ASSYRIA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — A Dowling-area man has been charged with murder after police say he strangled his uncle.
John Branham, 26, was arraigned Friday on a count of open murder as a second-time habitual offender in the death of Terry Lee Traister II, the Barry County Prosecutor’s Office said.
Michigan State Police said a relative of Branham and Traister called 911 around 2:45 p.m. Thursday to report a domestic assault in the home the two shared on Lacey Road near North Avenue in Assyria Township…