Howard Franklin

Death by Force

Howard Franklin, aged 72, and his daughter, Catherine Franklin, aged 37, were tragically shot and killed on November 28, 2014, during an eviction dispute at a property in the Rosedale Park neighborhood of Detroit, Michigan. Howard Franklin had recently acquired the property through a tax foreclosure sale and was attempting to evict the occupants, who had been allowed to stay temporarily. The confrontation escalated when Howard and Catherine Franklin, both armed, confronted Alonzo D. Long Jr., a ...Read More

Detroit Free Press: Were eviction slayings self-defense or murder?

MLive.com: Suspected killer of father, daughter trying to possess home won in Detroit auction headed for trial

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