Overview
- Wayne County prosecutors charged 27-year-old Lance Alan Clowney with three counts of first-degree murder, and he remains in jail with a probable cause conference on April 8 and a preliminary exam on April 15.
- Police discovered the bodies in the basement of a home on Edsel Street after a man told officers he had been assaulted there while they were canvassing about a missing person.
- Prosecutors say the killings occurred on February 17 and accuse Clowney of using a hammer and a knife, while police reported blunt force trauma and cuts on the victims.
- The victims were identified as Mark Barnett, 65, Norman Hamlin, 66, and Williams Barrett, 72, with Hamlin named as the homeowner and a Marine Corps veteran.
- Investigators described a brutal scene and are seeking video and tips through Crime Stoppers as neighbors reported recent troubling activity linked to the house.