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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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The annual Kerrville Junior Citizen Police Academy offers to pre-teens and teenagers a look inside the requirements and operation of law enforcement units, and this summers class will finish their two weeks of instruction on Friday.

Officers leading the sessions picked a handful of students to be interviewed while the rest continued in a discussion of gang awareness, one day last week.

Students from the class of 26 included Katrina Rodriguez, 11; Roy Parks, 11; Greyson Murphy, 13; and Ashton Britton, 14.

They are all first-timers in this event, while the rest of the class includes some young students who are alumni repeating the JCPA.

This group of four was interviewed about halfway through the nine mornings of classes, but already had definite opinions about what they had learned so far.

Lessons for the students

The class schedule included the following topics, led by Kerrville Police Officers Juan Trevizo and Paul Gonzales with guest speakers Kathy Andrews, KPD Investigator Machetta of the S.O.U., Texas Game Warden Buckaloo, Police Officer Beard, Sheriffs Deputy Jimmy Poole, Paul Huchton of 911, Special Agent Triola of the FBI, and Kerrville EMS and Fire Department.

Day One started with an opening ceremony and discussion of a code of conduct, dress code and ethics; and introduction to the JPA program; and the first of several lessons on the flag ceremony and flag etiquette.

Day Two included health and wellness, and discussion of the duties of a school resource officer and of internet safety and bullying.

Day Three offered alcohol awareness and information about the Special Operations Unit of the police department and their equipment.

Day Four featured visit by a Texas Parks & Wildlife Department Game Warden; and a discussion of gang awareness with the students.

Day Five included Crime Scene Investigation (CSI), fingerprints and student investigation of a mock crime scene.

Topics during the second week were scheduled to include an introduction to crime prevention, traffic laws and safety, mock traffic stops, gun safety, public speaking, police communications and 911, the FBI, juvenile probation and operation of the local Juvenile Detention Center, first aid basics and fire safety, and a tour of a Fire Department ambulance and rescue truck.

The two-week academy was to end with a full flag ceremony, letters of appreciation to the supervising officers, a graduation ceremony and a meal provided for the students and their parents by the volunteers of the Citizen Police Academy Alumni Association.

Student reactions

Parks said, I signed up to come, to learn about the daily life of police officers. I know one of the officers here personally.

Murphy said hes already decided he wants to be a Crime Scene Investigator himself when hes older.

Im interested in the science of it, he said.

Rodriguez immediate response was, I want to be a profiler for the FBI and save peoples lives.

Ive always wanted to be a park ranger and I wanted to learn from the game warden, Britton said. I like wildlife.

Parks said during week one of the sessions he most enjoyed learning more about the Parks and Wildlife Department.

I liked the CSI lesson the best, but the Parks & Wildlife information was good, too, Murphy said.

Rodriguez said the S.O.U. officers didnt bring the whole van they work from, but they brought an assortment of their specialized equipment for the young students to examine.

Britton said she especially enjoyed the game wardens presentation.

The young students said another game warden brought a trained drug detection and tracking dog, a Labrador retriever that was about four and a half years old.

The students in the class hid a cell phone in the building at the Doyle Community Center, they said, and the dog found it when instructed by its handler.

Parks said he learned Labradors are better for that job than German Shepherds when law enforcement departments choose dogs to be trained.

(Officer Treviso predicted correctly that any of his students who were interviewed probably would pick the session with the drug dog as one of their favorites.)

The students said they tell their families about their lessons each day, such as trying the drunk goggles one day.

Britton said she was challenged to catch a plastic bottle while wearing the goggles, and couldnt do it.

Parks said, They had three levels of drunk with the goggles and one of the exercises was to wear the goggles and walk a straight line. Only one girl in the class could do it.

Asked about the bullying, safety and gang awareness information, they all said they had seen or were otherwise experienced with incidents at school.

Britton said, Im going to Tivy High School next year and I think its going to be crazy.

Parks said hes previously had conversations with a couple classmates who told him one was selling drugs to the other. He said he and another friend didnt want to be snitches, but they chose to tell a school administrator.

Rodriguez said she had seen fights at school, even back to fifth grade; and Murphy agreed, saying hes seen a lot of fights at Hal Peterson Middle School. Sometimes the fights werent seen by adults because the students involved chose hidden locations behind lockers in the locker rooms or in the bathrooms.

The flag etiquette lessons continued each day, with the young students first activity each day the raising of the American flag outside the building, and their last activity the lowering of it.

Each time a trio of students were picked to unfold the flag and raise it, and another trio chosen to lower it and fold it again.

Each time the rest of the students were expected to stand at attention on the parking lot and observe, until dismissed.

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Details Last Updated on June 13th, 2017 June 13th, 2017 Written by Brandon Peoples

Law enforcement officials from across the state are gathering this week in Emporia to get some hands-on forensics and crime scene investigationtraining.

Instructors Doug Young, a criminalist from Colorado and Curt Clark, a crime scene investigator from Kentucky are teaching the classthrough private company Sirchie,which provides the training to law enforcement agenciesacross the country. Youngexplains what they'll cover in the three-day class which runs through Thursday.

The job of forensic scientists is much like putting together a puzzle then being able to present their findings to a jury. Detective Sgt. Jacob Welsh with the Lyon County Sheriff's Office says a big part of that is protecting the integrity of the crime scene.

There are 36 members of law enforcement attending the class this week.Young says that's been the largest class the North Carolina based company has provided on the road.

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PANAMA CITY, Fla. - Crime scene investigation students at the FSU-PC campus wrapped up a full week of analyzing evidence and learning about the computer technology that crime investigators use everyday.

The students began the week by using computer software to identify test tubes filled with unknown substances.

Students also learned how to use the same facial recreation program that FSU police department uses to identify criminals.

Senior CSI Student, James Pollock, explained how the program works for law enforcement.

"If someone were to come to the police saying that they had been mugged but they didn't know the person but they got a good look at them, they can go to the police and say this is what the person looked like and describe to an officer who can then try different facial shapes and different eyes and try to get a likeness of the person based on the witnesses description," he said.

Students have to complete four labs to finish the program. CharlaSkinner Perdue, a CSI faculty member believes the labs are a very significant part of the curriculum.

"We also do forensic death investigation, impression evidence, and crime and accident scene imaging and reconstruction. So all of those are 40 hour labs so they'll have 160 hours hands-on work before they'll leave the program," she said.

The labs will continue July 10-14, when students will have to complete the impression evidence investigation.

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The Red River Valley Writers Guild Meeting has invited visitors to come by to the next meeting on Tuesday, June 13, and hear a special guest.

If you have ever wondered about how much is accurate on police television shows and movies then wonder no more.

As a writer, you want to be as accurate as possible with what you write, right? even in fiction. How do the police ACTUALLY DO IT?

This Tuesday at the Red River Valley Writers Guild meeting, Paris own Chief of Police, Bob Hundley, will be on hand to present a program on real police procedures/crime scene investigations. The program will be held on Tuesday, June 13 at 6:00 p.m. at the Paris Public Library.

The best part this presentation is absolutely free and you do not have to be a Red River Valley Writers Guild member to attend. Visitors are welcome.

All are invited, bring your friends!

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