Shawn Colleen Maxwell, age 39, of Waterford, Michigan passed away on Thursday, September 2, 2021. Her case was considered a homicide and was exceptionally cleared.
Shawn Colleen Maxwell, age 39, of Waterford, Michigan passed away on Thursday, September 2, 2021. Her case was considered a homicide and was exceptionally cleared.
Shawn Colleen Maxwell, age 39, of Waterford, Michigan passed away on Thursday, September 2, 2021. Her case was considered a homicide and was exceptionally cleared.
CR No: 210026209
WATERFORD PD
“S150 CMC CENTER DR
WATERFORD Ml 48329
248.674.0351
Case Report
Administrative Details:
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Action Requested:
IE 1 Arrest warrant [1 Review only
IE 1 Search warrant [ 1 Forfetture
IL] Juvenile petition [1 Other
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Offenses:
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|A-Alooho: No_C-Computer Equipment: No_D-Drugs/Narooties: Yes
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EVIDENCE LOCKER 12
Narrative:
[CR No: 210026299.001 Written By: WAANDREWSR (00375) Date: 09/04/2021 08:01 PM
On 09/04/2021, Ofc. Gielow, Ofc. Scanlon and | (Ofc, Andrews) were dispatched to
for an unattended death. Dispatch advised us that, found her
Imother, Shawn Maxwell, not breathing in the apartment.
Upon our arrival, WRFD, Sgt. Himmelspach and Ofc. Scanion were already on scene. WRFD
jadvised us that Dr. Alexander from McLaren Oakland pronounced Shawn's time of death at
4801HRS.
lOfc. Gielow and | entered the apartment, The apartment was very dark with only a couple lights
lon throughout the apartment. Ofc. Gielow and I made our way to where Shawn was found. |
jobserved Shawn on her back and in bed. A medical sheet was over her by WRFD. | noticed an
lempty pill bottle on the dresser next to the bed. When the medical sheet was pulled off of Shawn,
I observed dried body fluid coming from her mouth. Shawn was fully clothed. There were
Ino signs of trauma to Shawn as well.
I made my way through the apartment and observed more emply pill bottles throughout
Ithe apartment. A suicide note was found in the kitchen with money, keys and a credit card near
it The bottle was empty and was last
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|The note first addressed a person named Vince, then her boss Steve, and . The note also
lhad debit card information, bank account information a total amount of cash left for The
Inote said "Vince you told me to go kill myself and no one would miss me so | hope this makes
lyou happy." The note also addressed and said "I've been begging for help and no one
listens." See copy of the note for more detail
JA second note was located on the dining room table that was addressed to Judge Kimberly
|Smalls. Officers also found court documents that appeared to be
There were also multiple notes that Shawn wrote to Judge Smalls that she
started but did not finish
[The court documents were from Keego Harbor. The documents addressed the incident that
loccurred on 06/06/2021 in Keego Harbor. Shawn also had
I searched CLEMIS and could not find a recent assault report that
linvolved Shawn
was outside speaking with WRFD when we went to speak with her. said that
Ishe came to the apartment to visit Shawn. found her mother in the bedroom at 1735HRS
land then called 911. said that the last time she texted her mom was on 09/02/2021 at
12235HRS. The last time the two were together was 08/29/2021 at 1000 HRS, when had
jan appointment at the urgent care. When asked if Shawn was on any medication said
Shawn was and her grandmother, Denise Fryer (Next of Kin), stated
Ithat they found the glass door unlocked in the back of the apartment, which was uncommon for
[Shawn to leave open. Denise also said that when Shawn gets
informed officers that Shawn was receiving text messages from her boss telling her that
Ishe was a whore and that she should kill herself. showed officers a screenshot of the
|conversation and asked her to email them to me. At this time, | have not received an email from
told officers that Shawn worked at a on
said that the operation is located in a storage unit. According to , Shawn's
lbosses name are Steve and Vince.
and Denise (Next of Kin) gave Ofc. Gielow and | permission to go through Shawn's phone
Ito try and locate more text messages. The passcodes ane were provided to us,
lbut the passwords did not work.
