DeAndre Booker has been charged with premeditated murder and tampering with evidence Ashley Elkins, 30, was last seen at her Warren, Mich., home on Jan. 2 Her ex-boyfriend DeAndre Booker was initially arrested on a charge of lying to police Michigan authorities have now charged Booker with offenses including murder and evidence tampering A man who allegedly lied to police during their investigation of his missing ex-girlfriend Ashley Elkins has now been charged with murder.

Family said Ashley Elkins was last seen Jan. 2 after she left her home to run errands; her ex-boyfriend is charged in presumed death, disappearance.

Elkins' ex-boyfriend, De’Andre Booker, 32, of Roseville, was arraigned in Macomb County court this morning on a charge of first-degree murder; he was denied bond and remanded to jail, the report said. He was previously charged with lying to police related to Elkin’s disappearance. Booker is due back in court on Wednesday.

Murder charges against the ex-boyfriend of missing mom Ashley Elkins are expected to be filed Friday morning after DNA tests of a trash dumpster matched hers, according to the woman’s family and county prosecutors.

Roseville — The ex-boyfriend of a missing Warren woman was charged with first-degree murder Friday and ordered remanded to the Macomb County Jail without bond after police said they found blood in the defendant's bathroom with DNA that matched the victim.

Nearly one month since Ashley Elkins was last seen, her ex-boyfriend, Deandre Booker, is now being charged in her murder.

A first-degree murder charge has been filed against 32-year-old De'Andre Booker in connection with the disappearance of Ashley Elkins, who was last seen on Jan. 2.