BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — A Battle Creek man has been charged in connection with the death of a 51-year-old woman at the Cherry Hill Manor Apartment complex on Saturday, March 26.
50-year-old Jerry Clinton Harston was arraigned in Calhoun County District Court on Wednesday, March 30, on an open murder charge in the death Angela Kay Clear of Battle Creek. If convicted, he faces a maximum life sentence without the possibility of parole.
Clear was found deceased in her apartment by police who were conducting a welfare check at the request of her daughter, because she had not heard from her in several days. On Monday, March 28, investigators ruled the death as a homicide.
Also on Wednesday, March 30, police had asked for assistance in locating Clear’s vehicle, a 1995 blue Oldsmobile Ciera, believed to be stolen by the person who killed her.
The vehicle was found Thursday, March 31, near Big Rapids, close to where the suspect was arrested.
