The Oakland County Child Killer
Seriously Mysterious - Missing Persons, Unsolved Murders & Historical True CrimeShow Notes
Four innocent children were just trying to enjoy childhood in 1970s Michigan, but a series of calculated abductions left an entire community paralyzed by fear, and families wondering how a monster could operate in plain sight.
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Thank you CBS News, Detroit Free Press, The Flint Journal, Grand Haven Tribune, Ann Arbor News, The Bay City Times, The Herald-Palladium, the Jackson Citizen Patriot, Home Town Life.com, wikispooks.com and Wikipedia for information contributing to today’s story.
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