A Syracuse police detective described today how evidence in a Syracuse murder case was handed over unexpectedly. Hanza Muhammad, 26, was not found for two weeks after an Oct. 8. 2017 murder on Butternut Street. John White, 22, was shot to death shortly after midnight.
After the murder, detectives went to two residences in North Syracuse, looking for Muhammad, who was a suspect. He wasn’t at either residence. But the second location was the home of Muhammad’s girlfriend, Detective Kevin Birardi testified today. Muhammad had been living at the Maple Manor Drive residence for an unknown amount of time.
Prosecutors say the evidence shows that the girlfriend, Meghan Lamirande, gave police permission to search her home for Muhammad. His defense lawyer, Ken Moynihan, disputes that. Police searched the residence and didn’t find Muhammad. Afterward, Birardi said he had a conversation with Lamirande, who became belligerent.
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