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UPDATE: Woman found dead in Laurium, man in custody

UPDATE, 7/25/16--  Police arrested Christian Paul Kitti, 32, of Grand Rapids.  He's charged with open murder and felony firearms.  Kitti was arraigned in Houghton County District Court Monday morning.

The victim is identified as Kimberly Renee Bess, 44, of Calumet.

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LAURIUM, MI--   One woman is dead and a man is in custody, following a shooting in the Village of Laurium Saturday night.

Around 11:45 p.m. officers from the Laurium Police Department were dispatched to the 100 block of Florida Street.  Upon arrival they found a 44-year-old woman dead in the side yard of the residence.  Officers say it appears she’d been shot. 

A 32-year-old man found inside the residence was taken into custody. 

Michigan State Police from the Calumet and Wakefield Posts, the Keweenaw County Sheriff’s Office, the Lake Linden Police Department, the Houghton County Medical Examiner’s Office, and the Marquette and Grayling MSP crime labs all assisted at the scene.  

Nicole was born near Detroit but has lived in the U.P. most of her life. She graduated from Marquette Senior High School and attended Michigan State and Northern Michigan Universities, graduating from NMU in 1993 with a degree in English.