Overview
- The case opens after multiple postponements, with jury selection starting Tuesday for Desmond Burks in Wayne County Circuit Court.
- Burks faces counts including murder, larceny, using a computer to commit a crime, and felony firearms tied to Hoover’s April 2023 death.
- Investigators assembled what prosecutors call a massive evidence set spanning five U.S. states and three countries, including roughly 4,000 communications between Hoover and numbers attributed to Burks.
- Prosecutors allege Burks began spending Hoover’s money within minutes of the killing and point to missing designer watches and credit cards as part of a financial motive, alongside alleged jealousy.
- The defense contends there is no direct physical evidence tying Burks to the killing or the movement of Hoover’s body, and Burks also faces a separate charged 2024 road-rage homicide with no trial date set.