Michael Willingham
Name: Michael Willingham
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Race: African-American/Black
Date: 03/03/2014
Location: Scribner Road and Grand River Road
Bancroft, Michigan, 48414
County: Shiawassee
Agency: Shiawassee County Sheriff's Office, Bancroft Police Department, Michigan State Police, Corunna Police Department, Vernon Police Department, Durand Police Department, Perry Police Department, U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation
Cause of Death: Asphyxiated/Restrained
Intended Use of Force: Suicide
Media summary: According to police, around 2:30 p.m. officers from multiple agencies pursued Michael Willingham, who was suspected in a Meridian Township bank robbery. Willingham reportedly lost control of his vehicle on I-69 near Grand River Road and entered the median. Police said Willingham fled on foot into a wooded area. Officers followed footprints in the snow to an elevated deer hunting blind. At around 10:30 p.m., the MSP pulled the blind to the ground. Willingham was found dead inside the blind from an apparent hanging.
Unique ID: 20901
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