2025 homicides in Oakland County up 30% over prior year

In 2025, extra individuals died in Oakland County by the hands of others in comparison with the earlier yr, in line with a database compiled by The Oakland Press.

Because the yr ended, there have been 30 reported homicides — a 30% enhance from 2024 — primarily based on data from the Oakland County Sheriff’s Workplace and different legislation enforcement companies.

Two of the lifeless had been kids, boys ages 5 and 12. The oldest had been of their 90s.

In three of the instances, the sufferer’s grownup son or daughter is charged within the slayings, and in one other, the sufferer’s stepson is charged. In a single case, a person is accused of killing his sister and younger nephew. In two others, the sufferer’s fiancé is the accused killer.

However there’s a glimmer of fine information. There have been convictions in two of the instances, and in a lot of the others, accused killers have been arrested and are in custody, awaiting their subsequent courtroom appearances.

The latest murder was found by Milford cops on New 12 months’s Eve whereas conducting a welfare verify. The sufferer suffered a “violent assault,” officers mentioned.

One other latest case occurred in Southfield on Christmas Day when two males fatally shot one another.

In three instances, the killers died by suicide after taking pictures their partner or vital different, police mentioned. In one other case, Oakland County prosecutors decided the sufferer died from an unintentional taking pictures, so no fees had been filed.

A glance again at totals over the previous 5 years:

• 2025 — 30 deaths

• 2024 — 23 deaths

• 2023 — 16 deaths

• 2022 — 37 deaths

• 2021 — 35 deaths

The killings in 2025 had been unfold throughout 16 communities: Southfield (7), Pontiac (4), Commerce Township (3), Hazel Park (2), Royal Oak (2), Waterford Township (2), Auburn Hills (1), Clawson (1), Farmington (1), Ferndale (1), Highland Township (1), Holly (1), Milford (1), Rochester Hills (1), Royal Oak Township (1) and Troy (1).

The next are summaries of the 2025 instances, with data from courtroom paperwork and police reviews as of Jan. 2, 2026, beginning with the latest:

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A 26-year-old Milford man was discovered lifeless inside his residence at Milford Park Flats within the 800 block of East Summit Road on Dec. 31. Cops found his physique whereas conducting a welfare verify as requested by the person’s girlfriend, who reportedly hadn’t been in a position to make contact with him for an prolonged time frame. The sufferer was discovered lifeless inside his residence with “accidents in keeping with a violent assault,” in line with Milford Police Chief Scott Tarasiewicz.

A 29-year-old Sterling Heights man was taken into custody that night time and held within the Oakland County Jail. Tarasiewicz mentioned it’s believed the suspect and sufferer knew one another. As of Jan. 2, police hadn’t launched the names of the sufferer or suspect, and the case was nonetheless underneath investigation.

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Two males — a 30-year-old Detroiter and a 20-year-old from Madison Heights — had been killed on Dec. 25 in what police mentioned was a shootout precipitated by a home violence incident on the Riverstone Flats on Shiawassee Road close to Eight Mile Highway in Southfield.

Previous to the shootings, police mentioned, the 30-year-old had overwhelmed his girlfriend after she accused him of infidelity and property injury, then left the residence. She contacted her buddy for assist — who then got here to the house with the Madison Heights man —  and the three had been packing up the boyfriend’s belongings when he pressured his approach again into the house, grabbed his AR-47 rifle from the sofa and commenced firing. The opposite man shot again with a 9mm handgun, and each ended up lifeless. Previous to dying, the 30-year-old shot the girlfriend within the hand. The 30-year-old’s 3-year-old baby was current throughout the shootings, police mentioned.

Police Chief Elvin Barren declined to launch the names of the 2 males, citing concern and respect for the grieving households affected by the slayings.

Taron Fitzpatrick

Fitzpatrick, 40, of Detroit, was discovered with a number of gunshot wounds within the parking zone of the Radisson Lodge at 26555 Telegraph Highway at about 2:45 a.m. Nov. 30. He was subsequently pronounced lifeless.

A preliminary investigation signifies it was a focused taking pictures, officers mentioned. Police haven’t introduced an arrest within the case.

Antonio Jason Craig

Craig, 52, of Pontiac, died Nov. 29 after being shot whereas in a pickup truck on Karen Court docket in Pontiac. In line with the Oakland County Sheriff’s Workplace, deputies on patrol discovered Craig unresponsive with a number of gunshot wounds.

