DETROIT – Rajena LaMartique Linson, 25, of Detroit, has been charged in connection with the 2022 assault of a 19-year-old woman who officials allege was beaten, struck twice by a vehicle and left to die in freezing temperatures.
Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy announced one count of assault with intent to murder against Linson, who was arrested Friday (July 17).
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Linson is scheduled to be arraigned at 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Detroit’s 36th District Court.
Linson linked to 2022 attack
According to investigators, the attack occurred Jan. 31, 2022, after Linson allegedly lured the victim to a bar in Eastpointe.
The victim drove Linson to the bar, where they met an accomplice, police said.
After leaving the bar, the group drove to a parking lot at a middle school in the 15400 block of Maddelein Street on Detroit’s east side.
Victim beaten, run over in freezing temperatures
Investigators said the victim got out of the vehicle after saying she needed to use the bathroom. At that point, police allege Linson and an accomplice attacked her, beating her before running her over with the vehicle.
“The suspects then backed the vehicle over the victim, paused for several seconds, and drove away, leaving her severely injured in freezing temperatures,” police said.
Detroit police responded at about 2:30 a.m. to a report of an injured person.
Officers found the victim in the school’s parking lot receiving treatment from emergency medical personnel.
She was taken to a local hospital with a broken jaw, a broken leg, and a hematoma to the head.
About an hour after the attack, surveillance video captured the vehicle returning to the scene, apparently to check whether the victim was still alive, Commander Rebecca McKay said.
“The woman was not discovered until about six hours later,” McKay said. “Temperatures that day were around nine degrees.”
Connection to deputy shooting
Linson’s arrest came after a separate incident Tuesday in which a Wayne County sheriff’s deputy was shot at, but not hit, near the Harper Woods–Detroit–Grosse Pointe area.
Prosecutors said additional facts and evidence are expected to be presented during the preliminary examination.