Doorbell video shows murder suspects pose as energy workers before allegedly killing Detroit jewelry store owner

Doorbell footage has been released showing two suspects pretending to be energy workers calling a house in an upscale Detroit neighborhood before they allegedly murdered a 72-year-old jewelry store owner in the basement while his wife was duct-taped.The chilling footage, released by police, shows the men in high-vis vests and face masks standing outside a home in Rochester Hills, on Thursday at around 10 p.m., hours before the brutal killing took place, police say.“We’re DTE, we’re checking for gas leaks,” one of the men says before displaying his clipboard to the camera while the other suspect appears to keep watch. DTE Energy is an energy company based in Detroit, Michigan.In an X post on Saturday, Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard identified the victim as Hussein Murray.He also said that Murray’s wife was hospitalized after the attack, but was later discharged.Police say the suspects were unable to gain entry Thursday and returned on Friday at around noon and got into the home, located in the 3700 block of Newcastle.Murray had brought the men down to his basement to check for a purported gas leak, his wife told police.When he didn’t return, she assumed he had been kidnapped.When police arrived on the scene, they found Murray’s wife tied up with duct tape.

Officers then went down to the basement where they found his body. Police say they do not know how the 72-year-old man died because of “the gruesome nature of the injuries.”“We’re not sure the cause, because quite frankly there was so much blood,” Sheriff Bouchard said, per Fox 2 Detroit.“We’re not sure if it was any kind of gunshot or blunt force trauma.

We’re not sure.”“They said there was a gas leak, they let them in and the husband went with them downstairs to check if and where the gas leak may be, and she never saw him again,” Bouchard said.It is unclear if items were stolen from the house.Murray owned a jewelry business in Wayne County.Police say they a...