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In a case of 'Romeo and Juliet', the case of a missing 15-year-old girl from Taylor has been solved and the girl is back home, all due to the diligent work of a Florida private investigator.

Gloria Alvarado had not been seen for 75 days but that changed this week when a private investigator was able to track her down and get her back with her family.

Five of the companies given demolition contracts are black-owned, while 51% of the workers hired will be residents of Detroit. "We can do this ourselves," said Councilman Scott Benson.

The Wayne County Prosecutor's Office has charged a 33-year-old man with involuntary murder. Nicholas Bennett was busy working on his rifle when it discharged and hit his 8-year-old son.

Wayne County has appointed Deputy Chief Raphael Washington to the position of sheriff. His predecessor, Benny Napoleon died of COVID-19 in December.

The child is described as a White/Arabic/Hispanic child, about  4 to 5 years of age, short black hair, wearing an orange "protection system" winter jacket with blue stripes down the sleeves; red sweat pants and blue flip flops with no socks.

After a slow roll-out of the coronavirus vaccine, Detroit will begin administering the treatment to residents beginning Wednesday. It will inoculate 400 people over the age of 75 and anyone driving them over the age of 65 to start.

Todd Perkins says this letter came in the mail last week. In it was an apparent jab at the Black Lives Matter slogan and a poem from the early 20th century rife with racial slurs.

"Like I told Vonnie before, there is a purpose why this happened let's take advantage, do something positive out of this, and get back to normal life for everyone," her mom said. "We are praying for all the families who have lost loved ones we appreciate all of the people who reaching out to us still praying for us cope." 

Natasha Keianna had been missing since just after Christmas and was last seen in her white Saturn SUV after leaving a motel at Eight Mile near Greenfield. Today her body was found inside her vehicle at Coyle and Vassar by Detroit police.

As health officials in Michigan temper expectations about how many citizens can get the COVID-19 vaccine, Detroit prepares to inoculate its first 400 residents.

The day of the fire, DeMika Pinson and her five kids were inside their Helen Street home. Investigators still say the cause is still under investigation. 

"We are expanding eligibility. The system is working," Mayor Mike Duggan said. "We started at 75 and above and now we've lowered it to 70 years old."

Alavarado, 15, has been missing since Nov. 1. That was when her mother went to wake her up for school and couldn't find her. Then she discovered a cut window screen and saw the girl's phone left behind.

Richard and Rayvin was last seen by their mother at 1 p.m. Thursday at approximately 1 p.m. in the 16800 block of Marlowe. Richard and Rayven left the location on foot in an unknown direction. 

"I purchased it.  I can't have someone telling me how, what to buy and where to buy, these are the things that we are afraid of," said Sam Hamade, who is against the historic district ordinance.

The city of Detroit is vaccinating hundreds of people in the first few days that the TCF Center is open to give vaccines and Mayor Mike Duggan says it's going to keep growing.