UNION TOWNSHIP (WWJ) -- The manhunt for a suspected murderer near Mount Pleasant is over.
The suspect, 40-year-old Isaiah “Zeke” Gardenhire, turned himself in late Monday night after he traveled to the Flint area in a stolen Ford Fusion.
He then called a local TV station and said he wanted to turn himself in, and police negotiated his surrender at Montego’s Liquor Shop.
Gardenhire was wanted for a murder and sexual assault that happened early Sunday morning in Isabella County's Union Township.
Michigan State Police say a juvenile female was stabbed and later died, and an adult woman was sexually assaulted.
Gardenhire had reportedly made bond from a Mason County jail just days before the incident in Union Township, after being arrested on charges of second-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor and a separate charge for being a habitual offender.
His most recent charges are expected to be murder and first-degree criminal sexual conduct.
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