"Police Negligence: Detroit Serial Killer Evades Capture for Years"
Detroit police repeatedly mishandled an investigation into a serial killer, allowing him to murder four women and rape two others over a span of fifteen years. DeAngelo Martin is now serving a prison sentence for the crimes, but an investigation revealed that police missed multiple opportunities to apprehend him sooner. The families of the victims are outraged at the police's negligence and believe they would have been more diligent if the victims were not vulnerable individuals struggling with addiction, mental illness, or homelessness. The police failed to follow up on leads, neglected evidence, arrested the wrong person, and did not communicate with other departments about Martin. The internal affairs report described the situation as a "total systemic breakdown."