Deceased/Not Found MI - Zion Foster 17, texted saying on her way home, Eastpointe, 4 Jan 2022 *arrest"

[PommyMommy]

JAN 17, 2023

'Absurd:' Mother of Zion Foster blasts prison release of man who disposed her body into dumpster

Ciera Milton is still reeling over the release of Jaylin Brazier likely the last person to see her daughter alive. Brazier was released from prison Tuesday – nine months after he was sentenced for lying to investigators about Zion Foster’s disappearance.

www.fox2detroit.com

[...]

"This is absurd, it's unfair," said Ciera Milton, Zion's mother. "And it's not just."

Milton is still reeling over the release of Jaylin Brazier likely the last person to see her daughter alive. Brazier was released from prison Tuesday – nine months after he was sentenced for lying to investigators about Zion Foster’s disappearance.

"Why is this man free?" said Milton. "What? (Like) 'I can admit to this and still be let free.'"

[...]

Chief James White says their investigation is not over yet.

"That case is still wide open," White said. "We think we've got a strong suspect in that case. Our detectives are doing constitutionally everything they can to talk to him, investigate him, visit with him, to make sure we get what we need to charge that case the way it needs to be charged."

[...]

 

[Justce]

Zion Foster, 17, last seen on 5 Jan 22 DE MI, authorities were unable to locate her body in landfilled, cousin states he place her body in a dumpster.​

https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/zi...-police-to-provide-update-after-ending-search​

Zion Foster disappearance: Police detail timeline after months ...​

 

[Justce]

That is sad...

 

[swanniee11]

Heartbreaking. I felt for Zions mother from the beginning. I have no answers but I do pray for Zions family. What a criminal mess. LE needs to get this guy.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Cousin who threw Eastpointe teen Zion Foster’s body in dumpster charged with murder

The cousin of Eastpointe teenager Zion Foster has been charged with murder months after he spent time behind bars for lying to police about throwing her body in a dumpster, officials said.

www.clickondetroit.com

EASTPOINTE, Mich. – The cousin of Eastpointe teenager Zion Foster has been charged with murder months after he spent time behind bars for lying to police about throwing her body in a dumpster, officials said.

Jaylin Omar Brazier, 24, of Detroit, was released from custody in January 2023 after accepting a plea deal on charges of lying to a peace officer in a violent crime investigation and lying to a peace officer.

Officials said Brazier was with his cousin, 17-year-old Foster, when she was last seen on Jan. 4, 2022. He claims she stopped breathing for an unknown reason while they were smoking marijuana, so he panicked and put her body in a dumpster...

Jaylin Brazier, cousin of missing Eastpointe teen Zion Foster, charged with murder in her death

Jaylin Brazier, the cousin of missing Eastpointe teen Zion Foster, has been charged in her homicide, the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office announced Tuesday.

www.audacy.com

(WWJ) – Jaylin Brazier, the cousin of missing Eastpointe teen Zion Foster, has been charged in her homicide, the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office announced Tuesday.

Foster. 17 at the time, was last seen with Brazier, 24, on Jan. 4, 2022. After initially telling police he didn’t know where she was, Brazier eventually told officials he and the teen were smoking marijuana when she stopped breathing and he “acted off of fear” and threw her body in a dumpster...

 

[PommyMommy]

Cousin who threw Eastpointe teen Zion Foster’s body in dumpster charged with murder

The cousin of Eastpointe teenager Zion Foster has been charged with murder months after he spent time behind bars for lying to police about throwing her body in a dumpster, officials said.

www.clickondetroit.com

EASTPOINTE, Mich. – The cousin of Eastpointe teenager Zion Foster has been charged with murder months after he spent time behind bars for lying to police about throwing her body in a dumpster, officials said.

Jaylin Omar Brazier, 24, of Detroit, was released from custody in January 2023 after accepting a plea deal on charges of lying to a peace officer in a violent crime investigation and lying to a peace officer.

Officials said Brazier was with his cousin, 17-year-old Foster, when she was last seen on Jan. 4, 2022. He claims she stopped breathing for an unknown reason while they were smoking marijuana, so he panicked and put her body in a dumpster...

Jaylin Brazier, cousin of missing Eastpointe teen Zion Foster, charged with murder in her death

Jaylin Brazier, the cousin of missing Eastpointe teen Zion Foster, has been charged in her homicide, the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office announced Tuesday.

www.audacy.com

(WWJ) – Jaylin Brazier, the cousin of missing Eastpointe teen Zion Foster, has been charged in her homicide, the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office announced Tuesday.

