What’s next for killer’s wife charged with crimes in fake DTE workers murder case

The following courtroom hearings are scheduled for the spouse of one of many convicted killers of a Rochester Hills businessman just lately charged with crimes associated to the slaying.

Amanda Ileana Hernandez was arraigned Jan. 27 in 52-3 District Court docket on fees of conspiracy to commit first-degree residential housebreaking, accent after the very fact and conspiracy to falsely impersonate a utility employee in reference to the 2024 loss of life and theft of jewellery retailer proprietor Hussein “Sam” Murray. She is going to return to courtroom on Feb. 9 for a possible trigger convention earlier than Choose Nancy Carniak, adopted by a preliminary examination every week later so the decide can decide whether or not the case will probably be moved to Oakland County Circuit Court docket for a doable trial.

Following her arraignment, Hernandez, a 34-year-old Lincoln Park resident, was booked into the Oakland County Jail that afternoon on a $100,000 money or surety bond. She is represented by court-appointed lawyer Cecilia Quirindongo-Baunsoe.

As beforehand reported, Amanda Hernandez’s husband, Carlos Hernandez, 39, and Joshua Zuazo, 40, posed as DTE workers investigating a fuel leak to realize entry to Murray’s dwelling. Murray took them to his basement and was fatally crushed. Carlos Hernandez and Zuazo – former Dearborn residents – are serving life sentences after being convicted of first-degree homicide for Murray’s loss of life, and the illegal imprisonment of Murray and his spouse, Linda Murray.

In response to the Oakland County Prosecutor’s Workplace, an ongoing investigation revealed that Amanda Hernandez “performed an energetic function within the planning and cover-up of the crime.”

Sam Murray, 72, was discovered lifeless within the basement of his Rochester Hills dwelling on Newcastle Drive on October 11, 2024. Linda Murray had been within the kitchen whereas the deadly assault came about, unaware of what was occurring to her husband. Carlos Hernandez and Zuazo then got here again upstairs, restrained Linda Murray with duct tape and robbed the home. She later freed herself and referred to as 911.

Murray owned Gold & Glitter Jewellery and Hamtramck Pawn on Joseph Campau Avenue in Hamtramck.