The suspected shooter, 26-year-old Terrell Edwards of Pontiac — Craig’s stepson — was arrested exterior a Waterford Township restaurant lower than two hours later. Charged with first-degree homicide, being a felon in possession of a firearm and two counts of felony firearm, Edwards was not too long ago ordered by a district courtroom decide to bear a forensic analysis for competency. His subsequent courtroom look is scheduled for March 17. Edwards’ prison historical past features a conviction for unarmed theft for which he spent a yr in jail.

Kristine Lynn Corridor

Corridor, 59, of Holly, was discovered lifeless inside her dwelling on Ash Road on Nov. 25. In line with the Oakland County Medical Examiner, she was strangled and suffocated.

Her 39-year-old son, James Robert Corridor, who had been dwelling together with her for a number of months, is charged together with her demise and different associated crimes. He was arrested in Kalamazoo after allegedly stealing his mom’s automobile, jewellery and money. Police say he admitted to killing his mom after she scolded him for making poor selections in life. His subsequent courtroom look is scheduled for Jan. 20 for a possible trigger convention.

Francesk Shkambi

Shkambi, 41, of Howell, was fatally shot on Nov. 16 exterior the Prime 7 Bar & Restaurant in Commerce Township, the place he was employed as the final supervisor. He was discovered on the patio exterior the restaurant, 8635 Cooley Lake Highway, shortly after 9:30 p.m. First responders transported him to DMC Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital, the place he died.

Tonin Pjetri, 65, of Farmington Hills, turned himself in on the Farmington Hills Police Division about 20 minutes after the taking pictures was reported and admitted to the crime, officers mentioned. It’s believed the taking pictures, reportedly witnessed by a number of individuals, occurred after a disagreement between the 2 males escalated, in line with investigators.

Pjetri is charged with first-degree homicide and felony firearm. His subsequent courtroom look is scheduled for Jan. 7.

Deevon Cornea Brown

Brown, 36, of Pontiac, was shot to demise shortly after 6 a.m. on Nov. 15 within the 200 block of Osmun Road in Pontiac, in line with the Oakland County Sheriff’s Workplace. Brown was transported to an area hospital and pronounced lifeless.

Deputies initially responded to a report of pictures fired at a residence within the 80 block of Wall Road when further 911 callers reported comparable incidents, together with on Osmun Road, the sheriff’s workplace mentioned. No different accidents had been reported.

Anthony Louis Ward, 41, of Waterford Township, was arrested the identical day in Farmington Hills by the sheriff’s Fugitive Apprehension Crew and later charged with second-degree homicide, possession of a firearm by a prohibited particular person and two counts of felony firearm. His subsequent courtroom look is scheduled for Jan. 13 for a preliminary examination.

David Ong

Ong, 83, of Bloomfield Hills, was stabbed to demise at his daughter’s dwelling on Sheridan Drive in Royal Oak on Oct. 24, allegedly by a lady taking good care of his toddler granddaughter.

Ong had gone to the house to verify on the kid as requested by his daughter, who was out of city on the time, officers mentioned.

Samantha Rae Sales space, 35, of Chesterfield Township, is charged with first-degree murder and different felonies in reference to Ong’s demise. In November, a district courtroom decide ordered a competency analysis for Sales space. Her subsequent courtroom date is scheduled for Jan. 23.

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A married couple was discovered lifeless of their Waterford Township dwelling on Oct. 16 in an obvious murder-suicide, officers mentioned. Officers found the our bodies at round 6 p.m. after responding to a report of two individuals lifeless contained in the residence on Crescent Highway. A 97-year-old lady and a 96-year-old man had been discovered seated in the lounge with deadly gunshot wounds, in line with Waterford Township Police Chief Scott Underwood. A handgun was recovered from the scene.

Detectives decided that each had “intensive” medical histories, Underwood mentioned. No different data, together with the names of the couple and which ones was the shooter, has been launched by police regardless of repeated requests from The Oakland Press.

Ada Mae Simmons-Jones

Simmons-Jones, 45, was shot to demise on Oct. 5 at her dwelling on Bainbridge Drive in Southfield.

The sufferer’s daughter, Riley Donaldson, 22, is charged with first-degree premeditated homicide and felony firearm for the demise. In line with Southfield Police Chief Elvin Barren, Simmons-Jones was the grandmother and authorized guardian of Donaldson’s 3-year-old daughter. Conflicts with the custodial preparations could have been a contributing issue within the murder, officers mentioned. The kid and Simmons-Jones’ 77-year-old mother-in-law had been on the Bainbridge home on the time of the taking pictures. Neither was harmed within the incident, Barren mentioned. The three-year-old was positioned in her grandfather’s custody.