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I contacted the Medical Examiner's Office and spoke to Investigator Brown. investigator Brown
lprovided me the case number 21-5734. Investigator Wood arrived on scene and documented the
lscene. Shawn was transported to the Medical Examiner's Office for an autopsy.
| photographed the scene and the photos were uploaded to the G-Drive up by Sgt. Francis. Five
lorange pill bottles, one white pill bottle, three suicide notes and a cell phone were collected as
levidence. The pills and notes were placed in Bin 23. Photocopies of the notes were also
luptoaded to this report, The cell phone was placed in the DB evidence locker.
Disposition: TOT DB.
[CR No: 210026299-002 Written By: WASCANLONM (00369) Date: 09/04/2021 09:01 PM
On 09/04/2021 at 1740 hours, Ofc. Gielow, Ofc. Andrews, and | (Ofc. Scanlon) were dispatched
to for an unattended death. Dispatch advised us that
IWRFD was on scene and had confirmed that the victim, Shawn Maxwell, was deceased prior to.
lour arrival.
I arrived on scene shortly before Ofc. Gielow and Ofc. Andrews. | observed WRFD personnel
lattempting to determine what prescription medication the deceased had taken. | observed the
ldeceased in her bed in the main bedroom. She had a crusty foamy fluid emanating from her
Imouth. Ofc. Gielow and Ofc. Andrews arrived on scene then and took over the investigation.
|| spoke to the mother of the deceased, Denise Fryer, about an incident that occurred in August.
[She told me she didn’t know the specific date it occurred. According to Fryer, Maxwell was
allegedly assaulted by four people in Keego Harbor and it was likely that Maxwell did not report it
Io the police. | observed that there was an
On the summary, it
|showed Ofc. Andrews attempted to find an.
incident from Keego Harbor PD around that time but was unable to find one. Fryer told me that
she believes this incident may have contributed to Maxwell's suicidal mindset.
|(See Ofc. Andrew's report for the all further information).
DISPOSITION: Supplemental Report
[CR No: 210026299.004 Written By: WASWANSONG (00324) _ Date: 09/29/2021 02:04 PM
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Investigation:
l09/29/2021 | attached the screen shots of the text messages to the report, The messages with
Ithe V at the top are from Vincent and the messages with SE at the top are from Shawn to her
Iriend Kelli Maki. The message with SE at the top was sent after Shawn allegedly took the large
lamount of prescription pills to kill herself, | also added Vincent Shina, Kelli Maki and Shelly Lang
Ito the persons tab.
10/13/2021 | have been unsuccessful in meeting with Kelli Maki regarding the text messages. |
called the number listed for Vincent Shina and it has been disconnected
10/19/2021 | have tried to meet up with Shawn's friend, Kelli Maki, multiple times to discuss
Ithis report and she has been uncooperative. She either doesn't answer her door or phone when I
reach out to her. | finally found a good phone number for Shina and | spoke with him via phone.
He stated that he really did not want to talk about the matter but, he did state that he was
lintimate a few times with her even though he is married. He wanted to talk over the phone rather
Ithan in person as he was driving to work and he stated that it would be easier.
|Shina stated that he did send her some text messages before her death but, he doesn't
remember what they said exactly. | read some of the messages to him and he continued to say
|that he didn't really want to talk about it. | asked him if his wife knew about the two of them being
intimate and he replied "sort of". | asked him if his wife would have sent the text messages to
|Shawn or if she has ever text Shawn using his phone and he replied "no"
I sent the report to the OCPO seeking a warrant for Manslaughter.
Disposition: Pending warrant.
[CR No: 210026299-005 Written By: WASWANSONC (00324) Date: 11/05/2021 03:26 PM
INVESTIGATION:
11/05/2021 | spoke with the OCPO who declined to prosecute on this case. They stated that
Ithere was not enough evidence to charge Vincent Shina.
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Disposition: OCPO denied charges.
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