Man faces murder charge after woman's body found in creek
June 28, 2018
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - A 25-year-old southwestern Michigan man faces a murder charge after police found a woman's body in a creek.
Police say the body matches the description of a 24-year-old Kalamazoo woman reported missing early Thursday morning.
The body was discovered in nearby Comstock Township, south of Grand Rapids. The Kalamazoo Public Safety department said in a news release that the missing woman's family and friends had not seen or heard from her since Sunday.
A formal identification of the body was pending. An autopsy is scheduled on Friday.
Police arrested the Kalamazoo man about 3 a.m. Thursday near the woman's home. He was being held in the Kalamazoo County Jail as prosecutors review the case.