Well, Bruce Moilanen was none-too-bright either, but he went even bigger than stupid: He was a buffoon. When the prosecutor in court asked whether Brunke still owed him money, Cordell said "not anymore. He was imprisoned from 1967 until 1971, when President Richard Nixon pardoned him with the understanding that Hoffa would resign from his Teamster presidency. With each new slaying, public pressure to catch the killer mounted. Serena Maria Daniels is an award-winning freelance journalist in Detroit, by way of Chicago, by way of the West Coast. In October 2014, a 22-year-old Chelsea Bruck went to a Halloween party in Frenchtown Township. SAULT STE. Authorities suspected one man, John Norman Collins, killed them. While there has been a sharp increase in drug use in the tiny towns of the UP in recent years, he said, this was a new level of violence. Noble's decision to handle the case on his own infuriated the victims' families. It just didn't make sense.". Uncovered: Unsolved Michigan Murders When a diligent investigator finally located the fatal bullet on the forest floor, Bruce said he didnt own a .30 caliber rifle that could fire it, but detectives found some of Bruces paperwork listing such a gun as collateral on a bank loan. The U.S. Investigators made another connection: Collins also lived near the twovictims. Carrie Nelson had two young sons. Finn folk. The site is written as if she were telling her own story. Mr Ballen covers this on his Podcast. But Bruce seemed to have even more interest in another woman, the happily married Gayle Lampinen, 35. Conditions of the probation include abstaining from alcohol and drug use, avoiding bars and casinos, and being subjected to periodic drug screens. Brunke grew even more upset when Cordell pointed out a new Facebook posting by Aldrich, announcing she was involved with another man. Macedonio was paroled after being in prison for more than 50 years. MATURE CONTENT WARNING: This story contains descriptions of gruesome crime scenes. Hooked on drugs in her early teens in rural Newberry by a boyfriend who introduced her to the needle, she dropped out of school and began to have babies, five in all. The Michigan State Court of Appeals has upheld a Delta County Circuit Court decision to dismiss challenges to zoning issues regarding the construction of windfarms in the Garden Peninsula. We just want people to remember she was here and now shes not. COLLINS' LETTER: John Norman Collins one of Michigan's most notorious killers pens letter to the Free Press. The murder charges against Brunke were being dropped and he was going to be allowed to plead to obstruction of justice and lying to a police officer, convictions that could have him out of prison in five years or less. 39-year-old Jeffrey Lewis Thomas was arraigned Wednesday in Ontonagon County Court. Collins had given Phillips' friend,also 17, a ride and then made a date with her. He tried to hide his face behind some papers on his way into the Ontonagon courthouse. Marquette City Police told the Park Predators podcast creators that Girard had made several reports of assault in the past. Investigation Discovery (ID) is the leading crime and justice network on The jealousy grew. Web10 Famous Homicides In Michigan That Will Never Be Forgotten 1) Robert Bashara, AKA "Big Bob" 2) Andrew Kehoe, AKA "The Bath School Murder" "AndrewKehoe". Fleszar, a 19-year-old Eastern Michigan University accounting student, was the first of eight women and girls one as young as 13 whose lives were tragically taken and whose caseshave become known as the Michigan Murders. The police investigation, several hundred pages long, paints a picture of desperate lives even among the splendor of a national forest and relative peace of a small, sleepy town -- of drug addicts living from one fix to the next, and dealers willing to kill if crossed. Before she hitched a ride with her sister Nelson and Nelson's boyfriend Hutchinson to Brunke's house for the free drugs, Aldrich posted on her Facebook Page a song about the struggles of addiction. Her statements to police about what happened in Brunke's house the night of April 16 had been crucial to the prosecutor's case. A high school senior, Phillips was in Californiaand went missing on June 30, 1969. Published: Aug. 12, 2021 at 5:15 PM PDT. Unsolved Michigan murders of 1960s led police to John Norman He left the family dog, aGerman shepherd, and gave Collins a key so he could feed it. Californiaand Michigan authorities investigated Phillips' death. Web1 in 202 in Michigan Michigan VIOLENT CRIMES Population: 10,050,811 United States VIOLENT CRIMES Population: 331,888,310 Property Crime Property Crime Comparison Thats why I come up here and be her voice every year because she doesnt have one. Copyright The Daily News | https://www.ironmountaindailynews.com | 215 E. Ludington, Iron Mountain, MI 49801 |, Her family doesnt really do anything because of religious reasons, so Im kind of the only one left. So you see, the mysterious abounds in Michigan. A veteran Detroit journalist, she joined the Free Press in 2012. The area where the body was left was near poison oak. She never came back to her dorm. "My mom just gave me this look like, 'Really?' Both were arrested Friday. A man who was arrested on assault charges had trial today in a Marquette County district courtroom. Investigators say the homeowner defended himself with a chainsaw Saturday morning in South Range. While in California, police said Collins was treated for poison oak. By this time, the Blakes had taken more of a liking to their son-in-law. Brunke had plenty of that on hand. They investigated and saw flashing bright lights. Alice Kalom, 21, was a recent University of Michigan graduate. Brunke will be in court Jan. 21 when he will be sentenced to prison on the lesser felonies. The next day Aldrich, stopped by Brunke's house while he was at work for the road commission, and discovered he had hidden a large stash of cocaine in a PVC pipe buried in his backyard. But, when Dorothy Kalom saw an artist's sketch of the victim, she knew who it was:Her daughter. Fleszar's surviving relatives including her father, who is now in his 90s declined to speak publicly about the tragedy because they saidit is emotional and with each interview, retelling what happened is like reliving it. Fleszar and Schell were bothstudents at EMU, living near each other. (There were) some things that happened when she first went missing, Dowd said. Crime - UpperMichigansSource.com