A reader and I had a back and forth about the two mug shots in the record for convicted child rapist and partner to Christopher Busch, Greg Greene. We wondered if we were overthinking the two disparate photos and if a reader out there might have some real-world experience to address questions raised.
- Why Greene was still in Genesee County Jail on 8-17-1977 (6 months later)?
- Why Genesee County jail would take a mug shot with him wearing eyeglasses? That would be disguising what he really looks like. Is typical protocol in a jail?
- Were the eyeglasses and short hair cut the last step to make him not look like the composite drawing, and create further separation between him and Chris Busch? So that once they release him to Jackson or anywhere outside their control nobody would believe him because he no longer looks like the composite. Note that it could have been planned for him to get his haircut for his court appearances, but those ended on 6-16-1977.
We then discussed parallel proceedings in Chris Busch’s joke of a spin through the Michigan criminal justice system, as well as L. Brooks Patterson’s parallel toe-dipping in the larger political scene (because surely his greatness was too large to confine to Oakland County). This reader, who never disappoints, then produced the following:
It could be as simple as the process required a new photo of Greene once he was released to Jackson Prison.
Any thoughts?