Oralandar Brand-Williams

The Detroit News

A 19-year-old Detroit man who authorities say attacked three women was convicted Monday in the sexual assault and homicide of a teen-aged Detroit girl earlier this year.

Darian Winfield was convicted on murder, home invasion and sexual assault charges. He will be sentenced June 28.

Police say Winfield entered the 17-year-old girl’s bedroom through a window of her family’s home early on the morning of Jan. 7 in the 5500 block of Radnor on Detroit’s east side. The teen’s body was found by her mother.

Winfield told police he broke into the girl’s family home looking for items to steal.

Winfield’s Jan. 13 statements to police in the case were played in court as part of his preliminary examination on the accusations he beat the girl, who died five days later of head injuries.

Winfield also has been charged in the attack on a 39-year-old woman in the 5800 block of Radnor about a week before the attack on the teen. He also has been charged with assault with intent to commit murder in an attack on a 48-year-old Grosse Pointe woman around 12:15 a.m. Dec. 15 near Cadieux and Mack.

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