The Prince of Fraud

In September 1979 Kim King slipped away from her friend's house, made a late night call to her sister, and was never seen or heard from again.  Could her case be related to the Oakland County Child Killer?  #unsolved, #Michigan, #missing, #OCCK 2023 Update - Kim's case remains open and unsolved. She is still missing.  2024 Update - Art Ream, a suspect in Kim's case, died in prison.

26 Okt 201746min

In 1977 Carson McDowell was a 43 year old married father of two. An executive at General Motors. A family man, friend and neighbor.  So why did he end up tortured and murdered by the side of the railroad tracks in Ferndale? Why is his case so hard to solve?  #murder #unsolved #generalmotors #Dearborn #Detroit

19 Okt 201729min

May, 1975, two cousins, Scott Hardy and Mark Mellendorf walk from Mellendorf's home in Lapeer County Michigan to Tody Lake for some fishing. When the boys don't return home, their parents raise the alarm and searchers scour the woods for hours trying to find the young boys. The next morning, a tracking dog makes a horrific discovery on the southern end of the lake. Both boys are dead and there is a killer on the loose in this idyllic community. Days later a second boy, Willie Walters, takes his fishing gear to Kearsley Creek, he too doesn't return. His battered body is discovered the next morning. These horrific crimes happened just a few miles north of the hunting grounds favored by the Oakland County Child Killer in 1976-1977. #Michigan, #Murder, #OCCK

12 Okt 201757min

In 1991 and 1992 a small community in the upper peninsula of northern Michigan was rocked by the brutal murders of two women. It would take a break in at the home of a third woman to bring this unlikely murderer to justice. #Michigan, #Yooper, #Serial murder

5 Okt 201727min

Hillary Norskog was only 13 years old when she became the first victim of a serial murderer near Chicago Illinois. While his parents attempted to shield Steven Pfiel from his responsibility in her death, they could not stop him from killing again.  #serial #murder #Illinois

21 Sep 201735min

Tuesday December 9, 1997. 23-year-old Laney Gwinner meets up with friends at a local bowling alley in Fairfield, Ohio. She shot a few rounds of pool, had a couple of beers and left just after midnight, headed to her boyfriend’s nearby apartment. Laney won’t arrive, in fact, she’ll never be seen alive again.   Follow the Justice for Laney group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/38837478756 update - 2023 this case remains open and unsolved.

14 Sep 201746min

In 2012, 23 year old Julia Niswender was chasing her dreams. A student at Eastern Michigan University, her goal was to work as a broadcast journalist. One December evening, someone entered her off campus apartment and murdered her. Her death devastated her mother and twin sister, and the investigation into her murder would tear the family apart. Update - this case remains open and unsolved.

24 Aug 201734min