A district courtroom decide ordered a competency analysis for Donaldson and scheduled her subsequent courtroom look for Jan. 21.

Mykqelle Rashad Scott

Scott, 28, of Cincinnati, Ohio, was shot to demise on Sept. 1 exterior the Fairfield Inn on South Rochester Highway in Rochester Hills.

In line with the Oakland County Sheriff’s Workplace, the taking pictures stemmed from an altercation within the parking zone of the resort involving at the least three individuals. Scott was killed and one other sufferer sustained accidents that weren’t life-threatening.

Nobody has been charged with the murder, however Calvin Roger Jones Jr. is held within the Oakland County Jail with a bond set at $2 million on 5 felony fees in reference to the incident — assault with intent to homicide, assault with intent to commit armed theft, carrying a hid weapon and two counts of felony firearm. His subsequent courtroom look is scheduled for Jan. 12.

Linda Hill and Kardi Jackson

Hill, 41, and her 12-year-old son had been discovered fatally stabbed with knife cuts to their throats at their Hazel Park dwelling on Berdeno Road on Sept.1.

Hill’s brother, Ladamien Keith Hill, 44, of Redford Township, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder for the deaths. Officers mentioned they recovered bloody clothes, Ladamien Hill’s written notes about plans to flee and objects he wanted to take action, in addition to different proof pointing to him because the killer. Previous to his arrest in Pontiac — in line with relations — Ladamien Hill returned to Linda Hill’s dwelling after police had cleared the scene, requested for forgiveness, lay bare on her mattress after which left, officers mentioned.

A district courtroom decide ordered Ladamien Hill to be evaluated for competency. His subsequent courtroom look is scheduled for Feb. 9.

Gregory Hill

Hill, 65, of Southfield, was fatally shot exterior the Devon Park house advanced in Royal Oak on July 31. He was a upkeep worker on the house advanced and was working when he was killed.

Nathaniel Rockwell, 32, is charged with first-degree homicide, two counts of felonious assault and three counts of felony firearm in reference to Hill’s demise. In line with Oakland County prosecutors, Rockwell, a tenant on the advanced, had obtained an eviction discover earlier than the taking pictures because of a number of incidents with firearms. He allegedly confronted constructing administration and a tenant who had reported him, bought into an argument, then retrieved a gun from his automobile and commenced firing at Hill, who was shot roughly 11 occasions at shut vary, prosecutors mentioned.

In August, a decide ordered a competency analysis for Rockwell. His subsequent courtroom look is scheduled for Jan. 9.

Omarrel Sahon Ford

Ford, 18, was shot to demise on July 8 close to West South Boulevard and Highland Avenue in Pontiac. A 19-year-old was additionally shot throughout the incident and survived.

Oakland County sheriff’s deputies responding to a report of a multiple-injury taking pictures discovered Ford mendacity in a vacant subject and unresponsive with a gunshot wound to the chest. He was transported to an space hospital the place he died, the sheriff’s workplace mentioned. The opposite taking pictures sufferer was additionally transported to the hospital and underwent surgical procedure.

A juvenile is going through fees in reference to the case.

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A 44-year-old man from Detroit was fatally shot on June 22 at a big gathering in Civic Heart Park in Royal Oak Township. Police haven’t launched the sufferer’s title or any data on a potential suspect or suspects. In line with Michigan State Police, which is dealing with the case, the sufferer suffered a gunshot wound to the pinnacle and was transported to an space hospital, the place he died. A 33-year-old and a 19-year-old, each from Detroit, and a 15-year-old from Macomb County had been additionally shot, however survived, police mentioned.

Greater than six months after the shootings, MSP Lt. Mike Shaw mentioned an investigation continues and no further data is offered.

Thomas Washington

Washington, 26, was outdoor within the space of Auburn Avenue and Russell Road on June 13 when somebody in a passing automobile opened hearth, killing him, in line with the Oakland County Sheriff’s Workplace.

Tremaine Jevon Love, 33, is charged with first-degree homicide and several other weapons-related crimes in reference to the taking pictures. He was arrested at a site visitors cease in West Bloomfield Township a number of hours after the incident.

Love’s prison historical past contains convictions for dwelling invasion, unlawful medicine and weapons-related crimes. He was on probation on the time of the taking pictures.

Love’s subsequent look in Oakland County Circuit Court docket is scheduled for March 5. Trial is scheduled for April 6.

Mallory Myers

Myers, 33, was stabbed to demise on June 13 at a house on Hackett Road in Waterford Township. Seth Martin, 25, who police described as her fiancé, has been charged with first-degree homicide.

