Man charged after homeless woman found stabbed to death in Detroit house

Pete Jason Lockett

A Detroit man is facing charges after a homeless woman was stabbed to death last week.

Pete Jason Lockett, 40, is accused of stabbing 50-year-old Lizabeth Lambie on April 15.

Police found Lambie's body while doing a welfare check Monday morning at a house in the 9020 block of North Martindale Street, near I-96 on Detroit's west side.

Lockett is accused of stabbing Lambie in the chest.

He is charged with second-degree murder and remanded to jail.

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