A jury trial is underway in Wayne County for a Detroit felon accused of murdering a Farmington Hills man four and a half years ago.
It’s the second trial for the case against 54-year-old Robert Lee Bailey, Jr., charged with first-degree murder, felony murder, armed robbery, felon in possession of a firearm, and four counts of second-degree felony firearm in connection with the death of Darius Whiting. A trial late last year ended in mistrial.
Prosecutors allege Whiting was killed on Sept. 22, 2020 during an armed robbery in Dearborn. Police officers dispatched the next day to an alley on Schlaff Street, near Michigan Avenue and Schaefer Road, found Whiting’s body in a car.
It was subsequently determined Whiting died from multiple gunshot wounds, according to the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office. He was 49 years old…