Posted: 1:46 PM, May 17, 2019 Updated: 1 hour ago
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DETROIT (WXYZ) — Detroit police are asking for the public’s help in locating a suspect after a 26-year-old woman was found dead inside a dumpster on the city’s east side Wednesday.
The suspect has been identified as 50-year-old James Quill Cockerham. He is accused of raping and killing the woman, then throwing her body in a dumpster.
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The woman’s body was found inside a dumpster at Parkview Apartments in the 1600 block of Robert Bradby Drive.
We’re told the woman and Cockerham met on the elevator of the building.
He also has a criminal history and was just released from prison.
Cockerham is described as a black male, medium build. He was last seen wearing a dark colored sweatshirt with a hood and wheat colored boots.
Police are also looking for a dark colored vehicle in connection with the homicide.
If you have information on his whereabouts, please contact the Detroit Police Department’s Homicide Unit at 313-596-2260 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-SPEAK-UP.