Flint man murdered, house set on fire

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Flint man murdered, house set on fire (w/multiple videos)
Man is third senior citizen to be murdered since Friday

Bob Vondrasek

FLINT (WJRT) - (01/30/06)--Flint police have three suspects in custody in connection with the city's latest murder.

According to police, Vondrasek was found on the floor with five knives sticking out of his back.

Authorities believe robbery was the motive since his body was next to his safe, which was open. Police also say the back door of the h

ome was kicked in.

Neighbors noticed that Vondrasek's car was missing. They alerted police, who found the car on the other side of Flint with three males inside. Police caught two of the men.
The third man was caught ea
rly Monday afternoon.

Authorities say the trio was actually on its way to rob an elderly woman.

 

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Charges expected in 2 murder cases

Flint - (01/31/06)--Police say charges are expected to be filed in two Flint murder cases. Right now three suspects are behind bars in connection to a number of attacks against elderly residents.

A detective says two of the suspects are expected to be charged with the murder of an elderly Flint couple late last week. Then all three are expected to face charges in the murder of a 72-year-old man from Monday morning.

Detectives also say there is a strong possibility two of the suspects may be connected the murder of 75-year-old Green Wedlow and his 74-year-old wife Catherine.
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br>They were found shot to death inside of their home in the 600 Block of East York Avenue. The couple was set to ce

lebrate their 58th anniversary this year.

 

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3 suspects in elderly man's murder in court

Flint - (02/01/06)--Three suspects linked to the murder of an elderly Flint man were in court Wednesday afternoon.

The three men police believe for days put Flint's senior community on high alert include 17-year-old Jerry Walker, 23-year-old Sherman Martinez Buggs, and 26-year-old Demitray Lashone Hodge.

They where charged in the stabbing death of 75-year-old Robert Vondrasek. Walker and Buggs were also charged in the shooting deaths of 75-year-old Green Wedlow and his 74-year-old wife Cathrine.

The couple was found inside of their home late last week.

Buggs faces 21 felony charges, Walker 19 and Hodge 10. In addition to first-degree murder, the three also face carjacking and arson char
ges, among others.

 

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From the Flint Journal (MI), 6/3/06:
Suspect testifies at hearing in crime spree that left 4 dead

Robert Vondrasek was being held at gunpoint and begging for his life after three men broke into his E. Russell Avenue residence.

According to Jerry O. Walker, one of three suspects charged in a killing spree of elderly Flint residents, Vondrasek asked a codefendant, Demitray L. Hodge, if he was going to die.

"You know you are," Hodge allegedly told Vondrasek.

That testimony came Friday during a preliminary examination for Walker, Hodge and Sherman M. Buggs, who face a total of 50 charges stemming from a crime spree that left four Flint people dead, including three elderly people, and
several others injured during robbery attempts.

Flint Police Sgt. Shawn Ellis said he interviewed Buggs, Walker and Hodge.

While Buggs said he knew nothing about the four slayings, his co-defendants shared facts about the cases to Ellis.

Walker allegedly told Ellis that the three planned to "hit a lick" on people, and picked Vondrasek, also known as Mr. Bob to those in the neighborhood.

Walker said Buggs kicked in the door and were met by Vondrasek, who was in his pajamas.

He said Hodge struck Vondrasek several times in the head with a handgun and led him into a bedroom where he was struck again before begging for his life.

"They had to kill him to leave no witnesses," Ellis said Walker told him.

Vondrasek, 75, was found dead in his residence after it had been set on fire, allegedly by Hodge.

Eight knives protruded from his back, and he had another 14 stab wounds, a slashed throat, and fractured skull.

Ellis also said that although
Buggs denied any involvement, he may have incriminated himself when asked to read a taunting note to police found in Vondrasek's residence.

The note read; "Dear 911. You will never (k)now its me. 22-cal killer."

Ellis said when Buggs read the note, he used the word "know" rather than "now," which was spelled incorrectly in the note.

Catherine Wedlow, 74 and her husband, Green Wedlow, 75, were shot in the head at close range, witnesses said earlier.

(Complete article at link)

 

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3 accused in violent killing spree in court

Three men accused in a violent killing spree that left three elderly Flint people dead were back in court Friday.

A judge began hearing testimony Friday morning to determine if the three men will stand trial.

Judge William Crawford was presiding over the preliminary exam.

Several people took the witness stand, including three Flint police officers.

The most interesting witness was a Genesee County inmate who claimed to know the suspects. He painted a very dark picture of how the suspects engaged in game of murder and robbery.