- Posted April 24, 2012
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Triple homicide charges dismissed
DETROIT (AP) -- Prosecutors have dropped their case against four men charged in a 2001 triple murder in Washtenaw County's Ypsilanti Township.
The Detroit Free Press reports that a federal judge in Detroit last Friday dismissed the charges against Deondre Byrd, Terrance Smith, Eric Murray and Ronald Henderson.
U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade told the newspaper her office received information that caused prosecutors "to lose confidence" in civilian testimony in the case.
Willie Jones, his girlfriend, Gerylanne Harris, and Harris' 14-year-old son, Jesse Post, were shot to death in June 2001 during a home invasion and robbery about 30 miles west of Detroit.
The four suspects were charged in 2006. Byrd, Henderson and Smith are serving time in jail or prison for convictions on unrelated cases.
Published: Tue, Apr 24, 2012
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