Maurice Lyons (pictured above) was indicted by a grand jury Monday on charges of aggravated murder, kidnapping and endangering a child in the July 25 murder of his wife, Tonya Hunter (pictured below).
The 38-year-old man also faces a litany of other indictments: tampering with evidence, misuse of credit cards, domestic violence, disrupting public service, intimidation of a crime victim and telecommunications harassment.
Unfortunately, the couple had dug themselves into a financial hole and were in dire straits with creditors.
On the fateful day of the murder, which took place in the detached garage of their home, a violent argument ensued between the couple, and their child was ordered to get into the car.
Lyons reportedly demanded money from Hunter, but she refused to give it to him. In retaliation, Lyons viciously stabbed his wife 17 times then stole her credit cards, covered her with plastic, left her in the garage and took the car with the boy still in the back seat. The child was abandoned on a Cleveland street corner.
According to police reports, Lyons went to his mother's house on the day of the murder and changed clothing. He then went to a Walgreens and a gas station, using Hunter's credit cards to make the purchases. He was arrested just one day after the murder in front of a major Cleveland shopping area.
Currently, Lyons is being held on an $8-million bond and is expected to face arraignment on Thursday.
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I am amazed how this women thought she could use this man's past criminal life and his current automatic return to prison to try and make a slave out of this man. I believe she was setting up this man to springboard herself into the serial talk show business to help improve her financial situation. I believe she used every dirty trick as a woman to cause this man to snapped. She tried to train this man to be her dog, and the dog snapped. I find him guilty of something much less than murder. I want all of her family and friends to take the polygraph and answer two question: was the so-call victim abusing [to include, slapping and hitting him without any threat to herself] or threatening her husband about putting him back in prison using lies, etc.? Finally, has the so-called victim dated men she taught or supervised before? I believe this woman uses her position to gain advantage over low self-esteem men or men in weakened mental state.
John, I mean no disrespect to the mentally ill but you are either mentally ill or just plainly an idiot to come out of your mouth with such garbage! You put manhood to shame for being one of us. This low life of a so called husband, murders his wife than leave his baby in the car possibly to die as far as he was concern, just to save his sorry azz with a bull sh*t alibi and your dumb azz thinks it is her fault that this punk of a man kills her. Black women who has a lot going for themselves should have patience in marrying a black man with loser written all over their faces, there are to many good black men out there and contrary to what some women think these men can be found and be theirs, with him being a good hard working husband and father. The mistakes some women make is that they pick the first man they meet because they think that they won't find another and usually their first choices come with a lot of bagage such as being ex felons and have about three baby mamas in his life and that right there should tell them something about him, but they chooses to ignore his past which comes back to haunt them because for certain you can't change a old dog with new tricks!
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By: john on 8/11/2010 9:40AM
I am amazed how this women thought she could use this man's past criminal life and his current automatic return to prison to try and make a slave out of this man. I believe she was setting up this man to springboard herself into the serial talk show business to help improve her financial situation. I believe she used every dirty trick as a woman to cause this man to snapped. She tried to train this man to be her dog, and the dog snapped. I find him guilty of something much less than murder. I want all of her family and friends to take the polygraph and answer two question: was the so-call victim abusing [to include, slapping and hitting him without any threat to herself] or threatening her husband about putting him back in prison using lies, etc.? Finally, has the so-called victim dated men she taught or supervised before? I believe this woman uses her position to gain advantage over low self-esteem men or men in weakened mental state.
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By: mannup on 8/11/2010 9:08PM
John, I mean no disrespect to the mentally ill but you are either mentally ill or just plainly an
idiot to come out of your mouth with such garbage! You put manhood to shame for being one of us. This low life of a so called husband, murders his wife than leave his baby in the car possibly to die as far as he was concern, just to save his sorry azz with a bull sh*t alibi and your dumb azz thinks it is her fault that this punk of a man kills her. Black women who has a lot going for themselves should have patience in marrying a black man with loser written all over their faces, there are to many good black men out there and contrary to what some women think these men can be found and be theirs, with him being a good hard working husband and father. The mistakes some women make is that they pick the first man they meet because they think that they won't find another and usually their first choices come with a lot of bagage such as being ex felons and have about three baby mamas in his life and that right there should tell them something about him, but they chooses to ignore his past which comes back to haunt them because for certain you can't change a old dog with new tricks!
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