Man sentenced to life for 2024 murder and dismemberment in Lansing

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 21 Oct, 00:02 · Archive

Marcus Hayes has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering and dismembering Zaccari Taylor in May 2024.

Marcus Hayes, 37, of Lansing, has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder and dismemberment of Zaccari Taylor, 25, of Battle Creek. A jury found Hayes guilty last month of first-degree murder and mutilation of a dead body. Hayes also received a 46-month-to-life sentence for mutilation of a corpse.

Lansing police responded to a report of a fight at a residence in the 2100 block of Georgetown Boulevard at around 7 a.m. on 12 May 2024. Investigators determined that Taylor, who had been seriously injured, was taken from the home to an unknown location by multiple people. Officers located two of the three defendants in the 1400 block of Malcolm X Street, just under five miles away, where Taylor's body was also found. The body had been dismembered in an attempt to destroy evidence.

Hayes was charged alongside his brother Leonard Hayes and Terrence Jones. Leonard Hayes was convicted earlier this year and sentenced to life in prison. Jones pleaded guilty to lesser charges of being an accessory after the fact to open murder and/or dead body disinterment.

How it is being reported

• Lansing man sentenced to life for murder, mutilation caseAn Ingham County judge has sentenced Marcus Hayes, of Lansing, to life in prison for the murder and dismemberment of 25-year-old Zacarri Taylor in 2024.Woodtv · 20 Oct, 23:44
• Man sentenced to life in prison for killing, dismembering man after 2024 fight at Lansing homeMarcus Hayes was convicted last month in the death of Zaccari TaylorWILX · 20 Oct, 17:22

In this story: Marcus Hayes · Zaccari Taylor · Leonard Hayes · Terrence Jones · Lansing · Battle Creek

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