WASHTENAW COUNTY, Mich. – Nearly 15 months after 81-year-old Susan Hammerton was beaten, strangled, and fatally stabbed inside her Pittsfield Township home, her family says they are still fighting for basic information about the case — and for a criminal trial they fear may never happen.
“It’s the kind of thing you think could never happen to you,” Hammerton’s daughter, Elana James, said. “It’s been shocking, but especially over the last few months. So shocking because we found out that the DA wasn’t planning on having any sort of criminal trial for the individual who murdered my mother.”
Hammerton was killed in September of 2024. Police said 41-year-old Anthony Flanagan — naked and a stranger to Hammerton — broke into her home after allegedly getting into a fight with his own family…