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RAISIN TWP One man is dead and another is in custody following an alleged homicide Thursday evening at Heritage Park in Raisin Township.

Matthew Benjamin Small, 22, of Adrian was killed near the Stubnitz Environmental Education Center parking lot, authorities said in a press release today, June 23. According to the Lenawee County Sheriffs Department, a jogger running the trails at the park saw the victim and a male suspect near the parking lot. After a conversation with the suspect, the jogger managed to make it to his car and call 911, the report said.

Emergency personnel were dispatched to the crime scene at approximately 6:48 p.m. and blocked off the road leading to the area. Authorities said they took the suspect, who knew the victim and was near the body, into custody without incident.

The suspects name will not be released until he has been formally charged and arraigned. Police said they still were looking for a motive behind the slaying.

An autopsy of the victim to determine exact cause of death is expected later today, but the release said the victim suffered multiple stab wounds.

The park is owned and maintained by the city of Adrian but is in Raisin Township, off M-52 south of Valley Road. It has soccer and softball fields, bicycle and walking trails, a disc golf course, and the Stubnitz Environmental Education Center. There were people using Heritage Parks ballfields, but the sheriffs department said they were not aware of anyone else who was in any immediate danger.

The crime scene investigation was led by the sheriffs department, alongside units from the Michigan State Police and an officer from the Raisin Township Police Department.

A Lenawee Community Ambulance unit arrived at 10:30 p.m. and removed the body of the victim. Police remained at the scene until approximately 11:30 p.m. Units from the Raisin Township Fire Department arrived on scene to assist in cleanup.

The release said both the victims and the suspects vehicles were parked at the scene. An SUV and sedan were towed from the scene by Neills Towing in Tecumseh.

No further information was immediately available.

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TOMAH Daniel Seehafer asked cadets to raise their hands if they planned to pursue law enforcement careers.

Three-fourths of the hands went up, which is exactly what Seehafer wanted to see.

Theres a need for this, he said. We wanted to be able to plant seeds.

Seehafer, department commander for the Wisconsin American Legion, said promoting law enforcement was the goal of last weeks Wisconsin American Legion Law Enforcement Academy held at the Wisconsin State Patrol Academy at Fort McCoy. Thirty-seven teenagers between their junior and senior years of high school spent a week at the academy learning about law enforcement techniques and careers in the law enforcement field.

The academy was co-sponsored by the American Legion and Wisconsin Professional Police Association. Eighty students filled out applications that included an essay on why they wanted to attend.

The week coincided with verdicts in two high-profile trials in which police officers were acquitted in fatal shootings, and cadet Anthony Taylor said hes concerned about the image of police.

People have been bashing the cops constantly on the internet, said Taylor, a student at Beloit Memorial High School. Thats all I see. Thats all my friends talk about how nasty the cops are.

He acknowledged there are cases when police officers make bad judgments and must be held accountable but believes most officers conduct themselves in good faith.

People bash all the cops, and I think thats unnecessary theyre here to help you out, and people just dont see that, he said.

Cadet Kelsey Meston of Rockland said she has wanted to be a police officer since she was four years old even though nobody in her family works in law enforcement. She wants to be a deputy sheriff.

That has been my lifelong dream, said Meston, a student at Bangor High School. I have always been enthusiastic about becoming a police officer.

Students took 32 hours of classes that covered K9 units, bomb squads, crime scene investigation, drug/drunk driving enforcement and community policing. Law enforcement professionals from across the state served as instructors and mentors, and Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel spoke to cadets Thursday night. He took students through a case he worked as an assistant district attorney in Waukesha County to show how crimes are investigated and the factors to determine how charges are filed.

Taylor said he didnt realize there were so many different law enforcement careers, ranging from patrol officers to crime lab technicians to crime data analysts. After hearing all the different branches of law enforcement, he still wants to serve on the front line.

I want to be a patrol officer, he said. Theyre the ones who stop the stuff from happening.

Meston enjoyed meeting people from different parts of the state.

I know I made some life-long friendships here, she said. Im from a village, so its intriguing to see people coming from bigger cities. ... Its wonderful to see them coming together. Were all here for the same reason.

Ozaukee County Sheriff Jim Johnson, who served as one of the instructors, said law enforcement needs young people. He said fewer young people are pursuing law enforcement careers and that the academy gives law enforcement an opportunity to present itself in a positive light.

He said the cadets, a roughly equal number of boys and girls, have responded.

These kids are smart; theyre eager to do stuff, Johnson said. They reaffirmed my faith in kids of the future.

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A short course at Wrexham Glyndr University is targeting people with an amateur or professional interest in the crime scene investigation sector.

