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Yahoo
27-03-2025
- Yahoo
$5K reward offered after Detroit woman returns home to find 2 people dead in house
The Brief The bodies of Dwayne Pinkston and Barbara Jackson were found inside a home after a Detroit woman returned home to her doors locked. Police said the woman had left her home for about an hour. Crime Stoppers is offering a $5,000 reward for information. DETROIT (FOX 2) - Crime Stoppers is offering $5,000 for information that helps them solve a suspected double murder in Detroit. A woman left her home in the 8700 block of Desoto for about an hour on March 11. When she returned to the home near Wyoming and Fenkell around 5:25 p.m., she found that the door was locked, and she couldn't get inside. The woman was able to get into the house through a window. Police said she found the body of a woman dead at the bottom of the basement stairs. The resident left and called 911. First repsonders who searched the home found another body, that of a man, police said. The victims were later identified as 60-year-old Dwayne Pinkston and 68-year-old Barbara Jackson. It isn't clear how the pair died. Anyone with information is asked to contact Detroit police at 313-596-2260, Crime Stoppers at 1-800-SPEAK-UP, or submit a tip on When calling Crime Stoppers, mention Detroit Rewards TV and the case number: 2503110287. The Source Information from Detroit police and Crime Stoppers was used to report this story.
CBS News
17-03-2025
- CBS News
Two bodies found in Detroit home identified as police search for answers
Two people who were found dead in the basement of a Detroit home have been identified, according to police. The bodies of 60-year-old Dwayne Pinkston and 68-year-old Barbara Jackson were found last Tuesday inside a home in the 8700 block of Desoto Street. Police say a woman who lived at the home told investigators that she left and returned about an hour later and discovered that the front door was locked. She told officers that she had to climb through the window to get in and that's when she saw one of the bodies at the bottom of the basement steps, according to Detroit police. After the woman called 911, responding officers checked the basement and found the second body. On Monday, the Detroit Police Department released photos of the two victims in hopes of anyone to come forward with information. Anyone who has information on the murders is asked to call the homicide unit at 313-596-2260 or submit a tip to Crime Stoppers at 800-Speak Up or on . The video above previously aired on March 12, 2025.
