The Snow Killings

by Marney Rich Keenan

  2. Jail Inmate Record, Oakland County Booking card no. 02380, February 28, 1977.

  3. Valorie M. Minch, interview with author, May 24, 2018.

  4. Julie Chenot Mayer, interview with Det. Cory Williams, June 2018.

  5. Kari and Virgina Mahaney, interview with Det. Cory Williams, April 8, 2010.

  6. James Speicher, interview with author, October 2019.

  7. Jack Kalbfleisch, interview with author, April 2018.

  8. Joe Koenig, interview with author, May 31, 2018.

  9. Julie Morris, “Oakland Child Slayer Squad Will Quit—Without a Suspect,” Detroit Free Press, November 21, 1978, 3

  10. Chris King, email to author, January 2013.

  11. Jack Kalbfleisch, interview with author, April 2018.

  12. Transcript of meeting, September 2017.

  13. Karol Robinson Self, interview with author, September 2018.

  14. Tom Robinson, interview with the author, July 2018.

  15. Deborah Jarvis, interview with author, September 2018

  16. Mike Stebbins, interview with author, February 2020.

  Bibliography

  Books, Articles, Reports and Interviews

  Anderson, Elisha. “25 Years Ago, Malice Green Became the Face of Police Brutality in Detroit.” Detroit Free Press, November 5, 2017.

  Ashenfelter, David, and L.L. Braisier. “Do You Remember Seeing This Man or This Car?” Detroit Free Press, July 18, 2012.

  Ashenfelter, David, L.L. Brasier, Gina Damron, and Matt Helms. “A Chilling History of Child Sex Abuse.” Detroit Free Press, July 19, 2012.

  Associated Press. “DNA Does Not Link Wyoming Suspect to Child Killings.” Billings Gazette, November 27, 2000.

  Bartkowiak, Dave. “Court Denies Victim’s Father’s 3rd Appeal for More Information.” Broadcast. Local 4 News. Detroit, MI: NBC, September 13, 2017.

  Basch, John A. “Police Seek ‘Mystery Woman’ in Probe.” Royal Oak Tribune, November 14, 1977.

  Basheda, Valerie, and James A McClear. “Oakland’s Judge Cooper Brushes off Her Detractors.” The Detroit News, February 12, 1991.

  Battaglia, Tammy Stables. “Cops Comb Blue Gremlin near Grand Blanc.” Detroit Free Press, August 21, 2013.

  Bello, Marisol. “Suspect Says He Can ID Oakland Co. Child Killer.” Detroit Free Press, December 13, 2006.

  Bowles, Billy. “Callers Say They Know Killer’s Pal.” Detroit Free Press, June 26, 1977.

  Broad, Catherine. “North Fox Island, Circa 1975–1976.” Blog. What the Hell Is the Deal in Oakland County? Blog. March 12, 2013. https://catherinebroad.blog/2013/03/page/2/.

  Broad, Catherine. “Predatory Crime.” Blog. What the Hell Is the Deal in Oakland County? Blog. February 9, 2013. https://catherinebroad.blog/2013/02/09/predatory-crime/.

  Broad, Catherine. “Profiles in Cowardice, Continued.” Blog. What the Hell Is the Deal with the Oakland County Child Killer Investigation? Blog. February 25, 2013. www.catherinebroad.blog.com.

  Broad, Catherine. “Thank You, Doug Wilson.” What the Hell Is the Deal with Oakland County? Blog. February 4, 2014. https://catherinebroad.blog.com.

  Brody, Lisa. “Oakland County Child Killer.” Downtown Publications, September 29, 2010.

  Brody, Lisa. “Unsolved Mystery: Oakland County Child Killer.” Downtown Birmingham/Bloomfield, September 2010.

  Bunting, Jane Briggs. “Man Who Saw Missing Boy Is Sought.” Detroit Free Press, March 19, 1977.

  Bunting, Jane Briggs. “King Boy Search Brings Many Tips of Other Attempts.” Detroit Free Press, March 22, 1977.

