Man Charged In Deadly Macomb County Stabbing: Prosecutor

STERLING HEIGHTS, MI — A Sterling Heights man is facing life in prison after stabbing his pregnant girlfriend to death last weekend, according to the Macomb County Prosecutor's Office.

Talic Mersina, 31, was found stabbed multiple times at a condominium complex at 16 Mile and Harper Avenue in Clinton Township, according to police.

Officials took Mersina to a nearby hospital where she and her unborn child died, according to police.

Damarion Goler, 31, was charged with second-degree murder, assault of a pregnant woman - intentionally causing miscarriage, tampering with evidence and concealing the death of an individual. He was placed in jail without bond. His next court date is scheduled for April 3, according to the prosecutor's office.

If convicted, he faces up to life in prison for the murder charge, life for the assault of a pregnant woman charge, up to 10 years for tampering with evidence and up to five years for concealing the death of an individual.

Officers were first called at roughly 3 a.m. Sunday morning to check on a disturbance at a Sterling Heights apartment complex at 18 Mile Road and Van Dyke Avenue where they found blood inside the apartment but did not find anyone at the home, according to police.

Officers were then called to the Clinton Township condominium where they found Goler and the victim in her car in the parking lot, according to police.

Goler was then arrested in connection with the deadly stabbing.

"The defendant allegedly chose to take the life of his pregnant girlfriend, someone who trusted and loved him," Macomb County Prosecutor Peter Lucido said. "Justice demands that he face the consequences of his crimes. These acts are not merely crimes against individuals but against the very fabric of humanity itself."