GUILTY MI - Brenna Machus, 20, Romulus, 16 July 2013

[OkieGranny]

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/ne.../21/dearborn-family-dollar-slayings/19349377/

Jurors received just before 1 p.m. Friday the case of Lavere Bryant, who is accused of last year’s slayings. .

Bryant of Dearborn insisted Thursday he didn’t commit the crime and volunteered to take a lie detector test in front of jurors. Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Qiana Lillard rejected his request.

 

[OkieGranny]

http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/wayne/2014/11/24/family-dollar-murder-trial/19486831/

A jury has convicted a 35-year-old man of first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of two 20-year-old Dearborn discount store workers.

The jury reached a verdict on Monday in the case of Lavere Bryant in Wayne County Circuit Court in Detroit. The Dearborn man faces a mandatory term of life in prison without parole when sentenced Dec. 11 for the deaths of Joseph Orlando and Brenna Machus.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Habitual Offender Sentenced To Life Without Parole In Family Dollar Double-Murder

December 11, 2014 10:34 AM

DETROIT (WWJ) - A 35-year-old man will spend the rest of his life in prison, without the possibility of parole, for killing two 20-year-old employees at a Family Dollar store.

Lavere Bryant was sentenced Thursday in Wayne County Circuit Court after being earlier convicted by a jury of first-degree murder for the deaths of Joseph Orlando and Brenna Machus...

http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2014/12...ithout-parole-in-family-dollar-double-murder/

 

[AzPistonsGirl]

Thanks for the updates over the last several months OG and BDE. =(

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Man gets life in prison for Dearborn Family Dollar murders

Author: Will Jones, Local 4 Reporter, @Local4Will, wjones@wdiv.com

Published On: Dec 11 2014 12:39:35 PM EST Updated On: Dec 11 2014 12:50:42 PM EST

DETROIT -
As the families of Brenna Machus and Joseph Orlando try to rebuild their lives they can't stop thinking about what they'll miss in the future with these two no longer here.

"The things that happened, everything that's been taken, I can list, but it would do no good," said Kenneth Machus...

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/...n-for-dearborn-family-dollar-murders/30179952

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Murder convictions overturned in 2013 slayings at Family Dollar in Dearborn

Lavere Bryant accused of killing Joseph Orlando, Brenna Machus

By John Steckroth - Digital news editor

Posted: 12:25 PM, August 24, 2016
Updated: 5:12 PM, August 24, 2016

DEARBORN, Mich. - The Michigan Court of Appeals has overturned murder convictions and ordered a new trial for a man accused of killing two people who worked at a Family Dollar store in Dearborn.

The court said Lavere Bryant's trial was spoiled by testimony that wasn't relevant to the charges against him.

He was accused of killing Joseph Orlando and Brenna Kathleen Machus, both 20, who worked at the Family Dollar store off Michigan Avenue near Outer Drive on July 16, 2013...

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/...rned-in-slayings-at-family-dollar-in-dearborn

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Murder convictions overturned in Dearborn store deaths

Jennifer Chambers, The Detroit News 10:21 a.m. EDT August 24, 2016

Dearborn — The Michigan appeals court has overturned murder convictions and ordered a new trial for a man accused of killing two people who worked at a Family Dollar store in Dearborn.

The court says Lavere Bryant’s trial was spoiled by testimony that wasn’t relevant to the charges against him. He was accused of killing Joseph Orlando and Brenna Machus, both 20, who worked at the store.

Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Qiana Lillard sentenced Bryant, now 37, in December 2014 to spend the rest of his life behind bars without the possibility of parole in the slayings...

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/wayne-county/2016/08/24/store-slayings/89253206/

 

[Jerri Blank]

how horrible for those families