  Bunting, Jane Briggs, and Julie Morris. “In Oakland County the Horror Seems Past.” Detroit Free Press, June 26, 1977.

  Carey, Benedict. “The Psychology of Pedophilia: Portrait of a Disorder Emerges.” New York Times, September 29, 2019.

  Castine, John. “Sillery Didn’t Do 919 Autopsies, Witness Testifies.” Detroit Free Press, July 15, 1981.

  Catallo, Heather. “Did the Oakland County Child Killer Case Focus on the Wrong Car for Decades?” Broadcast. Detroit, MI: ABC, May 12, 2017.

  “CBers Form Posse in Search for Missing Berkley Girl.” The Daily Tribune. January 7, 1977. (No byline)

  “Child’s Garden of Perversity.” Time Magazine, April 4, 1977. (No byline)

  “County Man Faces Sex Charge.” The Oakland Press, March 3, 1977. (No byline)

  “Dallas Pathologist Replaces Sillery.” Detroit Free Press, September 16, 1983. (No byline)

  Danto, Brue L. “Psychiatrist’s Plea to Timothy’s Killer.” The Detroit News, March 27, 1977.

  “Detectives Revive Infamous Case,” February 18, 2005. www.michigan.gov. Press Release

  DeWolfe, Robert. “Slain Girl’s Body Found on Highway.” Detroit Free Press. January 17, 1976.

  Dickerson, Brian. “Justice Delayed, Maybe Forever.” Detroit Free Press, August 26, 2016.

  Dietz, Kevin. “Prosecutors Say Evidence Points Away from Suspect Christopher Busch as Oakland County Child Killer.” Broadcast. Detroit, MI: NBC, Local 4 News, June 26, 2012.

  Doerr, Barbara. “Police Hope to Retrace Slain Girl’s Movements.” The Detroit News, December 28, 1976.

  Doerr, Barbara. “Police Seek Information on Missing Suburban Girl.” The Detroit News, December 25, 1976.

  Doerr, Barbara. “Slain Boy’s Dad Jailed on Nonsupport Charge.” The Detroit News, February 24, 1976.

  Doerr, Barbara, and Pat Shellengarger. “Autopsy Awaited in Slaying of Boy.” The Detroit News, January 27, 1976.

  “847-Acre Island Is Purchased as Summer Resort.” The Detroit News, September 5, 1959. Universal Press International.

  Ferretti, Christine, and Mark Hicks. “Attorney Calls for Federal Probe of Oakland County Child Killer.” The Detroit News, March 24, 2012.

  Franklin, Stephen. “Murders Torment Detroit.” Chicago Tribune, January 13, 1987.

  Froster, Jodie. “The New OCCK Suspect on the Block: Arch Sloan.” Ididitforjodie.com Blog. Accessed September 12, 2012. www.ididitforjodie.com.

  Gerber, Judianne Densen. “What Pornographers Are Doing to Children: A Shocking Report.” Redbook, August 1977.

  Grossman, Jay M. “Candidates Don’t Pull Punches in Prosecutor’s Race.” Observer and Eccentric, September 30, 2012.

  Grzech, Ellen. “Dead Girl Not Sexually Molested.” Detroit Free Press, January 24, 1977.

  Grzech, Ellen. “Runaway Girl Shotgunned; Body Found Off I-75 in Troy.” Detroit Free Press, December 27, 1976.

  Hansen, Ronald J. “Accused Pedophile Has Troubled Past.” The Detroit News, January 15, 2007.

  Herman, Jim. “Porno Charges Jolt Town.” Traverse City Record Eagle, December 18, 1976.

  Herrara, Halston. “Police: Gremlin Is Longshot in Solving 70’s Child Killer Cases, but One Worth Looking into: Blue Gremlin Found Is Same Description as Car in Oakland County Child Killer Case.” Broadcast. Detroit, MI: NBC Local 4 News. August 20, 2013.

  “Historical Facts by Decade.” Decennial Census of Population and Housing, n.d. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade/decennial-facts.1830.