Martin known as 911 shortly after 3:30 p.m. that day to report he had stabbed Myers, police mentioned. When officers arrived on the dwelling, they encountered Martin with blood on his arms, officers mentioned, and located Myers’s physique on a bed room flooring.

An investigation revealed Myers had been stabbed a number of occasions and died from these accidents. The suspected homicide weapon was recovered from a sink within the dwelling. Martin has been referred for a psychiatric analysis to find out if he’s competent to face trial.

Leslie Cataldo

Cataldo, 66, of Fenton, died June 5 after surgical procedure for a neck wound she suffered in an assault June 4 at a residence within the 3600 block of Crooks Highway in Royal Oak. Cataldo had reportedly known as police from the house of her 46-year-old daughter, Jennifer Cataldo, stating that the daughter was having a psychological well being disaster and wanted to be taken to a hospital. When officers arrived, they discovered indicators of a wrestle and Leslie Cataldo unresponsive on the ground. She was transported to Corewell Well being William Beaumont College Hospital and underwent surgical procedure for the neck wound, however died from her accidents, officers mentioned.

Jennifer Cataldo, 46, was arrested on the scene and has been charged with first-degree premeditated homicide. Her subsequent courtroom look is scheduled for Jan. 26.

Derek Ayden Scholl

Scholl, 18, of Troy, was shot to demise on Could 22 at a house close to 14 Mile Highway and Renshaw Avenue in Clawson.

In line with Oakland County prosecutors, the taking pictures occurred when Scholl, 21-year-old Tylaj Clark-Spencer of Howell, 20-year-old Joshua Peel of Royal Oak, and a 17-year-old had been making ready to depart a Clawson house to attend a celebration.

Clark-Spencer was carrying a gun and checking to see if it was loaded when the weapon fired and Scholl was killed, prosecutors mentioned. A couple of hours later, it’s alleged the 17-year-old hid the gun and different proof for Clark-Spencer.

Clark-Spencer was charged with manslaughter, receiving and concealing a stolen firearm, and two counts of felony firearm. He pleaded no contest to the 4 felonies on Dec. 16. His sentencing is scheduled for Feb. 3 earlier than Oakland County Circuit Choose Yasmine Poles. Peel and the 17-year-old had been charged with accent after the very fact to manslaughter. Officers mentioned it seems the gun used within the taking pictures had been stolen from a protected belonging to the 17-year-old’s father. In November, Peel pleaded responsible to the crime and is scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 13.

Rachel Renee Wooten

Wooten, 23, was fatally shot on April 15 at a residence within the Highland Hills cellular dwelling neighborhood in Highland Township. The taking pictures was reported by Wooten’s 22-year-old fiancé, Michael Devon Webb, who known as 911 and mentioned he had shot her and himself, in line with the Oakland County Sheriff’s Workplace.

Webb initially claimed it occurred by accident whereas he was cleansing his gun, however the proof doesn’t help that, officers mentioned. Wooten reportedly lived with Webb on the dwelling, positioned within the 200 block of Maple, together with their toddler son. She died on the scene from a single gunshot wound to the neck, officers mentioned. Webb is charged with first-degree homicide and felony firearm. His subsequent courtroom look is scheduled for Feb. 18.

Eddie Fisher Clora

Clora, 61, of Detroit, died April 12 after being stabbed exterior a BP fuel station at Eight Mile and Lahser roads in Southfield throughout a reported struggle with Gregory Anthony Clark. Clark, 66, of Detroit, is charged with manslaughter.

Officers had been known as to the fuel station round 9:30 p.m. and located Clora bleeding from an obvious stab wound. He was transported to Henry Ford Windfall Southfield Hospital, the place he died, police mentioned. Clora’s household recognized Clark because the assailant primarily based on video proof, in line with Oakland County prosecutors, and described the 2 males as associates. Clark turned himself in 4 days after the stabbing, prosecutors mentioned.

Clark’s trial is scheduled for Jan. 12 in Oakland County Circuit Court docket.

Donavin James Cuevas

Cuevas, 21, of Burton, died April 11 after being shot within the head at a Commerce Township dwelling within the 300 block of Vinona Terrace. Investigators mentioned he suffered a bullet wound to the again of the pinnacle/neck space after he and the shooter, a 24-year-old Commerce Township man, had completed taking part in video video games. The person was taken into custody and launched from jail the subsequent day. The taking pictures was decided to be unintentional; the Oakland County Prosecutor’s Workplace denied a warrant request.

