‘NO REGARD FOR LIFE’
Police: Warren, Detroit murders may be drug related
The shooting deaths of a woman and child in Warren and of a man whose body was found in a burned-out car in Detroit likelly are drug related, Warren Police Commissioner William Dwyer said Friday morning.
He also indicated at a news conference at the police station that he has asked federal authorities to get involved in the case so the killer or killers could receive the death penalty.
The bodies of a 28-year-old woman and 6-year- old boy, identified by police as Tairaz Moore, were found Thursday in the basement of their home near Nine Mile and Dequindre roads and the body of a 31-year-old man was found shot to death in a burned out car in the Hyde Park community at the Dequindre Cut in Detroit. The man was the father of Tairaz and the boyfriend of the woman. They resided in the Otis Avenue home.
Police said Friday morning they are not yet releasing the names of the victims.
The shocking, horrific nature of the case, particularly the death of a young boy, has visibly shaken Dwyer, who multiple times lamented the loss of the child.
“The execution-style killing of a 6-year-old boy is truly evil, unthinkable and senseless, and showed no regard for life,” Dwyer said. “Only monsters and godless creatures would pull the trigger on a 6-year-old in execution style.”
It’s the reason Dwyer contacted the U.S. Attorney in Detroit.
“We want the death penalty,” Dwyer said. “When you murder a 6-year-old innocent or baby, the person or persons responsible deserve the death penalty.”
He said the fact the woman and child may have been killed because they may have witnessed the murder of theman provides the necessary standard for calling in federal investigators for potential in
volvement.
Dwyer declined to comment further on the potential drug nature of the killings other than that a small amount of heroin was found in the home.
“We suspect strongly that narcotics was involved, the reason for the homicides,” Dwyer said.
The killer or killers could have known their victims as therewas no evidence of a break-in.
Dwyer said investigators continue to search the home for physical and trace evidence.
There is video evidence, which Dwyer said could be forthcoming.
The case began when Detroit police responded at 2 a.m. Thursday to a burning vehicle at the east-side Detroit location, Detroit police commander Eric Decker.
Theman was found shot in the head, leading police to believe he may have been killed elsewhere.
Decker said the vehicle was a rental that had Massechusetts license plates. The male victim was tied to the vehicle, and Detroit police contacted Warren police to contact the victim’s family, Decker said.
Warren police discovered the two bodies about 11 a.m. Thursday.
The double- murder scene Thursday drew a large crowd of onlookers, including family members. When Tairaz’s mother arrived at the scene with another woman, she became overcome with emotion, crying out: “Why did they kill my baby? Why did they kill my son?”
City assessing records show the 800-square-foot house is a rental owned by a Warren businessman.
The slayings marked the city’s eighth and ninth homicides of 2020, the same number as all of 2019.
The double homicide came one day after a 32-year- old man died after he was lured out of his house by a stranger and shot to death on the 21400 block of LaSalle Street near Toepfer Avenue, in the area of Eight Mile and Gratiot.
Anyone with information should call Warren police at 586-574-4700, or Detroit police.