Local law enforcement and a Michigan State Police crime scene unit respond to La Colonnade Apartments, northwest of Northline Road and Fordline Street, in Southgate the morning of Jan. 5, where the body of Amanda Marie Hilton, 31, of Southgate was discovered.
Amanda Marie Hilton, 31, of Southgate, whose body was discovered Jan. 5, had been missing since New Year’s Eve.
By SUE SUCHYTA
Sunday Times Newspapers
SOUTHGATE – Local law enforcement and a State Police crime scene unit were at La Colonnade Apartments the morning of Jan. 5, where the body of Amanda Marie Hilton was discovered.
Hilton, 31, of Southgate, who was discovered with a fatal gunshot wound, lived in the complex, and had been missing since New Year’s Eve.
The Southgate Police Department said in a press release that her husband, Ryan Arthur Hilton, who was taken into custody Jan. 5, was arraigned Jan. 7 in Southgate’s 28th District Court.
Ryan Arthur Hilton was arraigned Jan. 7 for his wife’s murder.
He was charged with premeditated murder in the first degree, a homicide; tampering with evidence; and two felony firearm counts.
The two, who were married in September 2019, had a 2-year-old son together.
Amanda Marie Hilton was a preschool teacher assistant at Children’s Place Montessori of Brownstown.