According to Keenan, child pornography in the mid-’70s was a flourishing nationwide multi-million-dollar industry. The case made national news.ĭuring the investigation, the task force discovered a multi-state child pornography ring operating on North Fox Island in Lake Michigan. Investigators explored about 20,000 leads and interviewed thousands of people.
The task force was comprised of 200 policemen from local, county and state, as well as FBI. These murders triggered what was at time the largest manhunt in U.S.
Their bodies were bathed and their clothes were cleaned. He had been sexually assaulted and suffocated about six hours earlier. His body was found six days later in a shallow ditch in Livonia. Timothy King, 11, of Birmingham, who disappeared March 16, 1977. She had been smothered to death less than 24 hours earlier. Her body was found 19 days later on the side of a road in Franklin Village. Kristine Mihelich, 10, of Berkley, who disappeared Jan. She had been shot in the face with a 12-gauge shotgun. Her body was found the day after Christmas that year alongside Interstate 75 in Troy within plain view of the Troy Police Department. Jill Robinson, 12, of Royal Oak, who disappeared Dec. Rope marks were found on both his wrists and ankles. He had been strangled and sexually assaulted. His body was found four days later in a snowbank in a parking lot of an office building. Mark Stebbins, 12, of Ferndale, who disappeared Feb. They deserve nothing less.”įor 13 months between 19, the children in Oakland County were abducted, held captive for 4-19 days and then murdered. “More importantly, it shines a light on the heroic efforts of those who, at great cost, pursued the truth on behalf of Mark, Jill, Kristine and Tim. “This book exposes a culture that failed our most vulnerable and holds accountable those who sought to conceal the evil perpetrated on them,” said Keenan. She also used a large whiteboard to keep the chronology straight. She had access to old reports, conducted hundreds of interviews and filed countless FOIA requests - all of which took up three file cabinets. It took Keenan almost 10 years and numerous drafts to write this book. “I also wanted to shed light on those who sought to deceive the public by the cover-up and, more recently, those who obstructed the investigation for political gain.” I wanted to celebrate those who made it their mission to find justice for these kids, those being Barry King and Det. “I wanted to bring the truth to the entire investigation to light. The book was written to honor the father of one of the victims and a retired detective who fought tirelessly for justice for more than four decades, she said. The retired Detroit News columnist has written her first book, “The Snow Killings: Inside the Oakland County Child Killer Investigation,” an account of the unsolved deaths. �l�S�+f�֏���F%��Y$��`��`\�L.Finding the truth about who killed four children 44 years ago compelled Marney Rich Keenan to write a book that may shed light on the Oakland County Child killings.
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