Teen Suspected of Killing Grandmother Killed by Train Hours Later

Teen Suspected of Killing Grandmother Killed by Train Hours Later
Undated photo of Steven Kelvin Wilkerson Family photo
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Police are piecing together how a 15-year-old who stabbed and killed his grandmother with a kitchen knife on Tuesday morning, Aug. 22, ended up dying after being struck by a passing train.

Steven Kelvin Wilkerson stabbed his grandmother in her sleep sometime between midnight and 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, according to the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office in Michigan.

The boy left a note in his home saying that he was going to kill his grandmother, one of the boy’s parents said when reporting the murder to police during 5:42 a.m. call, the Tri-County Times reported.

Steven Kelvin Wilkerson. (Family photo)
Steven Kelvin Wilkerson. Family photo