25case filesUpdated Jul 18, 2026
Casepin holds 25 case files in Michigan. By legal status, 2 marked unsolved, 1 marked cold, 21 marked solved and 1 marked overturned.
Credit: http://www.geocities.com/monika_and_shells/inmemoriam.htmlEditorial useSourceSOLVEDListenLake Orion, Michigan, United States · 1995
Scott Amedure, 32, was shot and killed at his Lake Orion, Michigan mobile home on March 9, 1995, by Jonathan Schmitz, three days after Amedure revealed a secret same-sex crush on Schmitz during a taping of The Jenny Jones Show. Schmitz was convicted of second-degree murder.
Credit: English WikipediaEditorial useSourceSOLVEDListenWashington Township, Macomb County, Michigan · 2007
Tara Lynn Grant, a 34-year-old Michigan mother of two, was strangled by her husband Stephen Grant in February 2007 after an argument; he later dismembered her body, briefly fled, and confessed to police. He was convicted of second-degree murder in December 2007 and sentenced to 50 years in prison.
SOLVEDListenFranklin Township, Michigan · 2021
Dee Ann Warner disappeared from her Franklin Township, Michigan home in April 2021. Her husband, Dale John Warner, was charged with her murder in November 2023; her remains were found on his property in August 2024, and in 2026 he was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to 70 years in prison.
SOLVEDListenLawrence, Van Buren County, Michigan · 2007
Todd Stermer died after a fire at his Michigan home in 2007; his wife was convicted at a 2025 retrial after her first conviction was overturned, and her appeal from the new judgment remains pending.
SOLVEDListenGrosse Pointe Park / Detroit, Michigan · 2012
Jane Bashara, a Grosse Pointe Park marketing executive, was found strangled in the back seat of her own Mercedes-Benz SUV in a Detroit alley in January 2012. Her husband, Bob Bashara, was later convicted of orchestrating the murder using a mentally impaired handyman, Joseph Gentz, and was sentenced to life without parole.
SOLVEDListenNiles Charter Township, Michigan · 1987
Roxanne Wood was killed in her Niles Township home in 1987, and forensic genealogy led to a second-degree murder conviction 35 years later.
Credit: Federal Bureau of PrisonsPublic domainSourceSOLVEDListenDetroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, Romulus, Michigan · 2009
On December 25, 2009, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab attempted to detonate a chemical explosive device sewn into his underwear aboard Northwest Airlines Flight 253 as it approached Detroit Metropolitan Airport. The device failed to fully detonate; passengers and crew subdued him and extinguished the resulting fire. Abdulmutallab was later convicted in federal court and sentenced to life without parole.
Credit: GuettardaCC BY-SA 4.0SourceSOLVEDListenMichigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan · 2023
On February 13, 2023, a gunman shot and killed three Michigan State University students and injured five others in two campus buildings before fatally shooting himself when confronted by police hours later.
VA Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan · 1975
In 1975, ten patients at a VA hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan, suffered respiratory failure after unauthorized administration of the paralyzing drug Pavulon in their IVs. Nurses Filipina Narciso and Leonora Perez were charged with murder, convicted only of poisoning and conspiracy, and the case was ultimately dropped after a retrial was ordered.
SOLVEDListenOwosso High School, Owosso, Michigan · 2004
On September 11, 2009, anti-abortion activist Jim Pouillon was shot and killed while protesting outside Owosso High School in Owosso, Michigan. The same gunman, Harlan James Drake, also fatally shot businessman Michael Fuoss at a separate location that morning. Drake was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder and sentenced to two life terms.
The files run from 1927 to 2023. The 2000s hold the most, with 6 files. The oldest is Ann Arbor Hospital murders, from 1975.
They are spread across 22 cities and towns; the most are in Detroit (3) and Owosso (2). By type, the largest groups are murder and homicide cases (21), school shooting cases (4) and kidnapping and abduction cases (3).
11 files of the 25 have coverage attached: 16 videos, podcasts and documentaries from 9 creators. 48 Hours, Dr. Todd Grande and Annie Elise have covered the most of them.
Every file is written from cited sources and pinned where it happened, and every person named carries the legal status the record gives them. If you hold information about an unsolved case, contact the investigating agency named in its file rather than posting it publicly. Families and anyone involved can request a correction from any file.
Jessica Heeringa Murder Victim 2013 — Credit: HerselftEditorial useSource
Kahoe House — Credit: unknown, no credit in original sourcePublic domainSource
Robison Family Murders Crime Scene Bullet Hole Window July 22 1968 — Credit: Press photographer Fred LovelacePublic domainSource
Tombstone-of-Betty-Sue-Gravlin--Perrin-Cemetery--Troy--Michigan.-April-2005-IMGP0865 2056 — Credit: Jcr00CC BY-SA 4.0Source
FCIMilan — Credit: Federal Bureau of PrisonsPublic domainSource
2023 Michigan State University shooting-7 — Credit: GuettardaCC BY-SA 4.0Source
Scott Amedure — Credit: http://www.geocities.com/monika_and_shells/inmemoriam.htmlEditorial useSource
IWD2015 Alleycat Washington DC USA 52532 (16756889631) — Credit: Ted EytanCC BY-SA 2.0Source
Tara Lynn Grant — Credit: English WikipediaEditorial useSource
PATRICIA SPENCER - OSCODA, MICHIGAN — Credit: FBIPublic domainSource
EMU residences — Credit: Mikerussell at en.wikipediaCC BY-SA 3.0Source
Jerry Wingeart — Credit: Unknown authorPublic domainSource
25. By status: 2 unsolved, 1 cold, 21 solved and 1 overturned. The count covers published files only and changes as new files clear review.
Ann Arbor Hospital murders, from 1975. Open the file
Murder of Scott Amedure, with 1 video, podcast or documentary linked from its file. Open the file
48 Hours (3 cases), Dr. Todd Grande (2 cases) and Annie Elise (1 case), among 9 creators in all.
Detroit (3) and Owosso (2).
It rebuilds hourly from the published files; the newest file change here is dated Jul 18, 2026. A status changes only when the record behind it does.
