The Oakland County Child Killer
What the Hell is the Deal with the Oakland County Child Killer Investigation?
Fifty years after Catherine Davidson disappeared from Warren Dunes State Park in Southwest Michigan, investigators continue to search for answers.
Call the FBI if you have information. The same FBI that won’t touch the OCCK case.
— Read on www.fox2detroit.com/news/search-for-answers-continues-50-years-after-6-year-old-girl-disappeared-from-michigan-state-park
The St. Clair County Sheriff’s Office said it made an arrest last week in a murder case that has been unsolved since 1980. Detectives arrested 70-year-old Douglas Laming of Fort Gratiot in connection with the murder of Karen Umphrey, after working for the last year on a break in the case. Advancements in DNA testing helped lead to a match.
“Working with the Michigan State Police and Othram, a company specializing in forensic genetic geneology [sic], information was uncovered that previously would have been impossible to find. From there, St. Clair County Sheriff’s Office detectives spoke to many people that were connected to the victim and suspect over 40 years ago, gathering information and making vital connections,” officials said in a release.
They WORKED WITH MICHIGAN STATE POLICE AND OTHRAM. See https://othram.com/. If anyone from the Oakland County Prosecutor’s office is reading, I am beyond pissed off. Wednesday will mark one month from my last email to you which remains unanswered. A month ago, that email was in response to your failure to respond to a email from at least two weeks prior.
In April, the OCP contacted my brother and me and we discussed a path forward, which included testing the evidence in the OCCK case by a lab like Othram. Det/Sgt Eric Young of the MSP, who inherited this file, was unwilling to meet with me and my brother to update on on where the case stands and to discuss, among other things, use of a third party lab. His refusal was based in part on the fact that “the sister is difficult.” The sister. I guess that’s me, right Eric?
OCP, if you are reading, I am going to send you an email on Wednesday with MY game plan. If you don’t respond by December 31, I will write about our limited interactions during the past eight months that you have been stringing me along and playing a version of the same game as your predecessors.
THE STATE POLICE KNOW HOW TO PREPARE EVIDENCE TO BE HANDED OFF TO OTHRAM. YOUR FOOT-DRAGGING WILL SPELL ANOTHER FIVE YEARS OF SLOW WALK AND FURTHER EVIDENCE DEGRADATION. MAYBE THAT’S WHAT YOU WANT.
Over it. St. Clair County did it. You can, too.
UPDATE, 10-14-24: Last week a jury found Douglas Laming guilty of first-degree murder in the 1980 death of 21-year-old Karen Umphrey. Laming is scheduled to be sentenced on November 18, 2024. A second suspect, also identified by third-party lab Othram and who testified against Laming, is to be sentenced on November 12.