Police arrested the second man suspected of killing of a 72-year-old man in the basement of his suburban Detroit home on Friday. After the first suspect was arrested in Louisiana Saturday, police in Plymouth Township on Monday arrested his alleged companion, according to the Oakland County Sheriff, the Detroit News reports. The suspect was taken into custody by the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office Fugitive Apprehension Team aided by the Detroit Fugitive Task Force, the Michigan State Police and the U.S. Marshal’s Service. Both suspects likely followed the victim home from his jewelry store, said Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard,
Carlos Jose Hernandez, 37, was charged with felony murder and unlawful imprisonment in connection with the death of Hussein Murray, who was killed in his home. Murray owned Gold & Glitter Jewelry in Hamtramck that advertised on Facebook as offering luxury watches and "custom diamond pieces." Hernandez and a companion visited the house Thursday night, claiming to be checking on a gas leak. The suspects returned Friday and were allowed into the house, where they killed Murray, bound his 72-year-old wife's hands with duct tape, and ransacked the premises. After the assailants left, the woman broke free and dialed 911.
Once the suspects were inside the house, Murray took them to the basement to check on the supposed leak. After allegedly killing Murray in the basement, the two men went upstairs, bound the victim's wife with duct tape, and spent several minutes searching the house. Hernandez was arrested in Shreveport, La., after Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies spotted a vehicle that matched the description of Hernandez’s vehicle.
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