The Ypsilanti Courier
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BREAKING NEWS: EMU Student charged with murder
PUBLISHED: February 22, 2007
YPSILANTI - A 20-year-old Eastern Michigan University student has been arraigned on open murder charges and two counts of first-degree sexual assault in the death of a student last December.
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Orange Amir Taylor III was arrested Friday at his Southfield home, charged with the death of Laura Dickinson, 22. Dickinson's body was found in her dormitory room on the Eastern Michigan campus on Dec. 15.
Taylor, who did not live on campus, has also been charged with home invasion and larceny in the case. He is being held without bond in the Washtenaw County Jail.
He was one of several people whose image was captured by a surveillance camera at the dormitory. Officials said his DNA was matched to that found at the scene.
Until Friday, even Dickinson's parents did not know her death was being investigated as a homicide. Officials have said they kept the investigation quiet out of concern the suspect would flee.
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