Man pleads to murder, other charges for killing parents of 6 in drunk driving crash

On the day his trial needed to begin in Oakland County, a Romulus man for homicide, drunk driving and different fees argued in reference to the dying of some Farmington Hills – the mother and father of six younger youngsters – in a site visitors scrench final 12 months.

Angel Melendez-Imiz, 36, appeared earlier than Oakland County Circuit Choose David Cohen on Tuesday morning and didn’t argue for the ten crimes with which he was accused: two counts every of the second-degree homicide, working whereas silly, first diploma of diving, rowing row of dug row was suspended/switched on. Ryan and Jennifer killed the site visitors scrench on M-10 in Southfield on January 6, 2024.

In line with public prosecutors, Melendez-Intiz was too quick in a stolen pick-up truck-on the fallacious method driving M-10 with the lights whereas he was chased by the state police of Michigan-Toen he crashed towards the GMC website of the AmbroSios. The Ambrosios had been declared useless on the spot.

A plea and not using a competitors isn’t a debt coated, however is handled as such for conviction functions. It may well additionally provide any legal responsibility safety in civil issues.

Melendez-Intiz is not any stranger to the legal justice system. Authorized reviews present that he has a case of 2023 pending the thirty fourth court docket in Romulus for an armed theft, and final March argued responsible of fees for drug possession in a case of 2021 from Farmington Hills. He was sentenced on 12 Might in Oakland County Circuit Courtroom to 12 months in jail with credit score for 483 days. In each instances, he had been skipped on the court docket performances and forfeited the bond, inflicting the difficulty of a financial institution order.

For killing the Ambrosios and associated fees, Melendez-Oritz is deliberate to be convicted on 24 June.

Initially revealed: Might 13, 2025 at 1:45 PM Edt