BIG RAPIDS, Mich. — The Big Rapids Police Department released the name of the man arrested for open murder Saturday, after a woman’s body was found on the White Pine Trail.
Daykota Handrich now faces charges in connection to Ashley Godfrey’s death.
Police found Godfrey’s body around 1:30 a.m. Friday on the White Pine Trail near Colburn Ave. in Big Rapids.
Saturday afternoon, police said Handrich was charged with non-negligent manslaughter (voluntary)-homicide.
Non-negligent, or voluntary, manslaughter refers to someone taking another person’s life knowingly.
The crime doesn’t qualify for “murder” because it takes place in the “heat of the moment.”
A judge denied bond for Handrich.
Police say Godfrey and Handrich knew each other and this was an isolated incident.
