Trial of Men Accused of Impersonating Utility Workers to Rob and Kill Jeweler | Crime Alert 9AM 10.03.25

The widow of a slain Michigan jeweler takes the stand on the second day of trial for two men accused of posing as Detroit Edison Energy workers to rob and kill her husband inside their Rochester Hills home. A Florida man is behind bars after deputies say he attacked a 15-year-old girl and threw her dog from a second-floor balcony when the animal tried to protect her. Drew Nelson reports.

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I'm Drew Nelson, the widow of a slain Michigan jeweler,
takes the stand on the second day of trial for
two men accused of posing as Detroit Edison energy workers
to rob and kill her husband inside there Rochester Hill's home.
The suspects are Carlos, Jose Hernandez and Joshua's Wazo. Linda
Murray told jurors she will never forget the moment one
of the fake workers came upstairs from the basement wearing

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a vest stained with blood. Replying to where her husband was,
a Suazo said he was sleeping and then he asks me.

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He says, where's the jewelry and where's the money? It
was the safe. I'm sorry and I said to have
those faith And he says, what's jewelry And I said,
in the bank, in a safety deposit box. Then he
says what's the money and I says, just was in
my purse and was in my husband's pocket.

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Murray said Carlos struck her in the face to silence her,
knocking out a tooth. Photos shown in court displayed her
brute photos and body camera footage from the day of
the murder, showed her wrists bound with duct tape as
officers entered the house and found her husband dead in
the basement. Murray described how the men arrived at ten
am on October eleventh of twenty twenty four, claiming to
check for a gas leak. Her husband, seventy two year

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old Hussain Murray, better known as Sam, followed them down
to the basement only the suspects came back up the stairs.
The suspects used the duct tape and ransacked the home,
taking jewelry, cash, phones, and her husband's gone before fleeing.
Prosecutors say Sam Murray was bound and killed by net
compression and blunt force injuries. Investigators alleged Hernandez AND's Wuaso

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returned to the Murray home after being turned away the
night before when they first posed as DTE workers checking
for a leak. Prosecutors told jurors the men planned the crime,
stealing a work truck and ordering fake DTE signs before
the attack. Hernandez was arrested in Louisiana and Suaso in
Plymouth Township. Both their charged with felony murder and two
counts of unlawful imprisonment. Defense attorneys argued Lynda Murray's memory

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may have been influenced by media coverage and that other
witnesses had trouble identifying the men. More witness testimony is
expected today. More crime and justice news after this. A
Florida man is behind bars after deputies say he attacked
a fifteen year old girl and threw her dog from

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the second floor balcony when the animal tried to protect her.
Deputies arrested forty four year old Nigel Alexander Myers in
Saint Petersburg. He faces charges of aggravated animal cruelty, child abuse,
domestic battery, and lewde and lascivious conduct. The Penillas County
Sheriff's Office said the incident began when Myers followed the
teenage girl into her bedroom. She was able to leave,

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but he chased her into the living room. The girl's
three year old pitbull, Sparta, jumped at Myers to defend her.
Deputy Saint Myers picked up the dog and slammed him
against the top of a cage. Then he lifted Sparta
by the hind legs and threw him off a second
floor balcony. The dog was rushed to an animal hospital
with serious injuries, but is expected to survive. Myers was
taken into custody later that evening and booked into the

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Panelis County Jail. Jail records show he remains in custody
on felony charges. The victim's name has not been released
under Florida law. The Sheriff's office says the investigation is ongoing.
A Louisiana man vanishes after surviving a car crash and
calling for help near Morrero Thirty six year old Shane
Michael Feld disappeared on June tenth of twenty eleven after

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his car flipped into a ditch on River Road between
Morrero Road and Cline Road. He had been driving home
from a night out with his brother. Phel managed to
climb out of the car through the passenger side window
and called his brother at twelve forty am. He said
he was fine and sounded calman coherent. He told his
brother he planned to walk home, but his brother said
he was coming to get him. Minutes later. Fell called

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again to make sure his brother was on the way.
When his brother arrived about twenty minutes later, police and
first responders were already on the scene, Fell was gone,
his phone went unanswered, and one of his shoes was
found in the mud near the wrecked car. There were
no signs of foul play and no trace of him nearby.
Phil studied jewelry and metalwork at the University of Louisiana

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at Lafayette and was working as a senior technical advisor
at Verafone. He lived in Harvey and had once lived
in Savannah, Georgia. His family believes he may have suffered
a head injury in the crash and could have wandered
away with memory loss, possibly trying to return to Georgia.
He's white, six feet two about two hundred pounds, with
short brown hair and hazel eyes. He wears contact lenses

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and has a scar on his chin, acne scars on
his face, and a mole under his left eye. He
was last seen wearing a white dress shirt with brown stripes,
blue jeans, black dress shoes, and a cloth bracelet. Anyone
with information on the disappearance of Shane Fell has urged
to contact Jefferson Paris Sheriffs five four three sixty four
fifty three hundred for the latest crime and justice news.

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