Foster. 17 at the time, was last seen with Brazier, 24, on Jan. 4, 2022. After initially telling police he didn’t know where she was, Brazier eventually told officials he and the teen were smoking marijuana when she stopped breathing and he “acted off of fear” and threw her body in a dumpster...

Justice for Zion!

Noting from your first link:

A probable cause conference is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. July 3, and a preliminary examination is scheduled for 1:45 p.m. July 10.

Brazier was originally sentenced in March 2022 to between 23 months and four years in prison for lying to investigators, but he was released earlier this year.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Cousin charged with murder of missing Eastpointe teen Zion Foster

Jaylin Brazier, 24, has been charged in connection with the murder of Zion Foster.

www.detroitnews.com

The cousin of a 17-year-old missing Eastpointe girl has been charged with murder in connection with the teen's death, prosecutors say.

Zion Foster, 17, has been missing since January 2022, though police have said they believe her to be dead. Her body has never been found, despite hours of searching a Macomb County landfill where police thought her body might be...

 

[Ladyotm]

Cousin charged with murder of missing Eastpointe teen Zion Foster

Jaylin Brazier, 24, has been charged in connection with the murder of Zion Foster.

www.detroitnews.com

The cousin of a 17-year-old missing Eastpointe girl has been charged with murder in connection with the teen's death, prosecutors say.

Zion Foster, 17, has been missing since January 2022, though police have said they believe her to be dead. Her body has never been found, despite hours of searching a Macomb County landfill where police thought her body might be...

Finally!

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Cousin accused in murder of Eastpointe teen Zion Foster appears in court

The cousin of Eastpointe teenager Zion Foster appeared in court Tuesday on charges that he murdered her and threw her body in a dumpster.

www.clickondetroit.com

EASTPOINTE, Mich. – The cousin of Eastpointe teenager Zion Foster is appearing in court Tuesday on charges that he murdered her and threw her body in a dumpster.

The hearing is expected to begin around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 8. You can watch the court proceedings live in the stream posted above.

Jaylin Omar Brazier, 24, of Detroit, was released from custody in January 2023 after accepting a plea deal on charges of lying to a peace officer in a violent crime investigation and lying to a peace officer...

 

[JerseyGirl]

Man accused in death of Zion Foster appears in court for preliminary hearing

A man accused of killing Zion Foster, his teen cousin, is in court today listening to the evidence against him.

www.wxyz.com

 

[PommyMommy]

AUG 8, 2023

Zion Foster case: Jaylin Brazier in court Tuesday for preliminary hearing

Jaylin Brazier, the cousin of 17-year-old Zion Foster who disappeared in January 2022, will be in court for a hearing after he was charged with her murder.

www.fox2detroit.com

During Tuesday morning's hearing, Detroit Police Officer John Criswell was the first to testify. He said that he spoke with Braizler on January 6, 2022, two days after Zion was last seen. Criswell testified while bodycam video was played, showing him and his now-former partner talking to Braizler inside of his home on Greenfield, where Zion's phone was last pinged.

During that exchange, Brazier told police that he had cameras that "show she was never here".

[...]

She (Zion's mom) said when Brazier showed her his footage there were gaps in his recordings. She filled in those gaps from a Ring doorbell camera that showed someone believed to be Brazier picking up Zion at her house in Eastpointe the night of her disappearance and bringing her back to his house.

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[BetteDavisEyes]

What all 9 witnesses said during first day of hearing for cousin in Zion Foster murder case

Prosecutors called nine witnesses to the stand Tuesday during a hearing for the cousin accused of murdering Eastpointe teenager Zion Foster, lying to police, and disposing of her body.

www.clickondetroit.com

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/wayne-county/2023/08/08/jaylin-brazier-prelim-exam-day-1-zion-foster-murder/70551600007/

Detroit — In the last text Zion Foster sent her boyfriend, she said she was on her way home from her cousin's house.

Twenty minutes later, her phone had been shut off; it went straight to voicemail when her boyfriend called her.

Zion was never seen again.

She was at the home of her cousin, Jaylin Brazier, before she went missing, she had told her boyfriend and mother, though Brazier denied she was ever there. Police and prosecutors believe Brazier dumped Zion's body in a dumpster in Detroit. Her body has never been found, despite hours of searching a Macomb County landfill, where police thought her body might be...

