Published In
Ann Arbor News, September 17, 1956
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MAN FOUND MURDERED: Dell Cain, 36, of 610 S. Huron St., Ypsilanti, was found at 11:20 a.m. yesterday, dead from a knife wound inflicted by an unidentified person in Willow Village about nine hours earlier. Undersheriff Charles W. Shaw (right) and Detective Lt. Melvin C. Fuller here examine Cain's body, which was found lying beside his car in a vacant field off MacArthur Blvd. in Willow Village. Officers theorized Cain, dying from loss of blood, passed out while driving on MacArthur. The vehicle hit a large stone in the field, and the impact apparently threw the stabbing victim from the car. An Ypsilanti man is being sought for questioning in connection with the case, Fuller said.

Published In
Ann Arbor News, September 18, 1956
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ADMITTED SLAYER CONFESSES: Clarence Hawkins, 27, of Ypsilanti is shown here at the County Jail after he admitted to police the fatal stabbing of an Ypsilanti man early Sunday in Willow Village. Hawkins said he stabbed Dell Cain, 36, with a seven-inch butcher knife when the victim brought Hawkins' girl friend home at 2:30 a.m. Sunday. Sought since Sunday night by police, Hawkins turned himself in to a sheriff's deputy yesterday afternoon. He faced arraignment in Ypsilanti municipal court late this afternoon on a murder charge.