44-year-old woman kills woman over shared relationship with man in St. Clair County

Woman suffered severe head trauma

According to police, the brawling had been ongoing for days as two women in their 40s were involved with the same man.

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Now, 44-year-old Raquelle Casillas is in the St. Clair County Jail charged with open murder for killing the 44-year-old Almont woman she identified as her best friend in a Facebook post.

Three days ago, Casillas posted a photo to her Facebook account, which showed both women with black eyes, cuts, and bruises smiling.

She captioned it by saying they were best friends. A day later, at 4 a.m., the man at the center of the love triangle called 911 from his home on South Main Street in Capac because that 44-year-old Almont woman was unconscious and could not be revived.

She was taken to McLaren Lapeer and diagnosed with severe head trauma and later died.

Neighbors told Local 4 seeing police at the home was not uncommon.


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Brandon Carr is a digital content producer for ClickOnDetroit and has been with WDIV Local 4 since November 2021. Brandon is the 2015 Solomon Kinloch Humanitarian award recipient for Community Service.