LUDINGTON — Eric John Knysz, the 20-year-old Irons resident who murdered Michigan State Police Trooper Paul Butterfield, will be sentenced Tuesday afternoon by Judge Richard Cooper in 51st Circuit Court. In February, a jury found Knysz guilty of first degree murder of a peace officer, the jury also found him guilty of felony firearms possession, carrying a concealed weapon and…
By Rob Alway. Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — The case against Sean Phillips has been adjourned for three months. Following the prosecution’s final witness in the 79th District Court preliminary examination, the defense team asked for time to have an expert analyze a piece of evidence. The defense had no witnesses to present during the hearing. It is presumed that piece of…
By Rob Alway. Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — Sean Michael Phillips told a fellow prisoner that he got rid of his baby. Rushaun “Death Row” Burton was at the Carson City correctional facility the same time as Phillips. The two became friends and one day had a conversation in the prison library about women who were divorcing their sports celebrity husbands and…
By Rob Alway. Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — New evidence that could lead Sean Phillips to the murder of his 4-month-old daughter was presented in court today, the second day of the preliminary examination to determine probable cause in the alleged murder of Katherine Phillips. Michigan Department of Corrections Inspector Craig Smith testified that he had intercepted a letter from Sean Phillips…
By Rob Alway. Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — Dan Ruba testified today that Sean Phillips told him that he did not love Baby Kate. At the time of Katherine “Baby Kate” Phillips’ June 29, 2011 disappearance, Ruba was in a romantic relationship with April Lange, mother of Baby Kate’s mother, Ariel Courtland. “He really didn’t think Kate was his kid because he…
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