Blood Spatter Evidence in Grandmother's Murder Trial and More on Patch Local Voices

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Trial Talk: A West Bloomfield Grandmother Murder Case 

One of Patch's newest and most intriguing Local Voices writers comes from West Bloomfield. Freelance reporter Ronelle Grier has a front row seat for the Sandra Layne Murder Trial. Layne has been charged in the shooting death of her 17-year-old grandson.

Grier is covering the case closely with posts on Patch including her own observations and commentary, along with input from other knowledgeable sources, including family members. She said it is impossible for a newspaper article or television newscast to include everything that happens in the case. Her goal is to fill in some of the gaps in the coverage of this heartbreaking and fascinating case.

She's already introduced the main players, addressed rumors that the victim was crazed on drugs or that his parents abandoned him and wrote about a forensic scientist that specializes in blood spatter evidence.

You can follow her blog on West Bloomfield Patch.

 Who else is posting on Patch?

• Royal Oak cartoonist John Rasmussen has a pretty hilarious drawing about the election of a new pope.
• Rochester Travel agent Meredith McCutcheon writes about the most magical place on earth, Disney World.
• Michigan native Michael and his wife Graciela now live in Colombia and the couple regularly shares their adventures abroad, including a recent trip to Providencia Island.
• Birmingham's Lori T. Williams, Owner/Managing Attorney of Your Legal Resource, answered the question, where's my income tax refund?

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Contact Patch Community Editor Jason Alexander at jason.alexander@patch.com or 810-488-1353.