  Ilke, Douglas. “Victims’ Clean Bodies.” The Detroit News, March 25, 1977.

  James, Michael S. “ABC News.” Broadcast. Prison Is ‘Living Hell’ for Pedophiles. New York City, ABC-TV, August 26, 2003.

  Joel, Smith, and James McClear. “Dragnet.” The Detroit News, March 25, 1977.

  Kaufman, Steve, and jeff laderman. “Royal Oak Girl Is Found Slain on I-75.” The Detroit News, December 27, 1976.

  Keenan, Marney Rich. “Dad of Slain Child Sues for Records.” The Detroit News, May 15, 2010.

  Keenan, Marney Rich. “DNA Stirs Up 1970s Case.” The Detroit News, May 20, 2011.
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  Keenan, Marney Rich. “Family: Police Reports Point to Child’s Killer.” The Detroit News, December 28, 2010.

  Keenan, Marney Rich. “Finding Timmy’s Killer.” The Detroit News, October 26, 2009.

  Keenan, Marney Rich. “Murder Victim’s Family Still Hits Roadblocks in Search for Killer.” The Detroit News, October 27, 2010.

  Keenan, Marney Rich. “Oakland County Child Killer Victims’ Families Meet.” The Detroit News, November 11, 2009.

  Keenan, Marney Rich. “Oakland, Wayne Prosecutors’ Rift Revealed over Case.” The Detroit News, July 19, 2012.

  Keenan, Marney Rich. “Teacher Students Investigate Oakland County Child Killings Case.” The Detroit News, June 13, 2012.

  Keller, Michael H., and Gabriel J.X. Dance. “The Internet Is Overrun with Images of Child Sexual Abuse. What Went Wrong?” New York Times, September 28, 2019.

  King, Barry. “Chapter 65: June 20, 2011, Exhibit K.” Blog. A Father’s Story Blog, August 15, 2016. www.afathersstory-occk.com.

  Kirby, Mary Ellen. “Finder of Tim’s Body Is Haunted by Sight.” The Detroit News, March 24, 1977.

  Kirby, Mary Ellen, and James McClear. “Autopsy Shows King Boy Was Well Cared For.” The Detroit News, March 24, 1977.

  Kirby, Mary Ellen, and Ronald L Russell. (Headline missing) The Detroit News, March 25, 1977.

  Klaus, Jared. “The Babysitter Killer.” Cleveland Scene, May 2, 2007.

  Laitner, Bill. “‘Study: Oakland County Far Ahead in Michigan for Affluence.’” Detroit Free Press, May 18, 2018.

  “Lake Hideaway Suspected as Homosexual Boy Camp.” Detroit Free Press, December 12, 1976. No byline

  “Larry Nevers, Detroit Cop Who Went to Prison in Malice Green Incident, Has Died.” Deadline Detroit, February 4, 2013. www.DeadlineDetroit.com.

  Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, and Claud Corrigan. The Oakland County Special Task Force: Finding the Child-Killer in the Woodward Corridor § (1977).

  “Legislator to Sponsor Outlawing Child Porn.” The Traverse City Record Eagle, March 12, 1977. From staff and wire reports.

  Leland, Gail. “Arizona Cold Case Task Force Report to the Governor and Arizona State Legislature.” In Impact on Victims of Unsolved Murder. Homicide Survivors, Inc., 2007.

  Lentz, Charlie. “Sandusky: Second to None.” pennstate.scout.com, March 27, 2007. http://pennstate.scout.com/2/630302.html.

  Lewis, Scott. Broadcast. Detroit, MI: FOX 2 TV, March 29, 2005.

  Littlefield, Dana. “How O.J. Simpson Trial Introduced Courts to DNA.” The San Diego Union-Tribune, April 16, 2009.

  Loggins, Kirk, and James Branscome. “Boys Farm Scandal.” The Washington Post, June 5, 1977.

