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Asst. medical examiner: 2 of 4 suspected escorts found dead in Detroit were asphyxiated
Published January 13, 2015
A doctor says two of four suspected escorts found dead in Detroit in 2011 likely died from asphyxiation.
Dr. Francisco Diaz is the first witness Wednesday at a court hearing to determine if James Brown of Sterling Heights will stand trial on four counts of first-degree murder.
Diaz performed autopsies on the bodies of Renisha Landers and Demesha Hunt. He says he found no evidence of trauma but believes they died of asphyxiation, a lack of oxygen to the brain. The bodies were found in the trunk of a car.
Brown is charged in Macomb County, where the deaths are alleged to have occurred. At least three of the four victims promoted themselves as escorts-for-hire on Backpage.com, which carries classified and personal ads.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/asst-medical-examiner-2-of-4-suspected-escorts-found-dead-in-detroit-were-asphyxiated