Jonathan Welch, 23, is accused of killing multiple people while out on a $10,000 bond. DETROIT (FOX 2) - Jonathan Welch, the Detroit man who was released on a low bond after being charged with several felonies including torture, has now been charged with a fourth murder that happened prior to his original arrest in June.
Welch was charged Thursday with the murder of Natayla Morse, 24, whose body was found in a field on Detroit's east side on June 4.
Morse's body was originally unidentified but later confirmed. According to a release from the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office, Welch is accused of killing Morse with ‘blunt force trauma’ to her head, then stealing her car and setting it on fire.
Records obtained by FOX 2 did not say how Welch and Morse knew each other.In the weeks after Morse's body was discovered, Welch was charged with going on a murderous crime spree and terrorizing his ex before killing her, his step-dad, and his mom.A couple of days after Morse's body was discovered, Welch was charged with multiple felonies including torture after the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office said he viciously attacked and sexually assaulted his ex-girlfriend.Prosecutors then say 36th District Court Magistrate Dawn White set Welch's bond at $100,000 / 10 percent cash surety.