MI - Neurosurgeon Dr. Devon Hoover, 53, found fatally shot during welfare check, Detroit, Apr 2023

[MrsWatson]

https://eu.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2025/06/25/neurosurgeon-devon-hoover-murder-case-testimony/84359181007/

Burks had several lovers, prosecutors said, including Hoover, many of whom Burks met online where people look for sexual encounters. And because Burks didn't have a job — aside from selling pills and charging people for sex — or even a credit card, they'd give him money and they bought him food, clothes, phones and paid his bills. They'd give him rides, and provide him rental cars and hotel rooms. One of the lovers did his taxes. That same lover helped Burks hide a 9mm gun and surgical glasses with Hoover's name inscribed on them.

 

[MrsWatson]

https://eu.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2025/06/26/devon-hoover-murder-trial-detroit-neurosurgeon-desmond-burks/84369547007/

Jealousy drove Desmond Burks to kill prominent Detroit neurosurgeon Devon Hoover in April 2023 and then steal over $95,000 from him in cash and valuables, prosecutors argued in 36th District Court on June 26 just before a judge ordered Burks to stand trial for murder.

 

[Teche]

I feel for Dr. Hoover’s family having to hear all of the details of his private life.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Trial date set for man accused of murdering well-known Detroit doctor

A judge has set a trial date for the man accused of murdering a well-known Detroit doctor.

www.clickondetroit.com

DETROIT – A trial date has been set for the man accused of murdering a well-known Detroit doctor.

Third Circuit Court Judge Paul John Cusick scheduled the jury trial for Desmond Burks to begin on Jan. 5, 2026...

 

[Countem]

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2025/11/13/judge-rejects-attempt-to-toss-detroit-neurosurgeon-murder-case/87247432007/

A Wayne County judge denied a request on Thursday to have murder and larcency charges dismissed against a man accused of murdering a Detroit neuorsurgeon in 2023 after his attorney argued there isn't enough evidence to show her client killed the doctor.

 

[ilovewings]

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2025/11/13/judge-rejects-attempt-to-toss-detroit-neurosurgeon-murder-case/87247432007/

Thanks for the update: good on the judge: the "alleged" killer needs to go to trial -----