WILX - HomePage - Headlines  Suspect's Sister Testifies In
McCowan Trial   LANSING (WILX)-- Shay McCowan had a chance in
court Monday to explain why she sent a text to her brother that
may have led him to kill her boyfriend. A text as it turned out
wasn't even true.  Before her testimony even began she was in
tears. Shay described her brother Connor McCowan as her best
friend, and Andrew Singler as the love of her life. She
described them as all being close friends.  "We would go bowling
three to four times a week. If I was at work, Connor and Andrew
would hang out," said Shay.  But Shay's relationship with
Singler wasn't perfect. She admitted they fought a lot, and that
he once beat her.  "Andrew shoved me on the bed and hit me so
hard I had a hand print on my stomach for about three or four
days," said Shay.  On the day of Singler's death Shay was
texting Connor that Singler had broken her back and ribs, which
was a lie. Shay had actually just fallen off Singler's back
while being given a piggy-back ride.