Detroit Guy Charged In Mutilation Of Convenient Twp. Lady’s Body

February 15, 2021

By Jon King/ jking@whmi.com

A Detroit guy is imprisoned after being billed with mutilating the body of a Livingston County lady reported missing out on in November.

According to the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office, 47- year-old Dowan Knighton was detained Thursday at a Detroit house with the body of 29- year-old Kayla Pierce. The Handy Township local was reported missing out on by her mommy on November 24 th.

A launch specifies that “As an outcome of an examination carried out by the Detroit Police Department aided by the Michigan State Police and also the Livingston County Sheriff’s Department, on Feb. 11, 2021 at 8: 00 p.m. the drab remains of Ms. Pierce were discovered in the back of a place in Detroit. Knighton was put under apprehension at the scene.”

The Detroit News reports Knighton was billed Saturday with mutilation of a corpse, hiding the fatality of a private and also damaging proof. Pierce, whose 2013 Chrysler 200 was discovered deserted in Detroit soon after her loss, had actually last been seen in a Howell Speedway gasoline station.

If founded guilty, Knighton confronts 10 years behind bars for mutilating a corpse. A $50,00 0 bond was purchased for Knighton that has a February 25 th possible reason meeting set up for 36 th District Court.

Meanwhile, good friends of Pierce’s household have actually established a GoFundMe account to increase cash to cover her funeral service costs also help her youngsters, that are being elevated by their grandma.