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You might be wondering, why the flurry of posts?  I have been searching for my notes of my discussions with “Sebastian” after a reader posted a really valid comment after watching Children of the Snow.  I can’t find the notes–I have allowed many people access to my information and while I have no regrets about that, the information is never, ever returned the same way I gave it.  I will respond to the comment later by memory.  In the meantime I have found so many documents that cry out to be made public.

First, the friendly letter from Assistant FOIA Coordinator Linda Ortiz dated January 12, 2010, describing the deal they will give my Dad on non-exempt records relating to Chris Busch and Greg Green.  This was after my Dad and my brother had filed a FOIA request and then a lawsuit when the MSP initially told them to fuck off.  At least the $11,525.49 was less than the $800,000 figure quoted to web sleuth Helen Dagner when she requested documents on the entire OCCK case.

Next, my notes on the first two big binders of documents.  In a classic penny-wise, pound-foolish fashion, no one would agree with me that we should make two sets of copies of the documents so that one would stay in pristine order and the second could be reviewed simultaneously.  No, the one set would be parsed out–a few binders at a time.  When I was done reading, I could return and then the next set would be sent.  In fairness, the $11K sticker shock might have influenced this.  However, over the years many people from then news media, authors , videographers and podcasters have been given access to the documents.  Again, this is ultimately for a greater good, but it means some chunks of documents end up out of order and then a big search has to happen to locate them.

The numbers I reference are the Bates stamps placed at the bottom of the FOIA pages when they were received by the law firm.  As always, despite the $41.33/hour and $66.63/hour the MSP allegedly paid staff to separate exempt and non-exempt materials, there are numerous redaction errors.  Names show up that maybe shouldn’t and probably many pages which were really not exempt were excluded from production.

But what is contained in those FOIA documents, even with redactions, is pretty eye-opening.  This is just a sample of my notes.

 

Having addressed the “well cared for” contention in my last post (i.e., kept alive and then cleaned up enough in an attempt to destroy evidence), next let’s look at the “no evidence” position taken by the cops for many decades.

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Note the interesting redactions as well.

In April 2010, I wrote the Wayne County Medical Examiner’s Office a letter explaining who I was and requesting the autopsy report for my brother Tim.  I enclosed the $50 fee.  I later received a copy of the autopsy report.

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A few years later, a television series was filming a segment on the OCCK case.  It was the first national exposure for the case in many decades.   The crew interviewed Dr. Werner Spitz, who was the medical examiner who performed the autopsy on Tim.  He spoke openly with the interviewer and provide copies of his notes from his file.  This included a transcription of the examination discussion, which included some police, who ask questions during the examination.  We were given copies of this transcription and another report by the crew.  The pages are not numbered.  The yellow highlighting is mine; all other marks, including a cross-out, were previously on the page and were there when we were given this copy.  The contents are extremely disturbing, I warn you in advance and you may want to skip this part.

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I am posting these documents so it is plain to see what is involved here.  This is a case the state police let go cold.  Every Oakland County prosecutor since then has looked away.  This case was a loser; you can’t prosecute; you can’t bring these kids back from the dead.  This is what happened to one of those kids.  There it is, in all its horror, on the page.

I am not posting them so there can be extended debate about what is contained in them.  We have had these documents for quite a few years and I have read them multiple times.  The transcription is hard to follow and I have no idea what some of it means.  Keep in mind that the autopsy occurred after the state police lab examined Tim’s body and clothing for evidence.

I am also posting these documents so that if by chance you are someone who knows who was involved in these killings and you kept your mouth shut, this is what your silence helped do to Victim #4.