The Brief The family of a St. Clair Shores woman who was murdered last weekend are expected to speak in Detroit on Thursday. Jaquoya Wix was stabbed to death outside her place of work on Woodward Avenue. Suspect Devon Watson was charged with first-degree premeditated murder on Wednesday.



Family of a St. Clair Shores woman who was stabbed to death outside her place of work in Detroit plan to speak a day after the suspect was charged with murder.

They will be joined alongside Detroit Police Chief Todd Bettison, health network James White and others will be at a press conference, which is scheduled to start at 1 p.m. FOX 2 will stream the remarks in the player above.

Jaquoya Wix was killed last weekend and her attacker first appeared in court on Monday.

Detroit man  planned out his acts'

The backstory:

Prosecutor Kym Worthy announced the 42-year-old suspect would be charged with first-degree premeditated murder. He is expected to be arraigned later on Wednesday.

Devon Jason Watson of Detroit  planned out his acts before he acted,  according to Worthy. She would not go into detail about the planning he carried out before stabbing Wix in an alley, but did say the two did not know each other and appeared to be random.

Devon Watson mug shot. Photo courtesy: Detroit Police.

She would not go into detail about Watson's state of mind at the time.

 Just because someone may have mental health issues, doesn't mean they're not acutely responsible for their actions,  Worthy said.

Watson was remanded to custody after his arraignment.

According to police, the woman was on a break from work at a Chipotle, when she was stabbed in an alleyway near the 600 block of Woodward by a man in his 40s.

Wix was a young mother who lived in St. Clair Shores. Police say she ran to a nearby business for help. The suspect had fled.

He was arrested at Woodward Avenue and State Street.

FOX 2 talked to businesses in the area, and one of them is where the man who helped apprehend the suspect works. He got off early because it was a slow day, went to the alley and that's when he saw what happened.

 It's tragic,

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