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WWJ overnight anchor Jim Matthews killed

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WWJ overnight anchor Jim Matthews killed

Post by KeenerGold » Fri Sep 23, 2022 6:18 pm

Matthews had worked for WWJ for nearly seven years. He previously worked for the Liggett group of stations in Port Huron.

https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/one-de ... esterfield
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Re: WWJ reporter Jim Matthews killed

Post by Mega Hertz » Fri Sep 23, 2022 6:20 pm

Jesus. Those kids. This is horrible.


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Re: WWJ overnight anchor Jim Matthews killed

Post by MWmetalhead » Fri Sep 23, 2022 7:49 pm

What a horrific, gruesome situation.

THANK GOD the suspect was apprehended.

The suspect deserves the tiniest, most vile prison cell imaginable. My heart aches for the wife and children.



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Re: WWJ overnight anchor Jim Matthews killed

Post by Rate This » Fri Sep 23, 2022 7:54 pm

MWmetalhead wrote:
Fri Sep 23, 2022 7:49 pm
What a horrific, gruesome situation.

THANK GOD the suspect was apprehended.

The suspect deserves the tiniest, most vile prison cell imaginable. My heart aches for the wife and children.
It sounds like they knew the suspect and he was welcome there.



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Re: WWJ overnight anchor Jim Matthews killed

Post by ProducerXM » Fri Sep 23, 2022 10:34 pm

I heard the news on my way home tonight. Jackie Paige made an announcement of sorts. She seemed choked up. Sounded like he was a really good guy.



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Re: WWJ overnight anchor Jim Matthews killed

Post by ChrisWL1980 » Fri Sep 23, 2022 11:42 pm

It sucks when a veteran radio or TV talent passes. It sucks doubly when they're lost in such a senseless, tragic way.
Praying for healing and comfort for his family and friends and for the recovery of the injured victims - and of the perpetrator too, because I too want him to rot in prison for the rest of his life.



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Re: WWJ overnight anchor Jim Matthews killed

Post by radioandtventhusiast » Sat Sep 24, 2022 1:09 pm

That's horrible. The suspect deserves to be in prison for the rest of his life. R.I.P. Jim.



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Re: WWJ overnight anchor Jim Matthews killed

Post by BillT » Mon Sep 26, 2022 4:05 pm

I swear either the local media or the Chesterfield police initially lied about this case, stating the killer was White, when it turns out he was black. It wasn't an accident.



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Re: WWJ overnight anchor Jim Matthews killed

Post by MWmetalhead » Mon Sep 26, 2022 5:15 pm

Might not be a lie per se; might be sloppiness (incompetence) by whomever relayed the info to the media.

Click the link below for a good look at the scum bag perpetrator.

People like him are why capital punishment should be legal for extreme cases. This piece of shit actually tried to bash a 10 year old's brains in until dead. The sheer thought causes me anguish.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.clicko ... utType=amp

Does the perp have a criminal history?



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Re: WWJ overnight anchor Jim Matthews killed

Post by Rate This » Mon Sep 26, 2022 5:28 pm

BillT wrote:
Mon Sep 26, 2022 4:05 pm
I swear either the local media or the Chesterfield police initially lied about this case, stating the killer was White, when it turns out he was black. It wasn't an accident.
I don’t remember anyone stating anything about the guy at all.



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Re: WWJ overnight anchor Jim Matthews killed

Post by BillT » Mon Sep 26, 2022 5:34 pm

I'm pretty sure the chief of police (blond hair)announced a couple of days ago that the perpetrator was found in the basemen, and he said he was White.



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Re: WWJ overnight anchor Jim Matthews killed

Post by BillT » Mon Sep 26, 2022 5:44 pm

Yep, check YouTube. It's a wxyz report under title, update of Chesterfield murder, chief Bassett says the suspect is a white male. Could that be a slip of tongue. They had just arrested him, or were they trying to calm fears?



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Re: WWJ overnight anchor Jim Matthews killed

Post by Colonel Flagg » Mon Sep 26, 2022 5:57 pm

The Daily Mail seems to have a lot more information...

Unlike the sorry excuses that pass for "media" around here.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... ch-NA.html


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Re: WWJ overnight anchor Jim Matthews killed

Post by MWmetalhead » Mon Sep 26, 2022 8:39 pm

Very informative article.

I'd love to know why a man previously convicted of assault with intent to murder and previously arrested multiple times for kidnapping was out on the streets as a free man.

We need to start seeing the names of inept judges or parole board members who make these terrible decisions.



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Re: WWJ overnight anchor Jim Matthews killed

Post by Colonel Flagg » Mon Sep 26, 2022 9:40 pm

MWmetalhead wrote:
Mon Sep 26, 2022 8:39 pm
Very informative article.

I'd love to know why a man previously convicted of assault with intent to murder and previously arrested multiple times for kidnapping was out on the streets as a free man.

We need to start seeing the names of inept judges or parole board members who make these terrible decisions.
Agreed, but if I explain who I believe is responsible, this discussion will turn political, and it won't be about Jim Matthews anymore. I guess we didn't learn anything from Michael Dukakis. On Mitch Albom this afternoon, Ken Brown was asking the same question...why was this guy out on the streets??? I am sure the boilerplate answer is probably "COVID" like it is for everything else. Jim's girlfriend isn't only "being held for observation" but is also on suicide watch, if what the Daily Mail says is true. That's brings up even more questions. Sad story.


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