BATTLE CREEK, MI – A 34-year-old Battle Creek man has been arrested and charged with open murder following a multi-agency investigation into a missing person report that originated with the Marshall Police Department.
The Battle Creek Police Department says their Detective Bureau partnered with the Calhoun County Major Crimes Task Force to investigate the missing person’s report last Thursday.
During an unrelated investigation that same day, Battle Creek police officers responded to a felony complaint involving the missing person’s vehicle. They says using commercial surveillance video and the city’s License Plate Recognition technology, investigators identified and later located the vehicle in the possession of an adult male in Battle Creek and arrested him on charges unrelated to the missing person investigation.
As detectives continued to pursue investigative leads, BCPD says evidence indicated the missing person had been in Battle Creek. Through interviews and the examination of evidence, detectives later located the missing person deceased within Battle Creek city limits.
Based on the circumstances surrounding the death, investigators are treating the case as a homicide.
As a result of the investigation, the suspect was charged with open murder. He is currently awaiting arraignment in Calhoun County District Court.
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