Mamadou Diallo

Diallo, 26, of Detroit, was fatally shot on March 9 in Ferndale in what investigators imagine was a street rage incident that turned lethal. Diallo, a Senegalese, was a DoorDash supply driver who had simply picked up an order at a White Citadel restaurant on Woodward Avenue in Ferndale when he encountered a dashing automobile driving erratically, which nearly hit him, investigators mentioned. The driving force, later recognized as Terrell Simms, 29, waited for Diallo at a site visitors gentle after which opened hearth. Diallo was struck within the torso and died at an space hospital.

In October, Simms, 29, a jury convicted Simms, 29, of second-degree murder and 4 firearms-related offenses. He’s scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 27.

Jackie Jo Torrez

Torrez, 34, of Saginaw, died March 7 in an obvious murder-suicide on the Vacation Inn Categorical in Auburn Hills. In line with police, Marcus Isaiah Taylor, 33, fatally shot Torrez in a home incident earlier than fatally taking pictures himself. Torrez’s 3-year-old daughter was current on the time of the shootings, however suffered no bodily accidents, police mentioned. Responding to a name, Auburn Hills cops had been within the hallway approaching the room after they heard two gunshots. Officers instantly entered the room and located Torrez and Taylor lifeless, police mentioned.

Jamal “Tahiry” Broom

Broom, 29, was shot to demise on Feb. 9 exterior the Riverstone Flats on Shiawassee Road close to Eight Mile Highway in Southfield. Officers mentioned Broom was a intercourse employee and a member of the transgender neighborhood who was wearing ladies’s clothes on the time of demise. Police mentioned Broom suffered a bullet wound to the pinnacle and was mendacity facedown within the snow when officers arrived. Broom’s accused killer, Robert Ridges, 29, has been charged with second-degree murder. Previous to the taking pictures, police mentioned investigators decided that Ridges had made roughly 33 calls to intercourse staff that morning, together with Broom. Throughout interviews with detectives, Ridges reportedly claimed that he didn’t know Broom was transgender. Ridges’ subsequent look in Oakland County Circuit Court docket is scheduled for Feb. 26.

Barbara Aubuchon

Aubuchon, 47, died Feb. 2 after being shot by her husband, Jeffery Aubuchon, 51, who then killed himself, in line with the Farmington Public Security Division. The shootings occurred on the couple’s dwelling on Warner Road, within the space of Farmington and 9 Mile roads. Officers responded to a name reporting an assault in progress and located Barbara Aubuchon had been shot. Jeffery Aubuchon barricaded himself within the dwelling and a SWAT workforce was deployed, police mentioned. Early the subsequent day, he was discovered lifeless from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Thomas Cooper

Cooper, 5, of Royal Oak, died Jan. 31 in an explosion at Oxford Heart in Troy whereas present process therapy in a hyperbaric chamber. The kid’s mom was additionally injured within the explosion.

Dealing with felony fees for his demise are Tamela Peterson, proprietor and founding father of the enterprise; Gary Marken, administration assistant; Jeffrey Mosteller, security supervisor; and Aleta Moffitt, who was reportedly working the chamber on the time of the explosion. Prosecutors allege the gear was tampered with to make it look like newer than it was and security pointers had been disregarded.

Peterson, Marken and Mosteller are charged with second-degree murder with another cost of manslaughter. Moffitt is charged with involuntary manslaughter and falsifying medical information. A unbroken preliminary examination is scheduled to renew on Jan. 12 in 52-4 District Court docket. At its conclusion, a decide will decide if there’s possible trigger for the instances to advance to Oakland County Circuit Court docket for potential trial.

Sam Simko

Simko, 66, of Commerce Township, died Jan. 13 after being shot a number of occasions at his marijuana rising enterprise on College Drive in Pontiac. Roughly 50 kilos of marijuana was stolen, in line with the Oakland County Sheriff’s Workplace. Prosecutors allege that Simko was lured to a purported enterprise assembly as a ruse for the deliberate theft.

Dealing with fees of felony homicide and armed theft are William Creasy, 35; Scott Brown, 40; Deonte Prophett, 32; and Christopher Matacia, 34. Prophett, who investigators imagine was the shooter, can also be charged with felony firearm and possession of a firearm by a prohibited particular person. Following the armed theft and slaying, in line with officers, the 4 males, all Ohioans, fled to Cincinnati, the place they had been arrested and subsequently extradited to Michigan. They’re held within the Oakland County Jail and due again in Oakland County Circuit Court docket on Jan.15.