 

[Lusitana]

Can you imagine? She should've been safe there, he was her cousin!

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2023/08/09/jaylin-brazier-prelim-zion-foster-murder-police-confession/70559520007/

Detroit — Jaylin Brazier told detectives he "freaked out" after his 17-year-old cousin Zion Foster died of a suspected overdose in his Detroit home last year, so he stuffed her body into the trunk of his Acura, drove to Highland Park and "put her in the trash can."

A video of Brazier's January 19, 2022, confession was played Wednesday during the second day of testimony in his preliminary examination in 36th District Court. After hearing the evidence, Judge Kenneth King bound the defendant over for trial on second-degree murder charges, ruling that Brazier had tried to cover his tracks and had changed his story multiple times.

"This court can look at what actions took place before, during and after this occasion," King said. "The court finds evidence that this defendant did with intent to kill and do great bodily harm ... cause the death of Zion Foster."...

 

[PommyMommy]

AUG 10, 2023

New details emerge in Zion Foster case • Live frog found in spinach sold at Meijer • Westland church to close

In Thursday's News Hit: - New details in the case of Zion Foster came out in court, including a key internet search from her accused killer - A live frog was found in a spinach container purchased at a Southfield Meijer - A Westland church is closing down due to poor attendance and finances

www.fox2detroit.com

He sat in court emotionless during the hearing as details emerged about Zion’s bank accounts and text messages — prosecutors say — Brazier shared with his girlfriend.

One message, which had a link to a Google search questioning if Brazier could be charged for murder if a body isn’t discovered.

Zion Foster’s mom shares message for man charged with daughter’s murder

Zion Foster disappeared on Jan. 4, 2022. Her cousin, Jaylin Brazier, was the last person to see her alive.

www.clickondetroit.com

“I wasn’t even supposed to be able to have kids. This is my first born. You know? So, this is an immense blessing. When I was a little girl I prayed over my babies before I had them,” Foster’s mother Cierra Milton said. “You literally snatched my baby away and then tried to erase her.”

 

[Nina Michigan]

Detroit cop: Search for Zion Foster remains not ‘a wild goose chase’

Jones said police acted on his statements and investigated and worked with officials at Waste Management, which owned the bin and transported the trash to Pine Tree, in determining where Zion’s rem…

www.macombdaily.com

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Live stream: Murder trial starts for cousin charged in Zion Foster's death, disappearance

A trial was set to begin Tuesday morning for a man accused of killing his teen cousin Zion Foster, who went missing from Eastpointe in 2022.

www.clickondetroit.com

EASTPOINTE, Mich. – A trial was set to begin Tuesday morning for a man accused of killing his teen cousin Zion Foster, who went missing from Eastpointe in 2022.

Jaylen Brazier, 24, was scheduled to stand trial on charges of second-degree murder and tampering with evidence starting at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, May 7. You can follow along with the trial live on Local 4+ -- streaming in the video player above.

Brazier is accused of being responsible for the disappearance and death of 17-year-old Foster, who allegedly spent her last moments with her cousin. Foster’s family reported her missing on Jan. 10, 2022. She was last seen on Jan. 4, 2022, when she was picked up from her Eastpointe home by Brazier...

 

[Oakland CA]

Trial is being live streamed on YouTube. Zion’s mom is first witness.

ETA:
I can’t listen to the Crown attorney saying “umm” or “so” every third word.
Too bad, I really wanted to watch/listen.

Back to watching the Daybell trial I guess.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Cousin dumped Zion Foster 'like she was a piece of garbage,' murder trial prosecutor says

Zion Foster went missing in January 2022, and despite police's extensive search for her body in a Macomb County landfill, it was never found.

www.detroitnews.com

Detroit — Zion Foster made a mistake on the last night of her life, a prosecutor said Tuesday, by placing her trust in her favorite step-cousin.

That cousin, 25-year-old Jaylin Brazier, is charged with killing 17-year-old Zion and disposing of the Eastpointe teen's body in a dumpster in Highland Park, sparking a months long, unsuccessful search of a Macomb County landfill. His jury trial began Monday in Wayne County Circuit Court.

"Zion is gone forever; her body was never even found," Wayne County Assistant Prosecutor Ryan Elsey said during his opening statement. "Zion left the defendant's house that night in the trunk of his car and he threw her body away in a dumpster like she was a piece of garbage."...