Walker auto repair shop helping murder victim's family

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Tuesday, August 24th, 2010, 3:58pm

WALKER, Mich. (WZZM)- An auto repair shop in Walker is reaching out to a Kent County family whose loved one was murdered.

Quality Express Car Care Center on Alpine Avenue is taking donations for Alex Dawson and his brother, Kevin. The boys' mother, Julia Dawson was murdered by their father in 2004. Their grandparents, who live in Sparta, spent years trying to gain custody of the boys. Ron Donalson says donations to his shop will help cover the family's legal fees.

"Every month we sponsor a different child," says Donalson. "Whether it's for medical needs, education, disadvantaged youth, wanting a school trip, every month we do that. It's just another way for us to give back to the community."

The fundraiser will run for two months. Express Car Care Center is also accepting donations at its other location on the corner of 44th Street and Division Avenue.

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Tuesday, August 24th, 2010, 3:58pm

WALKER, Mich. (WZZM) - A man was killed in a deadly stabbing at the Motel 6 in Walker Wednesday night.

The suspect ran away and has not been found. Police are looking for 42-year-old Jack Howard Jacqmain. (picture at right) He's 5'8" and weighs 230 pounds. He's also bald and greying. He is considered armed and dangerous.

Emergency crews were called to the motel located on Alpine Avenue and 3 Mile Road NW around 7:15 p.m.

Other guests say they saw the suspect earlier in the day on a second-floor walkway at the motel. They described him as middle-agead, heavy-set and "talking crazy."

The victim has been identified as Mark Moore, 31, from Indianapolis. He was killed on a second floor walkway overlooking the parking lot. Witnesses say there was an argument and shouting, then the suspect stabbed the man and ran away.

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Tuesday, August 24th, 2010, 3:58pm

WALKER, Mich. (WZZM) - A man was killed in a deadly stabbing at the Motel 6 in Walker Wednesday night.

Emergency crews were called to the motel located on Alpine Avenue and 3 Mile Road NW around 7:15 p.m.

Other guests say they saw the suspect earlier in the day on a second-floor walkway at the motel. They described him as middle-agead, heavy-set and "talking crazy."

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Tuesday, August 24th, 2010, 3:57pm

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WZZM)- Kent County leaders hope a new, advanced plant will encourage more people to recycle. City and county leaders dedicated the new Recycling and Education Center in Grand Rapids Friday. The Wealthy Street facility is located on the same site that was once home to the Applied Arts stamping plant.

The center can handle more than double the materials than the former recycling site. Residents who use the site do not need to sort their recyclables.

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Tuesday, August 24th, 2010, 3:57pm

WALKER, Mich. (WZZM)- We are learning new, disturbing details about the man who police say murdered another guest at the Motel 6 in Walker.

52-year old Jack Jacqmain walked away from a Kent County mental facility just days before the murder.

He was captured on surveillance video from a gas station nearby. He is seen wearing a black t-shirt, brown leather jacket, jean shorts and tan work boots.

On Friday, Walker police warned the public that Jacqmain has knowledge of the trucking business and may be seeking a way out of town. "Well, just in case he tried to get a ride out of the county, the state, to get the truckers involved. We want to let them know not to pick-up hitchhikers," says Capt. Jason Howe.

Jacqmain is accused of stabbing a man to death at the Motel 6 earlier this week. A manhunt has been on ever since. Capt. Howe believes Jacqmain is still in the area.

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Tuesday, August 24th, 2010, 3:57pm

WALKER, Mich. (WZZM)- An auto repair shop in Walker celebrated a milestone Friday despite the industry's recent downfall. Palmer Service opened for business exactly 25 years ago.

Friday the employees celebrated the anniversary with a surprise party for the shop's owners. Palmer Service is a locally owned shop. The owners say good customer services has kept them in business.

Owner Bill Palmer says, "When you first start out, they say the first five years, you know if you make it past that, then you have a better chance. I went past five years and just kept going."

Owner Dianna Palmer says, "Bill is a very honest person also. For a mechanic, you can ask his customers, that's why they come back. He's honest, he doesn't over charge and he doesn't fix anything that doesn't need to be fixed."

Dianna Palmer says the couple plan to keep the shop going until they are old.

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Tuesday, August 24th, 2010, 3:56pm

WALKER, Mich. (WZZM) - Silent Observer is offering a reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest of a suspect in a murder last Wednesday.

Jack Jacqmain, 52, is wanted for the stabbing of Mark Moore, 31, of Indianapolis at the Motel 6 on Alpine Avenue in Walker. A few days earlier Jacqmain, an ex-convict with psychological problems, violated his parole when he walked out of a mental treatment facility.

Police believe he was hiding at the motel. Detectives call the attack on Moore, "unprovoked."

Jacqmain robbed a bank in 1992 and has been in and out of prison ever since because he keeps violating his parole. If he is caught and convicted of murder he could be sentenced to life without the possibility of parole.

Walker Police say they believe Jacqmain is still in the area. See the attached photos for Jacqmain's previous mug shot and surveillance videos from a Walker gas station last week.

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