(WXYZ) \u2014 The attorney representing the suspects in London Thomas\u2019 death calls the criminal investigation troubling and says his clients have been held for more than three days but have not yet been formally charged.<\/p>\n
WATCH RANDY WIMBLEY’S REPORT BELOW:<\/b><\/p>\n
Suspects in London Thomas’ death remain in custody, attorney calls investigation troubling<\/p>\n
\u201cA 17-year-old is dead. It\u2019s always hard when a life is cut short, what we really want to look at is that the right person is behind bars,\u201d<\/b> defense attorney Terry L. Johnson said.<\/p>\n
Johnson says neither of his two clients is the right person. He says the pair were taken into custody and transported to the Detroit Detention Center Saturday night after investigators found 17-year-old London Thomas\u2019 body. The two have been held for more than 72 hours.<\/p>\n
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2 suspects in custody after body of missing teen London Thomas found in Southfield<\/p>\n
\u201cRight now, they\u2019re still being detained. Charges have not yet come forth. I think they are still looking to find out exactly what happened. Unfortunately, they arrested my two clients and with little to no evidence,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cI believe one charge on one of the individuals being detained has nothing to do with the London Thomas matter.\u201d<\/p>\n
Thomas was last seen April 5 and reported missing three days later. A 23-year-old man with whom Thomas was in a relationship with and whose home was raided two weeks ago in connection to the case\u2014is believed to be the last person to see her alive.<\/p>\n
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\u201cLet me clarify one thing: that person was a ex-boyfriend. That was, you know, I know the media reported again and again and again they were boyfriend, girlfriend at the time, that\u2019s not accurate. They were ex-boyfriend and girlfriend at the time, and at this point, just due to confidentiality and other things, I don\u2019t think I want to mention any names of who I am or am not representing as it relates to this matter,\u201d Johnson said.<\/p>\n
The Wayne County Prosecutor\u2019s Office says it has not yet received a warrant package for the two suspects currently in custody. We reached out to Michigan State Police for comment, which said it had no updates on the case.<\/p>\n
In the meantime, Thomas\u2019 family is preparing for her funeral and is desperate for answers.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe haven\u2019t heard anything. All we know is people are in custody; nobody\u2019s been charged, or they haven\u2019t even had a press conference. I wish they would give us details or give us something. Give us something. We\u2019ve been through a lot these three, almost four weeks,\u201d<\/b> Cedric Salisbury, Thomas\u2019 father, said.<\/p>\n
Thomas\u2019 body was found inside a parked white SUV. Neighbors told 7 News Detroit the SUV had been parked there for two weeks, but no one knew how it got there.<\/p>\n
Investigators have not publicly identified the two suspects. Thomas\u2019 family is hoping another major break in the case occurs soon.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want to thank everyone who supported us on the searches and everything, the news media, the law enforcement, but now just give us answers, we need answers, we need some type of closure,\u201d Salisbury said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(WXYZ) \u2014 The attorney representing the suspects in London Thomas\u2019 death calls the criminal investigation troubling and says…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":64318,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[11315,748,6492,393,4884,257,11318,16,15,11317],"class_list":{"0":"post-64317","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-7-action-news","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-detroit","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-london","14":"tag-metro-detroit","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom","17":"tag-wxyz"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114429823842501221","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64317\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}