A 25-year-old Whitmore Lake man has been charged with murder after officials say he killed his 23-year-old sister-in-law and left her in a bathtub.

Nicholas Allen Foerster

Nicholas Allen Foerster was arraigned Friday on one count of first-degree murder, according to Livingston County Prosecutor Bill Vailliencourt who alleges the slaying was carried out with premeditation and deliberation.

Foerster called police Monday morning to say he discovered the body of 23-year-old Rachelle Lynn Wood in the Green Oak Township apartment where she lived by herself, according to the prosecutor.

After investigating, police arrested Foerster Thursday. The Livingston Daily reports he confessed to choking Wood for seven minutes until she died.

No details have been released about a possible motive.

Foerster is being held without bond at the Livingston County Jail.

A preliminary examination conference has been scheduled for June 24 at 8 a.m.

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