Detroiters Who Murder

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   Vincent Calhoun:

• 12/21/06 Police Catch Suspect Wanted in 2 Homicides 

• 07/08/08 Detroit Police Shoot Fugitive Wanted for Murder

Vincent Smothers:

• 04/21/08 Cop Hired me to Kill his Wife

• 04/22/08 Hit Man, 27, Confesses to 7 Slayings

• 04/22/08 Police Chief says Suspect Fits 'Definition of a Hit Man'

• 04/22/08 Promise of $10,000 Drove Hit 

• 05/18/08 Portrait of a Hit Man - He Tells Police of a Double Life and the 7 People he says he's Killed

• 05/20/08 Hit Man Tells how he Killed Cop's Wife

• 09/16/08 Man is up to 6 Murder Charges - He told of Hits on Cop's Wife, Others

• 10/22/08 Murder Tangle Unresolved After Wife's Killing, Cop's Suicide

     Davontae Sanford:

• 02/28/09 Teen says Alleged Hit Man was Killer

     Davontae Sanford  

     Vincent Smothers

     Thursday, 23-Oct-08 Vincent Smothers and Lakari Berry's

     (a.k.a. James Morgan III above) Case was Featured on

     A&E First 48 "Collateral".  The triple shooting on the East

     Side of Detroit on Cadieux killed Clarence "Pooch"

     Cherry and Gaudrielle "Angel" Webster.  Danasia Brown

     lost an eye in the shooting, but survived to identify the

     shooters

     Vincent was paid $10,000 for the hit on Clarence over

     drugs.  Lakari made the girls call Clarence under the ruse

     to come help repair a car.  When Clarence arrived, 

     Vincent shot Clarence 15 times no doubt killing him. 

     Lakari duct taped the girls' ands, eyes, and mouths

     then shot them both inside an apartment

Vollie Calhoun Payton:

• 02/15/05 Thirty-Year-Old Homicide Warrant Decision

• 02/16/06 Tormented Man Admits to '75 Slayings - He Tells Police he Killed 3

• 02/16/06 Man Admits '75 Slaying

     Vollie Calhoun Payton 

In the 80s I remember always going to the Norwest Theater located on Grand River near the Southfield Freeway, Fenkell is located behind the theater 

Walter Delvon Ramsey:

• 12/16/07 Suspect Sought in Detroit Stabbings

• 12/17/07 Hunt Continues for Suspect in Double Homicide

• 12/27/07 Police Nab Suspect in Fatal Stabbing of Girlfriend, Daughter

     Walter Delvon Ramsey

Wardell David Ford and David Temple:

• 09/11/83 Two Died for $45,000 Anatomy of Bloody Theft

• 12/23/86 Ten Most Wanted List

• 08/10/90 TV Show Spotlights Heist, Suspect in '83 Shoot-Out

• 08/06/91 Trial Opens in '83 Robbery

• 04/06/94 Guard, Robbery Suspect Kill each Other

• Wardell David Ford

     Wardell David Ford

Warren Williams and Nicole Holloway:

• 12/11/07 New Charges in Death of 2-Year-Old

• 12/11/07 Boyfriend Charged in Child's Death

• 12/12/07 Parents Charged in Tot's Death

• 12/12/07 Dad Joins Mom in Being Charged in Daughter's Death

• 12/12/07 Dad Accused in Daughter's Brutal Motel Death

     Nicole Holloway

William (Chick) Bryant:

• 06/20/85 Teen Suspect Faces Adult Charges 

• 06/23/85 Family Waits and Watches Court Case of Son's Slaying

• 06/28/85 Teen Faces Murder Charge in Series Death

• 01/28/86 Slain Man's Family Rejects Plea Bargain

• 01/29/86 Judge Finds Teen Guilty in Slaying After Series

• 02/12/86 Teen Gets Life in Killing After World Series

     William Bryant

William Edward and Steven James Johnson and Duane Johnson:

• 01/23/07 Slain Veteran 'Was a Man of Honor', Cousin says

• 01/31/07 Court Hearing Delayed in Slaying over Tax Refund

• 01/31/07 New Charges Emerge in Vet Slaying

• 02/02/07 Three to be Tried in Fatal Holdup

• 02/02/07 Teens Bound over for Trial in Slaying of Iraq Vet

     William Edward Johnson

     Steven James Johnson

     Duane Johnson

• William Howard Straughter

William Morton and Derryck Brantley:

• 10/21/08 Three Teens Arraigned in Henry Ford High Slaying

• 10/31/08 Teen:  I Warned Friend of Shooting

• 12/12/08 Three Teens Face Murder Trials

     William "Nutty" Morton - Member of the BCB Gang (left) and Derryck

     Brantley (right)  

William Perkins:

• 03/06/07 Detroit Murder Charge in Beating of Man 62

     William Perkins  

• William Reid

• William Sweitzer

Willie James Robinson and Joel Anthony Allen:

• 02/27/02 Suspects Charged in with Murder in Child's Death

• 02/28/02 Four Shot Kids Knew Suspects

• 03/20/02 Suspect Told of Retribution

• 08/24/02 Pair Convicted in Girl's Killing 

     Willie Robinson and Joel Anthony Allen

     Willie James Robinson                          Joel Anthony Allen

     Joel Anthony Allen 

Windsor Kyle Addy:

• 05/26/04 Charges Issued in Death of 9-Year-Old  

     Windsor Kyle Addy

Xavier Chase:

• 11/26/08 Blood of Victim Linked to Accused

• 11/27/08 Murder Suspect:  I Found Bodies

• 12/03/08 'Scorned Lover' Laid in Wait to Kill Two

• 12/03/08 Detroit Man Found Guilty in Slaying of Warren Couple

• 12/03/08 Man Convicted in 2 Slayings

• 12/03/08 Families Find Solace in Verdict

• 01/28/09 Killer Gets 2 Life Sentences in Warren Couple's Slaying

     Xavier Chase