Crime
11:09 am
Thu August 23, 2012

Man arrested in connection with Bessemer woman's death

Ethel Grzena-Peters

BESSEMER, MI--   An arrest has been made in connection with the death of a missing Bessemer woman. 

Ethel Grzena-Peters, 79, was last seen August 3 in Bessemer.  Her body was found ten days later in Gogebic County’s Watersmeet Township.

Sheriff’s officials and Michigan State Police say a 50-year-old Bessemer man is now lodged in the Gogebic County Jail on a homicide charge.  His bond is set at $1 million dollars. 

Police say the unidentified man was arrested Wednesday night.