For the first time in seven years, the State Department has stopped publishing crime stats involving U.S. tourists in Jamaica. But it won’t say why.
Author: Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press
Opioid burglars smash through Walgreens, lose loot – and their freedom
Two men who led police on a 100 m.p.h. car chase after breaking into a Walgreens drive-thru window to steal drugs are going to prison.
Former ‘Jane Doe,’ victim of 37-year-old murder remembered by friends as ‘nice, nice girl’
After 37 years in a nameless grave, a slain Jane Doe is being remembered by the only people with memories of her: Her friends from Detroit.
Sexual misconduct claims at Jamaica’s resorts still buried on TripAdvisor
TripAdvisor’s new safety tool misses dozens of sexual harassment and misconduct claims by women visiting Jamaican resorts.
TripAdvisor introduces safety filter that flags sexual assault warnings on travel reviews
TripAdvisor is introducing a new filter on each property that will show any reviews with safety warnings involving rapes, robberies or druggings.
After 36 years, DNA evidence and genealogy help to ID a murder victim and her killer
DNA evidence helped detectives to identify Mary Silvani. Her killer was much more difficult to find.
3 Michigan men wired $88M overseas. They swear it was for family
Three men accused of illegally wiring $88M overseas were only sending loved ones money, says a lawyer. The federal government called it a scam.
Aretha Franklin’s estate in turmoil as police investigate theft
Bloomfield Township police are investigating a theft from Aretha Franklin’s estate, but note the probe started before the singer’s death last summer.
Mother of 8 fights aggressive skin cancer: ‘I won’t sit down to die’
A single mom with 8 kids spent New Year’s Eve getting chemo. She has skin cancer that has spread, robbing her livelihood, but not her hopes.
Michigan woman, legally blind, goes missing on vacation in Peru: ‘Please help,’ family asks
A legally blind social activist from Detroit went missing Wednesday in Peru. She was last staying at a hostel and missed her Saturday flight home.