Connor McCowan, 18, was arraigned Monday in Mason on a murder charge, the Lansing State Journal and other media report.
The 23-year-old victim and his accused killer from Okemos were acquainted, Singler family members say.They reportedly had communicated occasionally via Twitter since 2011, according to the Journal.
Authorities are mum about a motive or details of how they knew each other.
One haunting detail emerges in coverage by the Journal and The State News campus paper.
At 3:17 a.m. Saturday, less than an hour before authorities say McCowan stabbed Singler to death in the student's Meridian Township apartment, McCowan tweeted this quote to Singler.
“This time of the night is when phone calls and texts are regretted in the morning.”
Singler’s Twitter account at @AndySingAllDay also has photos he tweeted to McCowan, Darcie Moran reports in The State News.
Singler, who had four older siblings, was an aspiring pediatric dentist who planned to attend graduate school after graduating this his May, his mother Janis told reporters. He graduated in 2008 from Stoney Creek High in Rochester.
His Twitter feed now has memorials from friends and schoolmates.
Visitation is today from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. at Pixley Funeral Home, 322 W. University Dr. in Rochester. The service will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in St. Paul's United Methodist Church, 620 Romeo St. in the same city.
The funeral home has an online memorial page.
McCowan was a tight end and linebacker at Okemos High, where he graduated last spring, according to the Lansing paper.
