Crime & Safety
Florida Man Accused In Death Of Girlfriend While In Detroit
The young couple from the Tampa area were vacationing in the Motor City, according to reports.

DETROIT, MI – A vacation trip to Detroit turned deadly for a Clearwater, Florida, woman. Detroit Police have arrested Tykese Keaton-Baldwin, 20, of Tampa, for reportedly beating his girlfriend, Brittany Collett, 23, of Clearwater to death.
According to the Detroit News, Keaton-Baldwin is accused of killing his girlfriend on Aug. 11 in Detroit, where the couple was vacationing.
According to Detroit Police, officers were called to a Detroit home around 4:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 11, and found Collett's face down on the grass with blood around her head. She was taken by EMS to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead. An autopsy showed she died from blunt force trauma.
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Keaton-Baldwin is originally from Detroit where he still has family. He remains in a Detroit jail. A probable-cause hearing is scheduled for Aug. 24 and a preliminary examination is set for Aug. 31.
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