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Lisa Marie Shelton

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Lisa Marie Shelton

Birth
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Death
1 Apr 2004 (aged 33)
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Burial
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA Add to Map
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Family's hard life ends in brutal horror. Detroit mom, 4 kids killed; man held.

Lisa Shelton was strangled death by Roger Thompson along with her four children, William Parker Jr. 16, Wrandell Parker 14, Wanee Parker 12, Aushani Thompson 9 who were all beat to death with a pipe.

Police and witnesses gave the following account of what happened:

At 3 a.m. Thursday, Roger Thompson and Lisa Shelton were in bed, arguing over their lack of money. Thompson was broke and jobless, and the family was squatting in the home on Minnesota Avenue. Shelton called Thompson a deadbeat, and he strangled her. He told police he didn’t mean to kill her. Thompson said he then decided to kill the children.


Family's hard life ends in brutal horror. Detroit mom, 4 kids killed; man held.

Lisa Shelton was strangled death by Roger Thompson along with her four children, William Parker Jr. 16, Wrandell Parker 14, Wanee Parker 12, Aushani Thompson 9 who were all beat to death with a pipe.

Police and witnesses gave the following account of what happened:

At 3 a.m. Thursday, Roger Thompson and Lisa Shelton were in bed, arguing over their lack of money. Thompson was broke and jobless, and the family was squatting in the home on Minnesota Avenue. Shelton called Thompson a deadbeat, and he strangled her. He told police he didn’t mean to kill her. Thompson said he then decided to kill the children.




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