This remarkable statement was the last line of an email from a reader who follows this case carefully and who knows about child predation and how fucked up Michigan is when it comes to protecting victims of pedophelia and child pornography.

As I write this post, I am mindful of the urgent crisis facing all of us with the spread of COVID-19. It will grind so many things to a halt, including what is left of this little investigation. But that is how it has to be. I hope everyone is taking this crisis seriously. Many lives depend on this.

Yes, the last two posts were jarring. And yes, I do live a mostly peaceful and fulfilling life. But when I’m here, I want you to look at this outrage. I’m not into sugar-coating abduction, rape, torture, child pornography, murder, and cop cover-ups/gaslighting by investigators. I happen to believe that if we don’t go back to the past and make it right–obtain some small measure of justice–we can’t make today or the future right. Proof of that is everywhere. Jerry Sandusky, Larry Nassar, Jeffrey Epstein, R. Kelly, to name a few.

As I have said before, it’s not like our family spewed rage and tried to light a fire under the cops’ asses for 30 years. We literally were very obedient crime victims. Didn’t ask any questions; actually felt bad for the cops on the task force. Such a hard case! Such a massive effort! Get on with your life and play by the rules. And we did. But because somebody thought it was a good idea to take the easy way out in this case–which always eventually falls apart, even after decades–we all got fucked over a second time. We got a shocking and disgusting look into the task force and the bullshit way this case was handled after somebody with loose lips fucked up. That’s on you, Larry Wasser. Trust me when I tell you I really wish you had kept your mouth shut, but you didn’t and here we are. I want everyone who reads this blog to see why it is so outrageous that justice was never served here and why law enforcement made it worse.

I warned you all a couple of months ago, when I realized this investigation was once again getting kicked down the road and that no one, literally no one, is accountable for where this thing sits, that there was nothing left to lose. I held back a lot of documents and information because of my belief that the investigation was actually going somewhere. Like maybe evidence was being tested using the most current DNA testing. Like maybe the cover up in this case might come to light. Just kidding. But I promise you, for the most part, all bets are off.

I know leads continue to be looked at in their own little sweet time and I will not betray any confidences. That much I also promise.

About 53 hours has passed since my post on March 16. Yeah, I bet that was some pretty jarring shit to read. But you know what? As of this post, Tim had been in the company of his abductors for some 53 hours. That is a hell of a lot more jarring than anything I could compose. I want you to understand how outrageous it is that no one came forward with information that would solve the murders of Mark, Jill, Kristine and then Tim. How outrageous it is that perhaps someone with a conscience did come forward and the cops blew him or her off. You can’t even fathom it unless you think about who these kids were and what happened to them.

The rest of this post is going to be straight-out plagiarized and paraphrased from an email I got from a reader. It helped give perspective on why I need to find a way to get someone outside of Michigan and an agency other than the FBI to pry open this case. Because there is just too much proof of why this case continues to contribute to preventing society from making the future right.

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The coronavirus will be no interruption in the world of cyber criminals, terrorism and child predators. Child predators operate 24/7 and may be getting more of a free pass while law enforcement efforts are redirected to the pandemic crisis. When child predators are reported there is no excuse for not investigating. Many states have lifted statutes of limitations on child sexual abuse and exploitation cases–hello Catholic Church and Boy Scouts of America.

Regarding the FBI and Larry Nassar (MSU and USA Olympics team doctor/pedophile/child pornographer/obstructor of justice serving 60 years in a case involving the abuse of 340 girls and young women)–when he was arrested in early September 2016, it would appear he had been tipped off. Nassar had ditched his child exploitation materials and his computer in the morning trash pick up (hence obstruction charges). As noted before, the FBI had evidence on Nassar and other victims had come forward, yet it was many, many months–almost a year–before he was arrested. Three FBI bureaus are under investigation by the Department of Justice, Inspector General’s Office, for their handling of this case–Detroit, Indianapolis and LA.

While Michigan AG Dana Nessel has an open investigation in the Nassar/MSU case, it was reported in December 2019 that the investigation was closed. AG Nessel issued a correction. https://www.mlive.com/news/2019/12/nessel-clarifies-still-seeking-truth-on-msus-handling-of-nassar-scandal.html. Unusual, to say the least. And Nessel cannot get John Engler, the former governor and attorney, to answer questions about him intimidating MSU victims while acting as MSU Interim President. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/15/us/michigan-state-nassar-john-engler.html

Acosta protected Epstein. https://www.businessinsider.com/alex-acosta-jeffrey-epstein-jail-deal-2018-11. Chicago PD are believed to have protected R. Kelly for decades. https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2019/7/11/20691354/r-kelly-federal-indictment-arrested-chicago-new-york-derrel-mcdavid-milton-brown. And you know what? The MSP, FBI, and the judicial and legal establishment of Oakland County have protected child predators since the 1970s. Yes, something is very wrong.

