{"id":433518,"date":"2026-08-15T05:56:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T05:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/433518\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T05:56:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T05:56:12","slug":"accused-killer-fails-to-appear-for-fresno-arraignment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/433518\/","title":{"rendered":"Accused killer fails to appear for Fresno arraignment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the second time in a week, accused killer Jeffrey Michaels has failed to appear for his arraignment in connection with the stabbing death of his ex-girlfriend.<\/p>\n<p>Michaels has been in an observation cell at the Fresno County Jail because jail officials believe he may be a danger to himself.<\/p>\n<p>Michaels is charged with the murder of 30-year-old Tatyana McIntyre, whose body was found inside Michaels\u2019 home in the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/news\/local\/crime\/article316796993.html\">5700 block of East Grove Avenue<\/a>. Police said McIntyre, a mother of seven, had lacerations to her upper body.<\/p>\n<p>Fresno County Superior Court judge Ryan I. Wells said Thursday he will review Michaels\u2019s mental health status and determine on Monday if he will need to be extracted from his cell.<\/p>\n<p>Michaels was arrested Aug. 6 and has yet to enter a plea in the case against him.<\/p>\n<p>About 10 friends and family members of McIntyre\u2019s attended both of Michaels\u2019 arraignment hearings and vow to be in court every time he appears.<\/p>\n<p>Liberty Lopez, McIntyre\u2019s mother, said Thursday that she doesn\u2019t believe Michaels is going through a mental health crisis. She said he\u2019s afraid to face her and the other family members.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think he\u2019s just being a coward,\u201d Lopez said. \u201cHe doesn\u2019t want to see everybody. He\u2019s afraid to face the fact that he did this. But he needs to show his face and stop being a coward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>                                          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786773370_770_murder arrest.jpg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"0\" title=\"murder arrest.jpg\" alt=\"Jeffrey Vernon Michaels, right, was arrested on Friday, Aug. 7, 2026, on suspicion of murder in the death of Tatyana McIntyre, 30, left.\"\/>                                                                                    Jeffrey Vernon Michaels, right, was arrested on Friday, Aug. 7, 2026, on suspicion of murder in the death of Tatyana McIntyre, 30, left.                                                                                            Special to The Bee                                                                                                                <\/p>\n<p class=\"summary gray\">This story was originally published August 14, 2026 at 3:22 PM.<\/p>\n<p>        Related Stories from  Fresno Bee<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/profile\/218451425\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Robert Rodriguez\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/profile\/218451425\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Robert Rodriguez<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    The Fresno Bee<\/p>\n<p>            A Valley native, Robert has worked at The Fresno Bee since 1994, covering various topics including education, business, courts and agriculture.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For the second time in a week, accused killer Jeffrey Michaels has failed to appear for his arraignment&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":433519,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-433518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=433518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433518\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/433519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=433518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}