In the spring of 2022, 32-year-old Margaret Cheryal Amos Welch was shot and killed in a Buena Vista Township residence in the Saginaw area. Officers who responded the morning of April 9 found Margaret with at least one fatal gunshot wound; a 22-year-old man at the scene had a gunshot wound to his leg.

Witnesses say Margaret’s husband, Deandre R. Welch, fled the house and led law enforcement on a multi-county chase that ended in Genesee County, where he was taken into custody with help from a K9 unit. Deandre, described as a truck driver with ties to Saginaw and Wayne County, was charged with open murder and a series of related counts including assault with intent to murder, carrying a concealed weapon, fleeing and eluding, and being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.

Anyone with information about Margaret, the shooting on April 9, or the events that followed is asked to come forward.