Timothy King’s legacy is bringing justice to victims of child predators.

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This March it is clear that a virus is working as a Boomer Remover/Silent Generation Remover. Flippant, but apparently true. In the mid-1970s, it was kids and young teens being picked off in alarming numbers in Oakland County. Beautiful kids with all the potential in the world. Murdered. Jane Allen, Sheila Srock, Kimberly King, Mark Stebbins, Jill Robinson, Kristine Mihelich, Tim King (no relation to Kimberly). There were others before and after. Sheila’s murderer was caught, convicted and sent to prison. These other murders were never solved. No one clamored for answers. People just accepted this sad fact in Oakland County and moved on.

We have since learned that there were children victimized all over Michigan, not just in Oakland and Wayne Counties. Some never came home after being sexually victimized. Others were raped and abused and threatened with death (and death of family members) if they told anyone. Child pornography and pedophilia had a very deep hold in Michigan during this time. It still might.

Children were scared during the reign of the OCCK and we have discussed a time or two how the adults dropped the ball, big time. How Tim’s teacher and the principal of his school didn’t talk to his classmates, let alone the entire student body, about what happened to Tim and the loss they all felt. How counselors in the Birmingham School District had been instructed NOT to talk about this crime. Ignore it and it will go away. Sound familiar? Maybe if I add the phrase “like a miracle.”

Many readers have reached out to me over the past few years, here and by email, to describe the terror they experienced in the wake of these crimes. Quite a few had near-abduction attempts in Oakland County they still vividly remember. If you want to get a sense of what it was like for kids in Oakland County, Michigan during that era, read this poem written by a young girl after Tim was found dead. I found this poem in a very large box of condolence cards my Mom had saved. I may have shared Andrea’s poem before, but here it is again:

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Here is another poem written by someone who was 6 and 7 years old in 1976 and 1977. After Tim’s body was found, parents had their kids wear whistles around their necks like necklaces. In an email accompanying this poem, the writer describes an incident where she and her sisters were chased by teenagers who got out of a car and ran them down, grabbing one of them briefly before jumping back in the car, laughing. This was after Tim’s murder, in the spring of 1977. Nothing like a group of friendly, Oakland County teenagers. An older version of the young boys who called our house numerous times when Tim was missing to ask to speak with Tim, then ask “well, where is he?” and then burst into laughter. Here is the poem:

I want to thank everyone who responded to my post yesterday–comments here, emails and texts. I appreciate it more than I can convey. I know how hard it is to respond in the face of so much grief. So thank you. No one even verged on the well-intended, bad advice I have received almost constantly ever since March 16, 1977. This writer captures the pain and difficulty really well:

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Tomorrow I want to spend some time looking at and writing about why I agree with a reader who follows this case closely and suggested it may well be time (past time) to reach out to the Department of Justice, Office of the Inspector General, to get someone outside of the MSP and the Detroit area FBI office to get some answers about why this case has been mishandled for decades. Perhaps their Child Exploitation Unit.

In the fall of 2018, the Inspector General’s Office launched an investigation into the FBI’s handling of sexual abuse allegations against USA Gymnastics Doctor, and Michigan State University’s own sexual predator and serial pedophile, Larry Nassar. https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/05/us/fbi-response-larry-nassar-claims/index.html. The FBI sat on complaints about Nassar and during this delay, this prolific pedophile and child pornographer was able to abuse 12-14 other young women. https://www.ocregister.com/2019/11/22/olympians-demand-justice-department-release-report-on-fbi-in-nassar-case/. As of December 2019, Michigan AG Dana Nessel’s office was investigating MSU’s role in this tragedy. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/24/sports/Larry-Nassar-investigation.html

In the OCCK investigation, as the reader noted there is much to be concerned about. For example, the Norberg bullshit–in 1999 the MSP uses the “latest” DNA testing on ONE hair and it takes a few years to get the results out to the public. In spite of constant DNA advancements, nothing gets retested for many years. Consider the MSP Oak Park Post–how many years has the evidence not been properly stored, preserved or catalogued? What evidence could be tested with current technology but is not? The call line is not being administered; how many thousands of people have not had any follow up at all regarding anything submitted/provided? In the face of this, and the low priority placed on this very cold case, how can be be sure that solid leads received after the airing of Children of the Snow (and the announcement of said tip line) are going to be carefully pursued in a timely fashion? The behavior of the FBI in this case is totally suspect as well, as evidenced by their treatment of the Doug Wilson information regarding the LeMans seen near Tim on March 16, 1977, the ditching of the work done to identify make and model of the car that left the bumper impression at Kris’s body drop site, and their lame excuse that no records exist due to a “catastrophic flood.”

