In the winter of 2016, the life of 27-year-old Tiffany Loisell, a female from Flint, Michigan, was tragically cut short in a harrowing act of violence. On December 17th, emergency services responded to a house fire on Woodrow Avenue. Inside the burning home, they discovered the bodies of Tiffany and two men, 60-year-old John Naum and 34-year-old Kenneth Curler.
Autopsies would later reveal that all three victims had been shot to death before the fire was intentionally set to conceal the crime.
The investigation into the triple homicide quickly pointed to 27-year-old Tyree Jamaul Culberson of Mount Morris. It was determined that Culberson had been living at the house, which Tiffany was renting, and was using it as a base for selling drugs. Tensions had escalated between Culberson and Tiffany over accusations that she had stolen money, drugs, and a firearm from him. In the days leading up to the murders, witnesses reported seeing Culberson with a distinctive pink revolver, expressing his intent to commit violence.
The case against Culberson was built on a foundation of compelling evidence. Ballistic tests confirmed that the pink revolver, later found hidden at the home of an acquaintance, was the weapon used in the killings. Furthermore, Culberson's thumbprint was discovered on a bottle of nail-polish remover at the scene, which, along with isopropyl alcohol, was used as an accelerant to start the fire. His DNA was also found on the murder weapon.
Tyree Culberson was arrested and charged with three counts of first-degree premeditated murder, first-degree arson, and multiple weapons and drug offenses. During his trial, the prosecution laid out the drug-related motive and presented the extensive physical evidence linking him to the crime scene. In May 2018, a jury found Culberson guilty on all counts. He was subsequently sentenced to a mandatory life term in prison without the possibility of parole for the murders, ensuring he would be held accountable for the brutal deaths of Tiffany Loisell, John Naum, and Kenneth Curler.
