CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. – A jury found a Clinton Township man guilty of murdering his girlfriend and hiding her body in the basement for at least seven months.
Police said Matthew Lewinski, of Clinton Township, murdered his girlfriend at their home in December 2020. He allegedly moved her body to the basement, where it remained until it was discovered by his family in July 2021.
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Lewinski was also accused of mutilating the body.
He was charged with first-degree premeditated murder, disinterment and mutilation of a body and concealing the death of an individual.
The premeditated murder charge comes with a possible punishment of life in prison without parole, authorities said.
Nearly six years after his girlfriend’s death, on May 21, 2026, a jury found Lewinski guilty of all charges.
He is scheduled to be sentenced on July 14 at 9 a.m.