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Highland Park Man Charged in Homicide of Girlfriend
Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged Jimmie Lee Brown, 46, of Highland Park, in connection with the homicide of Kelly Ann Mays, 49, of Westland. Ms. Mays was the girlfriend of the defendant.
On January 7, 2024, at approximately 6:15 p.m., Westland police officers were dispatched to an apartment complex in the 36700 block of McKinney Drive in Westland. Upon their arrival, officers located Ms. Mays inside the bedroom of her apartment unit, deceased, suffering from multiple lacerations to her neck and her chest.
It is alleged that Defendant Brown stabbed the victim multiple times with a knife, fatally wounding her, before fleeing the scene. Defendant Brown turned himself in to the Westland Police Department later the same day.
Jimmie Lee Brown has been charged with First-Degree Murder.*
He was arraigned and remanded to jail on January 10, 2024, in 18th District Court. His Probable Cause Conference is scheduled for January 25, 2024, and the Preliminary Examination is scheduled for February 1, 2024, both before Judge Sandra Cicirelli. Please request a photograph of the defendant from the Westland Police Department.
*The charges are allegations and defendants are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
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