LANSING — Two Lansing men were shot and killed within blocks of each other in the city’s eastside neighborhood last year before their bodies were moved to different locations outside the city, including one burned in a structure fire in Eaton County, according to court records.
On Thursday, Feb. 12, nearly a year to the day that police believe Lance Pollo, 38, and Raequan Brown, 28, were killed, Ingham County prosecutors announced murder and other charges against 44-year-old Timothy Galbraith and 49-year-old Trisha Bos.
A witness told police that they were present for both killings and that Galbraith shot Brown in a yard in the 600 block of South Francis Avenue. His body was then moved outside the city by Galbraith, the witness and Pollo, before the three returned to Lansing.
At some point after they returned to Lansing, Bos shot Pollo at Galbraith’s home in the 500 block of South Foster Avenue before Galbraith “came home to finish him off,” according to court documents. Bos and the witness also cleaned the house, using chemicals on the bathroom, and replaced flooring in two rooms, according to the filing. The filing does not include any motivation for Brown’s killing, but indicated that Pollo was killed because Galbraith didn’t trust him.
Galbraith is charged with a dozen felonies and as a habitual fourth-time offender. His charges include two counts of open murder, four counts related to tampering with evidence, two charges for the disinterment or mutilation of a dead body and four weapons charges.
Bos faces six felonies, including open murder, four counts related to tampering with evidence, two charges for the disinterment or mutilation of a dead body and a weapons charge.
Both Galbraith and Bos face up to life in prison if convicted. 54A District Court Magistrate Laura Millmore denied bond for both and online court records don’t list attorneys of record for either.
Police found the 38-year-old Pollo’s body on Feb. 10, 2025, after Eaton County Sheriff’s Office deputies and Windsor Township Fire Department responded to a structure fire in the 10000 block of East Vermontville Highway in Windsor Township. After fires burning in two buildings was put out, officials found “skeletal remains.”
Eaton County deputies worked with a medical examiner at the University of Michigan-Health Sparrow Hospital and the Michigan State Police Forensic Science Division to identify Pollo’s remains. That process took more than a month and police released Pollo’s name in late March, around the same time that Brown’s body was located in another part of Eaton County.
Brown, 28, had been missing for two months when police found his body in the woods near Cochran Road and Eaton Highway in Oneida Township, west of Grand Ledge. Police began investigating his death as a homicide.
Records: DNA, ballistic testing helped police
The year-long investigations of the two killings included the Michigan State Police, Lansing Police Department and Eaton County Sherriff’s Office, and prosecutors sought charges against Galbraith and Bos this week.
According to charging affidavits filed in both cases:
On Feb. 9, 2025, Galbraith shot and killed Brown in a yard in the 600 block of South Francis Avenue, before walking to his house in the 500 block of South Foster Avenue, a witness told police.
Pollo and the witness were present at the time and left the yard following the shooting. However, Galbraith picked both of them up in his truck and drove back to Brown’s body, which was put in the vehicle and taken to an unknown location outside the city.
At one point, Galbraith told the witness that he didn’t trust Pollo and was going to kill him.
After moving Brown’s body, the three returned to Galbraith’s house before Pollo and the witness left for a period of time. Pollo returned to Galbraith’s house first, and the witness told police they heard multiple gunshots when walking up to the house. Bos was crying and said, “I didn’t mean to do it, I didn’t mean to do it, he grabbed the gun,” records show. Galbraith indicated to the witness that Bos shot Pollo first, and Galbraith then shot Pollo.
Galbraith provided cleaning products for the house that Bos and the witness used on the bathroom, in addition to replacing flooring in two rooms. When the witness returned the next day, Pollo’s body was gone and Galbraith told the witness that he burned it.
Police also obtained evidence that Galbraith gave someone a bag with Pollo’s possessions and a gun, and warned that person against getting caught with the items.
State Police also cited DNA and ballistic testing in the affidavits filed to secure charges.
Contact reporter Matt Mencarini at mjmencarini@lsj.com.
This article originally appeared on Lansing State Journal: How police connected the killings of 2 men shot hours apart in Lansing
Reporting by Matt Mencarini, Lansing State Journal / Lansing State Journal
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