Columbus police obtain warrant for woman's arrest in Feb. 22 murder

Megan Henry, The Columbus Dispatch
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Cassandra Nichole Franklin, 40, is being sought by Columbus police as the suspect in a Feb. 22 murder of 36-year-old Michael Sarratt. An arrest warrant for murder has been issued for murder.
Cassandra Nichole Franklin, 40, is being sought by Columbus police as the suspect in a Feb. 22 murder of 36-year-old Michael Sarratt. An arrest warrant for murder has been issued for murder.

Columbus police are searching for a woman wanted in connection with a Northeast Side murder.

Cassandra Nichole Franklin, 40, has been charged in a warrant obtained by Columbus police homicide detectives with the Feb. 22 murder of 36-year-old Michael Sarratt.  She is described as a 5-foot-1, 131-pound Black woman with black hair and brown eyes.

Franklin was last known to be driving a small, white four-door SUV with a gray or black front quarter panel on the driver's side, police said.

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Police were called at 9:41 p.m. Feb. 22 to a home on the 2100 block of Rankin Avenue on a report of a shooting.

Sarratt, of the East Side, was found by responding officers inside the home with a gunshot wound. He was taken to a nearby hospital, where he died at 10:30 p.m., police said.

Columbus police say Cassandra Franklin, wanted on a warrant for a Feb. 22 murder, was last known to be driving this vehicle.
Columbus police say Cassandra Franklin, wanted on a warrant for a Feb. 22 murder, was last known to be driving this vehicle.

Anyone with information is asked to call Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at 614-461-TIPS.

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This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Columbus police issue warrant for woman's arrest in Feb. 22 murder