  Mallon, Patrick. “Detroit: Coleman Young’s Triumph of Self-Destruction.” Free Republic, April 8, 2002. www.freerepublic.com.

  Mangan, Dan. “Girls Who Appeared to Be 11 to 12 Seen with Jeffrey Epstein Getting Off His Plane in 2018 as Authorities Eyed His Travel Abroad.” Broadcast. CNBC, September 12, 2019.

  Martindale, Mike. “Deferred Police Retirement Pay to Cost Strapped State Millions.” The Detroit News, May 26, 2009.

  Martucci, Joe. “Police Theories Abound on Oakland Child Killer.” The Eccentric. June 15, 1978.

  McCall, Cheryl. “Oakland Child Killer Hunt Will Quit.” Detroit Free Press, November 21, 1978.

  McClear, James A, and Joel J. Smith. “Police Ask for Help from Anyone Who May Counsel Killer.” The Detroit News, March 27, 1977.

  McClear, James A, and John F Newman. “Oakland Shroud of Secrecy.” The Detroit News, February 6, 1977.

  McIntrye, Tommy. Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing. Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press, 1988.

  McKee, Steven Baicker. “The Excited Utterance Paradox,” September 2017. https://digitalcommons.law.seattleu.edu.

  Meyer, Zlati. “4 Men Testify in Molestation Trial They Recall Abuse in the Early 1980s.” Detroit Free Press, February 5, 2008.

  Meyer, Zlati. “Wayne County Man Found Guilty of Molesting Boy in 80s: Ex-Chief Confirms He Was Informer.” Detroit Free Press, February 7, 2008.

  Michalak, John. “Murder Task Force to Wind Down.” The Daily Tribune. March 22, 1977.

  Michelmore, Bill. “Alert Boy,7, Helps Locate Suspect in Pal’s Abduction.” Detroit Free Press, March 17, 1976.

  Michelmore, Bill. “Pews Are Filled for Timothy King’s Funeral.” Detroit Free Press, March 26, 1977.

  “Michigan Prosecutors Defy the Supreme Court.” New York Times, September 10, 2016. By the Editorial Board.

  Michigan, State of. “Detectives Revive Infamous Case.” Press Release, February 18, 2005.

  Morgan, Lucy. “Starchild Is a Mystery Figure in Kelly Case.” St. Petersburg Times, May 13, 1980.

  Neubaucher, Jim. “North Fox: One Man’s Rare Dot on the Universe.” Detroit Free Press, December 28, 1975.

  “New Sex Charges Filed in Oakland.” Detroit Free Press, March 1, 1977. (No byline).

  Oakland Press Editorial Board. “Prosecutor Must Explain Her Actions.” The Oakland Press, January 16, 2009.

  Olendorf, Donna. “The Alger Family.” Heritage Magazine, October 1985.

  “Pattengill Pamphlet Lists Eight Child Safety Tips.” The Daily Tribune. January 7, 1977. No Byline

  Pesta, Abigail. “Kym Worthy’s Mission: Solve 11,000 Rapes.” Newsweek, April 9, 2012.

  Proctor, Bill. “Is the Oakland County Child Killer Connected to John Wayne Gacy?” Broadcast. ABC, 7 Action News at 5, WXYZ-TV, February 1, 2013.

  “Protection of Children Against Sexual Exploitation,” 1978. Hearings before the Subcommittee to Investigate Juvenile Delinquency. The Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate, Ninety-Fifth Congress, First Session. Chicago, IL, May 27, 1977, and Washington, D.C., June 16, 1977.

  Riley, Rochelle. “Detroit Owes Debt to ’08 Renaissance Heroes.” Detroit Free Press, January 1, 2009.

  Robertson, Robert H., and Jerry Tobias. “Where Is the Oakland County Child Killer?” The Investigator, Fall 1979, 18.

  Schmidt, William E. “Flint Journal; A Fallen Star Wants to Shine Again.” New York Times, September 24, 1987.

  Schmitt, Ben. “Molester Receives 3 Life Terms: Ohio Man Said He Paid Boys for Sex.” Detroit Free Press, April 21, 2007.

