Missing dad of 5 found dead in sewer after funeral turns violent, Michigan family says

A Michigan family reports that their father, who had been missing for about a week, was discovered dead in a sewer. According to a GoFundMe page created by his mother Tamika Fairley, Jermaine Fairley vanished on January 27 while departing from a friend’s burial and celebration in Detroit. Family members found out that he vanished right after a gunshot. Asjanae Fairley, his sister, posted on Facebook the same day, saying, “I need help finding my brother he was shot on Wildemere St and Puritan.” “Instead of calling the police, someone drove off from the scene with him in his car, and no morgues or hospitals have him.”

Fairley was not inside the burning automobile when the 28-year-old man’s vehicle was discovered later that day, according to WXYZ. According to authorities, Fairley “was shot in the head” on January 27 and carried away in the automobile, which was discovered roughly five miles away, according to WDIV. According to reports, Fairley’s body was found in a sewer on Friday, February 2. The GoFundMe stated, “Jermaine was so loving and genuine, he truly did not deserve this.” “He leaves behind five small children who were devoted to him.”

Fairley’s body wasn’t found until after an anonymous tip, according to police, who spoke with WXYZ. Police are looking for two people, but they haven’t recognized them yet. Tamika Fairley said to WDIV, “You took a father, a brother, an uncle, you took my son.” For what purpose? For naught.

19-year-old dad who went missing after police chase found dead in river, NC cops say

Deputies reported that a man who became a new father last year was discovered dead in a river in North Carolina. The 19-year-old went missing several days after what deputies said was a police chase in Burlington, which he allegedly fled, according to WFMY. On January 31, his body was found in the Haw River, according to the news source. A diving team was dispatched by the authorities to investigate when they saw dirty clothes in the river, according to WFMY. The article of clothing felt like it was attached to a body when they drew nearer, according to WXII.

At a press conference on January 31 that WXII streamed live on Facebook, Alamance County Sheriff Terry Johnson stated that they eventually removed the body after the water receded. Authorities told news outlets that Antwain Demar McDaniel was the identity of the deceased that the family later confirmed. Deputies said that McDaniel was in a car with many persons who were suspected of breaking into cars on Sunday, January 28, which prompted the start of the hunt for him, according to WXII. Deputies claimed that the gang was being pursued by police until they all exited the vehicle and fled, as reported by the site. McDaniel strolled into the Haw River forests.

Deputies said the man was not facing charges at the time, WXII reported.

Mom of 16-year-old killed at poultry plant sues over his ‘gruesome’ death, attorneys say

Attorneys for the mother of a 16-year-old worker who was slain at a chicken processing plant in Mississippi revealed that the company is being sued for the worker’s “gruesome” death. The lawsuit, filed on February 1, stated that Duvan Robert Tomas Perez, a migrant from Guatemala, passed away on July 14 while servicing a deboning machine at the Mar-Jac Poultry MS LLC facility in Hattiesburg. According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration of the U.S. Department of Labor, Perez became entangled in a revolving shaft and sprockets, which caused him to be fatally drawn into the “still-energized” machine.

According to a Jan. 16 news release, an OSHA investigation revealed that he passed away as a result of Mar-Jac Poultry’s disregard for safety regulations. In relation to his demise, OSHA has cited the poultry plant for three “other-than-serious” and fourteen serious infractions. According to officials, Mar-Jac Poultry is also being looked into for possible child labor offenses related to the fatal occurrence. Federal child labor laws state that no adolescent under the age of eighteen, including Perez, should be permitted to work at a poultry plant that uses power-driven meat slicing equipment. It is thought that this kind of work is too risky for children.

In a press release, the attorneys for Perez’s mother, Edilma Perez Ramirez, have reiterated the words of federal investigators, describing Perez’s death as “preventable.” Ramirez, a resident of Forrest County, is suing Onin Staffing, LLC, a staffing organization, and Mar-Jac Poultry, alleging negligence. Federal officials claim that Perez worked as a contract employee at the chicken plant for Onin Staffing.

On February 5, McClatchy News reached out to Mar-Jac Poultry and Onin Staffing for comments, but neither company responded right away. Attorney Jim Reeves stated in a statement, “What makes this case so outrageous is that Mar-Jac did nothing to improve workers’ safety despite the fact that another worker had been killed in an eerily similar fashion barely two years earlier.” “Mar-Jac has a dismal overall safety record.” According to OSHA, an employee at the Mar-Jac Poultry company passed away in May 2021 when their shirt sleeve got caught in a machine and pulled them inside it.

Seth Hunter, stated. “One of Mar-Jac’s biggest customers is Chick-fil-A.” Companies such as Chick-fil-A “should insist on better working conditions or stop doing business with them,” he said. Chick-fil-A was called by McClatchy News on February 5th, but they did not respond right away.

‘IT IS A TRAGEDY THAT THIS YOUNG LIFE WAS TAKEN’

As previously reported by McClatchy News, the Department of Labor requested assistance from Mar-Jac Poultry staff members in the federal agency’s inquiry into Perez’s death in September.

Mar-Jac Poultry said he “should not have been hired” since he was under the age of 18, according to a news release that WDAM-TV posted online a few days after he passed away. According to the announcement, the employer claimed that the worker’s identity and age “were misrepresented” on his hiring documents. In her case, Ramirez holds Mar-Jac Poultry and Onin Staffing accountable for letting her son work at the poultry plant before he was of legal age.

According to the Department of Labor, there were 955 confirmed occurrences of child labor violations in the United States in 2023. There are 14% more cases than in 2022 and 88% more cases than in 2019. OSHA suggested that Mar-Jac Poultry pay $212,646 in fines after determining that Perez’s death was caused by workplace violations. OSHA claims that Mar-Jac Poultry disregarded a number of safety precautions, among them the failure to ensure that “energy control procedures were used to prevent the unexpected start-up of machines” when cleaning.

It’s not known if Mar-Jac Poultry has paid the fines that OSHA suggested. The business was given 15 days from the date of the citations to make payment, ask for a non-binding meeting with OSHA, or refute the agency’s investigation’s conclusions. Atlanta-based OSHA regional administrator Kurt Petermeyer said in a statement, “Mar-Jac Poultry is aware of how dangerous the machinery they use can be when safety standards are not in place to prevent serious injury and death.” “This horrible tragedy, which has left so many to grieve this child’s avoidable death, has directly been caused by the company’s inaction,” Petermeyer stated.

Perez’s funeral and burial expenses, medical bills, grief and suffering resulting from his loss, and the potential future earnings that Perez would have had. She insists on a jury trial. “Immigrant workers are commonly employed in chicken processing plants, and are often exposed to unsafe, inhumane working conditions, at poverty wages,” stated Ramirez’s attorneys in the news release.

Hunter added, “Perez loved his family and was a hard worker.” “His primary source of pride was having purchased his first vehicle on his own.” “It’s tragic that this young person’s life was taken when it could have been easily avoided,” he continued.