A reader wrote me about the recent updated compilation/analysis of OCCK composite drawings. They have researched child abductions in Michigan from the years 1965-1985, and they had this to add to the discussion:
I thought your reader’s posting on the composites was terrific and, even more than that, thought-provoking. So here are a couple of doppelgangers that really struck me as I was doing research on child abductions 1965-1985 in Michigan.Composite #1 (attached) is of the suspect in the June 17, 1970 abduction and vicious rape of a 6 year old girl in Gross Pointe (Wayne County). She was walking home from Ferry School and was forced into the small black car of the suspect who drove her to Jefferson Beach Marina on Lake St. Clair, struck her several times, dragged her into a dry-docked cabin cruiser, and raped her. He then fled. The girl was admitted to St. John’s Hospital in “critical condition” with injuries that required surgery. She described the suspect as in his late 20s, heavy set, with dark hair long in the back, a day’s growth of beard, and wearing work clothes. The composite was widely and often published back in the day, but the case remains unsolved. Does it bear a resemblance to composites #1 and 2 in the posting?Composite #2 (attached) is of the suspect in the abduction and rape of a 6 year old girl in Albion (Calhoun County) on Nov 16, 1973. She was grabbed while walking home from school, raped, and driven around for hours before being let out of his small light green car. Her injuries required surgery. The suspect came to the hospital while she was recuperating and fled when she started screaming. The case remains unsolved. Hospital personnel described him as being in his 20’s, 5’6-5’7, thin, with light brown hair and blue eyes. He might bear a resemblance to composite #10 in the posting.Composite #3 (attached) is of the “Troy Molester” who abducted and sexually assaulted, or attempted to, as many as 40 young boys in Oakland and Macomb Counties during 1980. The rather cartoonish composite was first posted in September 1980. He was described as 19-25 years old, 135-145 pounds, with dark brown hair and a moustache. He bears a slight resemblance to one of the “alternate looks” of composite #1 in the posting, which was acknowledged by someone who was affiliated with the OCCK Task Force, but he was summarily dismissed as a suspect in that case for reasons that were not explained in the media.
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The September 3, 2026 post the above was in response to: