An attempted assault prior to the OCCK crimes.

A reader provided this information to me and I am posting it because it might ring a bell for someone who can provide more information.

A boy was a victim of an attempted assault in the early-ish 1970’s. He lived with his family near 8 Mile and Gill Rd. The man that abducted him drove a red and white Chevy van. He had a 17-year-old son who drove a blue Gremlin. The man’s first name is Mino, last name unknown. He lived on a street named Violet, near Grand River, in Farmington Hills.
The boy was taken into the van, but the it went off the road, and he was able to escape.  The father and son both threatened the boy not to tell anyone about the incident.
This area is very near to where Tim’s body was dumped on March 22, 1977.  It is also in the area Arch Sloan worked, and near Sorrows Church, where Father Gary was a priest.

Must listen

This interview of journalist Anand Giridharadas by NYT columnist Ezra Klein about the infrastructure of Jeffrey Epstein’s power is long, but a must listen.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-anand-giridharadas.html

 

Brutal decades-old murder of California girl solved thanks to cigarette DNA: ‘Coldest case ever’

James Oliver Unick, 64, will spend the rest of his life in prison for raping and murdering 13-year-old Sarah Geer in 1982.
— Read on nypost.com/2026/02/20/us-news/brutal-decades-old-murder-of-california-girl-solved-thanks-to-cigarette-dna-coldest-case-ever/