Amy Rattenbury, forensic science lecturer, said the course will also appeal to those already working in a crime-related role who are looking to develop their skills.

Students will be assessed via a write-up and practical simulation to be held over two days from Saturday, July 29. On completion, they will receive a certificate of continuing education.

Ms Rattenbury said: The course will help those in attendance gain valuable experience in what happens when you attend a crime scene.

That includes the collection of fingerprints, the correct use of sterile swabs and tape lifts and how to collect tool-mark and other impression evidence.

They will also be taught how to accurately record the crime scene using diagrams and notes, search techniques and team work on-site.

She added: The university has gained a strong reputation for its work in forensics in past years, which is why the degree has proven to be so popular.

This course gives a taster of that, and the real science that goes on behind the fiction you see in TV programmes like CSI and other crime series. It is suitable for anyone with an interest in learning more about forensics, or those interested in pursuing a career in policing, crime investigation or allied fields.

Its an exciting area to be involved in. I think people - even those not directly involved - would find it interesting.

The crime scene investigation short course at Wrexham Glyndr is a remotely accessed, stand-alone qualification that will also allow people to learn about the science and practicalities behind investigations and the considerations that need to be taken into account when processing them.

The course follows the successful Search and Identification: Forensic Investigation Conference, which took place at the university in May with UK-K9 dog training specialists and guest speakers from academia and industry.

The BSc (hons) forensic science degree at the university has gone from strength to strength, and the course even has for Wales only taphonomic facility, also known as a body farm.

The site, alongside the dedicated crime scene house, enables students to be involved first-hand in research which aims to provide data which would help police with investigations particularly.

For more on the short course and forensic science at Wrexham Glyndr University, visit: glyndwr.ac.uk or email amy.rattenbury@glyndwr.ac.uk. Call Amy on 01978 293129. The universitys next open day is on Saturday, August 19, from 10am-2pm.

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TRAVERSE CITY Word of a suspected homicide in a Barlow Street home percolated through an east Traverse City neighborhood as authorities investigated the scene.

Mike Wolf first noticed a pair of Traverse City Police Department cars parked outside a neighbor's home when he went to fetch the Sunday paper at about 6:30 a.m.

Hours later, Cymantha Kostecki drove past the scene, complete with police tape, police cars and a mobile Michigan State Police crime scene investigation laboratory. She returned to her nearby home to find a message from her sister detailing a suspected slaying inside the taped-off home, but no news coverage of the incident.

The message left Kostecki with lingering concern about the safety of her neighborhood.

"OK, well, did something happen and someone's on the run?" she said.

Authorities released details of what they suspect happened Monday morning, about 29 hours after the suspected stabbing that left a man, 56-year-old Daniel Floyd Mckaye, dead.

Central dispatchers received a 911 call from a 65-year-old Traverse City man on Sunday at 4:02 a.m. The man said he had stabbed Mckaye after a fight in the man's rented home on the 1100 block of Barlow Street, police Chief Jeff O'Brien said.

Officers arrived soon after to find Mckaye dead. They attempted to give him CPR and use a clotting agent to stop blood flow from the three stab wounds to his torso, O'Brien said. Emergency medical services workers declared Mckaye was dead.

Officers as of Monday named the home's renter as both the sole suspect and a possible victim in the case. The man told police he acted in self-defense and was sent to Munson Medical Center with stab wounds after he called 911, O'Brien said.

He was not arrested as of Monday afternoon. There was not enough evidence to prove he acted illegally, or not in self-defense, Grand Traverse County Chief Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Noelle Moeggenberg said.

"Something led to the argument that led to this," she said. "We don't think the public needs to be concerned that he's out."

The dispute between the man and Mckaye started early Sunday, a witness confirmed to police. That witness a 56-year-old man said he left the Barlow Street home before the suspected stabbing.

"He said they were getting into a heated argument and he got out of there," O'Brien said.

All the men had been drinking, O'Brien said.

Officers took "several knives," including a carving knife with a 6-7 inch blade, when searching the home. They are awaiting the results of an autopsy and a Michigan State Police crime scene investigation to determine what led to Mckaye's death.

"Science is going to have to tell us what happened," O'Brien said.

Neighbors, until then, will be left to wonder, Kostecki said. She and others in the Barlow Street area have an unofficial neighborhood watch-type agreement to exchange information they might learn about crimes in the area.

"Now everyone is speculating, and will continue to speculate until we find out what happened because it's close to home," Kostecki said.

O'Brien said Traverse City residents concerned with the daylong wait to release information about the suspected homicide should call him directly. His phone number is 231-995-5155.

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