MACOMB COUNTY, Mich. – Deandre Booker, accused of killing his ex-girlfriend, Ashley Elkins, who went missing in early 2025, has been bound over for trial.
Booker faces multiple charges, including first-degree premeditated murder, tampering with evidence, disinterment or mutilation of a dead body, and concealing the death of an individual in connection with Elkins’ disappearance.
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After Elkins went missing on Jan. 2, 2025,, authorities searched the Pine Tree Acres Landfill in Lenox Township. This landfill receives trash from dumpsters near Booker’s apartment after collection at a center in Roseville.
The search at the landfill lasted several days before being called off.
Elkins’ body has not been found.
Elkins’ car was discovered a few miles from Booker’s apartment on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025.
Booker was arrested in Flint on Jan. 8 and initially charged with lying to police.
While in custody in Flint, officials said Booker searched online for information about the fastest routes from Flint to Ohio, how to evade capture, whether blood is traceable, how to beat a polygraph, and how to delete Google search history.
On Jan. 31, 2025, Booker was arraigned on charges including premeditated murder, tampering with evidence, disinterment of a body, and concealing the death of an individual related to Elkins’ case.
During a lengthy preliminary exam, testimonies from Elkins’ mother and several officers highlighted Booker’s erratic behavior, refusal to cooperate, and incriminating evidence such as surveillance footage showing suspicious activity around the time Elkins went missing, as well as items found at his apartment.
On Wednesday, Jan. 7, Booker was bound over for trial on all counts. He will be arraigned on Jan. 22.
Booker remains held without bond at the Macomb County Jail.