Cynthia Angela Warren

Death by Force

On October 23, 1980, the body of 23-year-old African American female Cynthia Angela Warren was discovered in a vacant lot in Detroit, Michigan. Warren, who had a history of prostitution dating back to 1977, was found bludgeoned to death with a pickaxe handle. The murder weapon was later recovered from the trunk of Donald Murphy's vehicle. Murphy, a 36-year-old African American male with a prior criminal record including sex offenses and bank robbery, confessed to picking up Warren for sex, then ...Read More