A Delta Township man faces an April 29 preliminary exam on two counts of open murder in the August 2009 deaths of William “Billy” Beckett and Monica Moreno, who were found inside their burned home.
Paul Strang, 32, was arrested around 4 p.m. Friday and arraigned Saturday in 54-A District Court by Magistrate Laura Millmore, said Capt. Mike Yankowski of Lansing’s South Precinct. Strang is being held in the Ingham County Jail.
Yankowski said Strang was arrested without incident by the Eaton County Sheriff’s Department.
The bodies of Beckett, 25, and Moreno, 22, were discovered Aug. 8 after a fire in the one-story rental home they shared at 1509 W. Barnes Ave.
At the time, neighbors reported that they saw a man pull up to the house at about 12:45 p.m. and throw something through a front window, then leave in a gray or silver four-door car.
There also were reports of an explosion.
Police never have released the cause of Beckett and Moreno’s deaths.
Yankowski said Friday’s arrest was the result of a long-term investigation led by Detective Mark Lewandowsky.
“Our South Precinct detective bureau has been working countless hours since August to try to develop a suspect,” he said. “They were successful, and they were able to obtain an arrest warrant.”
Yankowski said police are not actively seeking any other suspects in the case.
Beckett graduated from Grand Ledge’s Sawdon Alternative High School in 2002 and worked as a flooring installer. Moreno attended Charlotte High School and worked at a Lansing Mall shoe store. http://bit.ly/cadhuP
Paul always was a dirtbag. Drug dealer, scammmer, embezzled 150k from Sundance and now getting busted for double murder. They are gonna like new meat in the Penit.That is if he can make it through quarantine. I bet he will take a swan dive from the top tier of cages..bye bye paul
ReplyDeletehis judgement in court will never match the judgement he will receive from our Lord.As a christian i should have mercy and forgive.As a human i hope he rots in hell, yet even that will not return my babysister or Billy.
ReplyDeleteWilliam Beckett I will
R.I.P love you both
Monica S. Moreno ALWAYS
Yeah, Paul was scum..... but Billy was too.... Mona was stupid for dating such a loser. Billy wasn't happy if he wasn't causing trouble and acting like a thug. I look at this as a double dip into the happy ice cream! One Scum bag gets killed and a ROYAL scumbag goes to jail! Hell yeah! Let's keep this going! Poor Mona..... F0k Both Billy And Paul.
ReplyDeleteThe only thing the last person got right is the stuff about Paul. Who ever wrote that obviously doesn't know / respect either Mona or Billy. The only person I feel bad for is you..... for not getting the chance to really know them. On that note keep your b.s. Opinions to yourself and f**ck you!
ReplyDeleteThat's also very big of you to write something so low and not even put your name on it! You may be the biggest scum bag of all a true piece of work. I hope you feel better you hart less pos. I hope you sleep well at night with your non conscious a* s!!!!!
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