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Police: Kalamazoo Woman Murdered on the Northside

Posted at 11:19 PM, Oct 06, 2013
and last updated 2013-10-07 04:40:28-04

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — A 54-year-old woman was found dead in her home Sunday afternoon, and her death is being treated as a homicide, according to the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety.

Few details have been released, but the woman’s body was discovered at a home on the 1400 block of Church Street. Police responded around 4 p.m.

Aaliyah Buchanan said she saw the police presence, along with a woman leaving the home who was yelling frantically.

“Someone had killed her mother,” Aaliyah Buchanan, a witness recalled.

Neighbors said young kids were also leaving the home. According to witnesses, the woman indicated that a man had stabbed her mother multiple times.

Police said a 28-year-old from Benton Harbor was the last person seen with the woman. That person was located a short time later, and they are being questioned by investigators.

A neighbor told FOX 17 that the people who live in the home have resided there for about four months. About a month ago, they learned that the home had been broken into.

Sunday’s homicide has given Buchanan a new perspective on life. “God is the answer. We need to pray more and get right and know that tomorrow is not promised,” she said.

Anyone with information is asked to call Silent Observer at 269-343-2100.