A man charged with open murder in one of the 2026 Lansing River Trail deaths admitted to a probation violation for assaulting a man at or near a homeless shelter in 2025, according to court records from the Eaton County Prosecutor’s Office.
Edward Joseph Smith, 23, has been charged with open murder in the August 2026 stabbing death of Daniel Lusk, 22.
Lusk’s death was one of five potentially violent deaths along the river in the last year, and all are being investigated individually…