I realize this case keeps falling to the very back of the line (what’s another year after you reach 40?), but I’ll tell you what another year is: Another year that one of the still-living freaks who participated in these crimes or someone who has knowledge can join the people who took this to their graves.

I have about 70 emails I have to respond to with regard to this blog and I owe a phone call to Dylan and copies to Dale. I haven’t forgotten. While “social distancing,” I hope to use some time to deal with this a little more. Maybe get down to 65 emails.

In the mean time, wash your hands bigly, social distance, don’t hoard shit or buy what you don’t need and try to be kind.

Forty-three years ago today, at around this time, my family had about two hours left of life as we knew it. Tim had even less. He would be abducted some time around 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 16, 1977. He would spend the next 144 hours with his captors and tormentors, terrified and having unspeakable things done to him. His fate would become that of Mark Stebbins, Jill Robinson, and Kristine Mihelich, also captives held by these monsters then discarded on roadsides (these three in Oakland County), like garbage.

This year, I want to give you some sense of who Tim was and the magnitude of the loss. Last year I was too hostile to share such personal details, but this year I don’t really care. There is nothing left to lose. I will have a lot to say this week (while social distancing) but for today, let the focus be on who Tim was. I have posted some of these photos and pages before.

This is Tim’s last school photo. The photos in the newspapers when he was missing (this was pre-Adam Walsh, so no milk cartons yet) were this larger one and another from fifth grade (because that photo better represented his hair cut on March 16, 1977). The little photo was a school photo from years before, but it captures his spirit. Who can smile like that in front of a pathetic school photographer?!

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Thirteen years ago, Helen Dagner sent me an email asking for any details I could provide about Tim so her readers would get a sense of who he was. Here is how I responded:

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Please do not write any comments about, or even mention Helen below. I will delete them (I don’t care who you are.). This isn’t about Helen.

This is one of Tim’s art projects my Mom had saved. Clearly, the assignment was to draw pictures of things you liked. Sorry it’s sideways, but clearly the drawing shows skateboarding, fireworks (sparklers), baseball, hockey, reading, friendship and rollercoasters.

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Baseball and hockey:

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This was Tim’s favorite sweater, he wore it all the time. His favorite football team was the Pittsburgh Steelers. This was another of Tim’s favorites–a robe made by one of his aunts. Check out the lunar landing module and astronaut pattern. My Mom saved these two pieces of Tim’s clothing. When she was ready, she must have had a hell of a time getting rid of the rest of his stuff.

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Notice how small these clothes are. As evidenced in the autopsy notes, Tim weighed 60 pounds. What do you think Chris Busch went, 240, 250? Greg Green–170, 180? How about you, Vince?

These are notes my Mom had saved in the giant box of news articles about Tim’s abduction and murder. She was clearly pulling together her thoughts for that letter the cops made her write to The Detroit News pleading for Tim’s safe return, or his funeral.

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Some six days after we last saw Tim, his body was dumped on Gill Road in Wayne County, face first. The body dumpers tossed his orange skateboard near him and drove away. In the wake of this loss, my Mom and Dad sent out copies of this letter on April 19, 1977:

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I am trying to stay as positive as possible today, but I do have to note that there was a snarky comment made after one of my posts soon after L. Brooks Patterson (the OC prosecutor at the time of these murders) died. Someone, clearly a Patterson defender, wrote something like–Catherine and Mr. King certainly know how to make something positive come out of all of this if they wanted to. How dare I express contempt or anger here?! I’m not even going to go back and find the comment because I would be too tempted to out you. Something positive, like maybe putting one fucking foot in front of the other and trying to be a productive member of society after something like this? Or something like this–a fund that has quietly been in place and quietly contributing since April of 1977. Feel free to donate to it, brother; you know who you are. The address hasn’t changed. Or maybe donate to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children if you want your donation to have a larger impact. https://www.missingkids.org/

It is strangely ironic that this week the entire world is dealing with the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since 1977, this has always been a week that reminds my family of living with uncertainty. In this time of unprecedented uncertainty, may society pull together and stop living like “every man for himself.” One of my dear friends observed last night that “sunlight is what the world is yearning for on so many fronts.” Including this one.