Gut feelings–of people who are trained best to pick up on them and  listen to them–apparently get trumped when your daddy is Daddy Warbucks and somebody sitting at a desk at the OCCK Task Force gets to make the final call and everything appears to fall through the cracks.

The Livonia detective I told you busted his ass on this case, finds out that Charlotte Pelham and Jr. Brandenburg are both retired and he contacts them.  A dispatcher at MCS Office informs the detective that the deputy who recently found Busch’s criminal file in response to his request has information and is happy to discuss it.  This deputy faxes a copy of a  letter to the detective from Detective Tom Waldren at Flint PD to the Chief of the Alma PD dated March 9, 1977.  In this letter, Waldren explains that Busch has CSC cases pending in Genesee County, Oakland County, Montmorency County and Midland County.  Waldren stated that the strongest cases against Busch were in Oakland and Genessee County, and noted that Busch had hired the best legal counsel to represent him–Jane (“My client is a model citizen, your Honor”) Burgess.  Waldren also wrote that Busch was currently free on bond at that time for all charges.  Yes, that means free on March 16th, in spite of numerous CSC cases in various counties,  to abduct my brother.

The deputy assisting the Livonia detective points out that in Busch’s file with them–way up north–is an old newspaper clipping about the disappearance of Tim King in suburban Detroit.  The deputy stated that in Brandenburg’s interview of Busch on 3-3-77, Busch stated that he did molest [name redacted] at the cottage on Ess Lake, but never used force.  Busch would not name any of the other boys from down state that he brought to the cottage and would not make any written statements until he had a chance to speak with his attorney.  Busch told Brandenburg that he knew Gregory Green, but at no time did he ever bring Green to Ess Lake.  Busch said he was violent  and tried to strangle a boy in Flint that he believes was [name redacted].  Busch continued about Green, stating that police have confiscated all of his photographs and movies and are holding them.  Busch told Brandenburg that he did not have any photos or movies at the cottage.  (Ok, sure, Chris, we believe you.)  Busch went on to say that his problem (pedophelia) started when his father sent him to boarding school at 17 years old.

To retired Montmorency County Detective Jr. Brandenburg’s credit, on 2-12-08 he speaks with the Livonia detective about his investigation into Chris Busch in 1977 for CSC First Degree.  When asked why there was a news clipping concerning Tim King’s disappearance in Chris Busch’s CSC file way up north, “Brandenburg started out by saying that he remembers the case and remembers Busch being a very odd guy, stating that he always felt that Busch might have been involved in the King case, that’s why he had the news clippings.  Brandenburg said that the dad [H. Lee Busch] was rich, owned a home in Birmingham, the cottage on Ess Lake and bought Christopher Busch a big two-story restaurant” in Alma, MI.  (FOIA Doc. 01210.)  “Brandenburg said that Christopher Busch always had young boys with him and remembers they were from his (Busch’s) area, down state. ”  Brandenburg knew Busch had committed suicide.  “Brandenburg again stated that he always had a gut feeling that Busch was involved in the child killing case.”  (Id.)

And you know, based on what I’ve written before that this is going to get worse, right?  In the Narrative Report entry for 2-21-08, it most certainly does.