On a tragic spring morning in Detroit, the lives of two young men were cut short in an act of violence. Anthony Dwayne Beavers Jr., a 29-year-old man from River Rouge, was discovered deceased on April 4, 2020. He was found in the passenger seat of a sedan located at the intersection of Keeler and Appoline Streets. Alongside him in the driver's seat was 27-year-old Raymond Williams of Ecorse; both men had sustained fatal gunshot wounds.
The initial investigation by the Detroit Police
Department led them to a suspect within a couple of weeks. A 21-year-old woman from Detroit, Dariyan Bailey, was taken into custody on April 17, 2020, in connection with the double homicide. The nature of the relationship between Bailey and the two victims was not made immediately clear in public reports. The investigation proceeded, leading to formal charges being brought against her as the sole suspect in the killings.
Following her arrest, the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office charged Dariyan Bailey with two counts of first-degree murder, one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm, and two counts of felony firearm. Bailey was arraigned on these charges on April 20, 2020, and was remanded to jail without bond. Her probable cause conference was scheduled for May 5, with a preliminary examination set for May 11 of the same year. However, the subsequent legal proceedings and the ultimate outcome of the case against her, including details of a trial, conviction, or sentencing, are not available in public online records. The case of who was ultimately held responsible for the deaths of Anthony Dwayne Beavers Jr. and Raymond Williams remains without a publicly documented conclusion.
