Harley (Harlow) Owens, Kelsey Coon-Lennon, Adrie Dembowski.Photo: Instagram; Facebook (2)
The Michigan man accused of murdering 13-year-oldAdrie Dembowskiin June was recently also charged with killing a Lansing couple in April.
The Lansing State Journal,WJRT, andWLNS, citing police, report that murder charges were filed this week in Ingham County against Isaiah Gary Gardenhire, 40.
Owens and Coon-Lennon were shot to death. Their bodies were found May 1.
A motive for the killings is not known at this time.
Jessica Rutz, Owens' sister, toldthe State Journalher brother was very handy.
“He was a pretty handsome fella, but very quiet,” Rutz said. “Girls kind of flocked to him… He had a great sense of humor.”
Coon-Lennon had a good heart and always wanted to make others smile, Michelle Bott, one of her friends, told the paper.
Gardenhire was already facing a dozen felony charges stemming from an alleged 45-hour crime spree that unfolded in June and included robberies and carjackings along with Dembowski’s killing, as well as the sexual assaults of two different women.
According to Michigan State Police,Dembowski was stabbed to deathat a residence in Union Township on June 6. Prior to killing Dembowski, Gardenhire is accused of sexually assaulting another woman.
An online obituaryfor the teen said she was “a happy-go-lucky and sweet girl” who “loved everything about life and brought much joy to everyone around her.”
Gardenhire was apprehended June 8.
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Police allege he struck the man, and entered the couple’s apartment, holding them both hostage. According to officials, Gardenhire then repeatedly sexually assaulted the female before stealing money from the couple and fleeing in their 2014 Ford Fusion.
In June, Gardenhire was arraigned on single counts of open murder, armed robbery, carjacking, first-degree home invasion and first-degree criminal sexual conduct using a weapon, as well as three counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct with multiple variables and two counts each of unlawful imprisonment and assault with a dangerous weapon.
It was unclear Thursday if he had entered pleas to the two new murder counts he faces.
source: people.com
