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Detroit police seek ‘serial murderer’ in deaths of 3 women


DETROIT (AP) — Police in Detroit say the killings of three women since March could be the work of a “serial murderer and rapist.”

Chief James Craig says the homicides appear to be connected. He spoke to reporters after a body was discovered in a vacant house Wednesday, more than two months after the first victim was found.

Two of the three women were in their early 50s. One died of blunt force trauma, while the cause of the other deaths remains under investigation.

Craig says detectives believe the women worked in the sex trade. The chief says he’s not trying to “create an alarm across the city.” But he’s making a public appeal for more information, especially from people who accept money for sex and go into vacant buildings.

 

Klein appointed to  lead Dykema’s Health Care Practice Group


Dykema announced Monday that Eric S. Klein, a member in the firm’s Bloomfield Hills office, has been appointed as leader of Dykema’s Health Care Practice Group.

Throughout his career, Klein has devoted his practice to representing clients in the health care sector with respect to corporate and regulatory issues. In particular, he has provided counsel to clients on compliance and reimbursement issues as well as health facility and physician practice acquisitions and other changes of ownership, including related licensure and Medicare/Medicaid certification matters.

Klein has also advised clients regarding governmental investigations, compliance programs, and structuring businesses and transactions while addressing anti-kickback, Stark and other legal restrictions.

Prior to joining Dykema, Klein gained experience working for Health Net, Inc., a health insurance company, where he developed financial models to analyze hospital, physician group, and ancillary contracts.

Klein received a J.D., with honors, from George Washington University and a B.A., magna cum laude, from Yale University.

 

Eastpointe agrees  to settle black voting rights case


EASTPOINTE, Mich. (AP) — A suburban Detroit city council has approved a settlement in a federal lawsuit over the rights of black voters in which voters now will rank candidates on the ballot in order of their preference.

The city of Eastpointe says its City Council unanimously approved a consent decree Tuesday evening in which it will become the first Michigan city to implement so-called “ranked choice” voting with a goal on implementing it with this November’s city election. It says the mayor will continue to be elected citywide, rather than by ranked choice.

The U.S. Justice Department sued Eastpointe in 2017 , saying it should elect council members by district rather than citywide. Blacks made up 30 percent of the population in the last census but only one council member is black.
 

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