  Schutze, Jim. “Only a Door Stood Between Baby-Sitter’s Killer, Police Say: Slayer Waited Inside House.” Detroit Free Press, January 21, 1976.

  Scott, Will. “Figure in North Fox Child-Sex Ring Dies.” Traverse City Record Eagle, August 5, 1996.

  Sczesny, Mary Connelly. “Mystery Clouds Gallery Owner’s Slaying.” The Eccentric. September 22, 1977.

  “2nd Grand Jury Seated in Oakland County Child Killer Case.” Broadcast. NBC, WDIV Local 4 News, July 15, 2011.

  Shamus, Kristen Jordan. “Michigan’s New Rape Kit Tracking System: What It Means for Survivors.” Detroit Free Press, December 5, 2018.

  Shellenberger, Pat. “Hunt for … Ends As.” The Detroit News, December 11, 1978.

  Smith, Joel J. “Killed or Missing: Five Children.” The Detroit News, January 7, 1977.

  Smith, Joel. “150 Detectives Press Kidnap Search.” The Detroit News, March 23, 1977.

  Smith, Joel, Pat Murphy, Edward Chen, and Peter Lochbiler. (Headline Missing) The Detroit News, January 22, 1977.

  Sneed, Michael, and George Bliss. “Child Pornography: Sickness for Sale.” Chicago Tribune, May 15, 1977.

  Snyder, Jesse. “Berkley Mother Makes Appeal for Return of Missing Daughter.” The Daily Tribune, January 6, 1977.

  “Task Force Finds: No Slaying Link in Flint Case.” The Oakland Press, February 2, 1977. No byline

  Vela, Susan. “Father of Oakland County Child Killer Victim Waits for Answers.” Hometown Life, February 29, 2020.

  Waldron, Tom. “Special Report Regarding the Arrest of
Christopher Brian Busch M/W/25 of 736 N. State St., Alma, Michigan, for CSC 3rd Degree on Complaint #2197.” January 31, 1977.

  Wells, Robert L. “Child Murders ‘Fragmented.’” The Detroit News, August 2, 1977.

  Wendland, Michael F. “Killer Stirs Fear.” The Detroit News, May 31, 1977.

  Willing, Richard. “Oakland County Link Probed in Sexual Exploiting of Boys.” The Detroit News, February 22, 1977.

  Witzil, Frank. “Child Killer Hunt Heats Up.” Detroit Free Press, February 18, 2005.

  Wright, Marilyn. “Police Say Photos Link Area Island, Porn Ring.” Traverse City Record Eagle, February 16, 1977.

  Court Records

  Oakland County Circuit Court, Barry L. King v. Michigan State Police, case no. 2010–109674-CZ.

  Oakland County Circuit Court, Barry L. King v. Oakland County Prosecutor, case no. 2010–110251-CZ.

  Oakland County Circuit Court, Barry L. King v. Oakland County Prosecutor, case no. 2012–125171-CZ.

  Oakland County Circuit Court, Barry L. King v. Oakland County Prosecutor, case no. 2014–144272-CZ.

  United States District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, Southern Division, Deborah S. Jarvis, individually and as personal representative of the Estate of Kristine Mihleich v. Jessica R. Cooper, Oakland County Prosecutor; Paul Walton, Assistant Oakland County Prosecutor; Michael J. Bouchard, Oakland County Sheriff, Michael G. McCabe, Oakland County Undersheriff; Detective Sgt. David Robertson, Michigan State Police; Detective Sgt. Denise Powell, Michigan State Police; Trooper Darby J. O’Dell Michigan State Police and Oakland County, a political sub-unit of the State of Michigan, case no.2:12-cv-11804-DPH-MAR.

  Index of Terms

  Absecon, New Jersey

  Adams Elementary School

  Alger, Caroline Annette

  Alger, Russell Alexander

  Alger, Russell Alexander, Jr.

  Allan, Jane Louise

  Allen letter