHAT SPECIFIC VEHICLES AND
MAKES AND MODELS WERE BEING
TARGETED. AND IT WAS THE
HYUNDAIS AND KIAS. STEVE COOPER
, DIRECTOR OF OAK PARK, PUBLIC
SAFETY, SAYS IN 2022. THEY SAW A
30 TO 50% INCREASE IN CAR THEFT
. HE BELIEVES IT IS BECAUSE OF A
RECENT SOCIAL MEDIA TREND THAT
SHOWS HOW TO STEAL A HANDY OR
KEY OF THE VEHICLE BY
MANIPULATING THE STEERING WHEEL
AND THE MAJORITY OF THEM 90 PLUS
PERCENT. KIDS ARE ACTUALLY
JOYRIDING. WE’RE RECOVERING CARS
WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
PROBABLY SOME OF THEM LESS THAN
AN HOUR. SO WHILE MANUFACTURERS
ARE WORKING ON A LONG TERM
SOLUTION, THEY SUPPLIED PARK
PUBLIC SAFETY WITH A COUPLE 100
OF THESE TO GIVE OUT TO DRIVERS
COME IN WITH YOUR REGISTRATION,
SOME TYPE OF IDENTIFICATION
SHOWING THAT YOU ARE A RESIDENT
OF OAK PARK VEHICLE AND WE’LL
SUPPLY YOU WITH ONE FOR EACH ONE
OF YOUR VEHICLES AS LONG AS
SUPPLIES LAST, HE SAYS. WHILE
THE CONCEPT ISN’T NEW, IT IS
EFFECTIVE. JUST SECURING IT IN
PLACE AND ACTUALLY LOCKING THAT
STEERING WHEEL. YOU KNOW, THE
BAD GUYS, THEY’RE GONNA THEY’RE
GONNA GO SOMEWHERE ELSE TO TRY
AND TARGET OTHER VEHICLES OR
FIND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES OF
CRIME SUGGESTS TO PREVENT CAR
THEFT PARK AND EITHER A WELL LIT
AREA OR IN A GARAGE. IF YOU HAVE
ONE PARK, MEGAN WOODS. LOCAL 4
ALRIGHT. MEGAN STARTED WITH A
REALLY NICE DAY AND THEN CLOUDS
CAME IN AND WE PROBABLY NEED A
LITTLE BIT OF RAIN. AND THERE’S
PLENTY OF IT BACK THERE ON THE
MAP THERE BEHIND RON, RON,
KIMBERLY AND DEVON. I MUST SAY
THAT IN A FEW DAYS, WE’RE GOING
TO BE HOPING FOR RAIN BECAUSE IT
IS GOING TO BE DRY OUT THERE IS
THAT TRACK 40 SHOWING THAT
PRETTY MUCH ALL THE SOUTHEAST
MICHIGAN GETTING RAIN AT THIS
POINT, BUT IT IS A LITTLE BIT
MORE MODERATE AS YOU GET INTO
OUR WESTERN COMMUNITIES AND
NORTHERN COMMUNITIES. AS YOU GET
INTO THE CENTRAL ACCURACY, SOME
OF THOSE DARK GREENS AND YELLOWS
PUSHING THROUGH GENESEE COUNTY
INTO LIVINGSTON COUNTY, AND THAT
IS ALL NEEDING TO PUSH THROUGH
OUR AREA. STILL SO IN AN ARBOR,
WE CAN SEE THAT THINGS ARE WET
OUT THERE. THE CAMERAS WENT AT
68 SOME OF THAT COOL AIR ALREADY
STARTING TO PUSH IN TEMPERATURES
IN THE SEVENTIES, OUT AHEAD OF
THAT COLD AIR MASS. SO WE ARE
GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THOSE
SHOWERS MOVING THROUGH, MAYBE
EVEN A RUMBLE OF THUNDER LOOKING
PRETTY GOOD FOR THE WEEKEND AND
THEN WE HAVE WARMER WEATHER IN
PLACE AND DRIER WEATHER IN PLACE