GUILTY MI - Zilphia Craig, 47, Detroit, 26 December 2010

DETROIT - Family members believe 47-year-old Zilphia Craig is in danger. No one has seen or heard from the legally blind woman since two days after Christmas.

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Michigan authorities still have little information on the whereabouts of a blind woman who disappeared without a trace more than a month ago.

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With sadness to report, Zilphia Craig's earthly body was located.

We ask that you please pray for the family, friends and all who love and will miss her.

No further details are available at this time.

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Detroit — A 52-year-old Detroit man has been charged in the slaying of his blind girlfriend, who was reported missing last month, police said.

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Defendant appeals his jury trial conviction of second-degree murder, MCL 750.317. The trial court sentenced defendant as a fourth habitual offender, MCL 769.12, to 270 to 500 months in prison...

Evidence established that defendant killed Craig and that he did so with malice. Craig’s body showed signs of blunt force trauma to the head. On the night of the murder, after defendant saw that Craig was unresponsive and had no heartbeat, he did not call for help to save her, but went to Home Depot to buy bags and tape to wrap Craig’s body. Defendant wrapped Craig in 17 layers of plastic to conceal the smell of decomposition... Harris testified that defendant said he and Craig had a fight, defendant hit Craig, and that Craig fell and died after the fight.

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