Today my brother Tim would have turned 60. He was born on July 9, 1965. Sixty years old. Those of you who are over 60, think back on all of the life you lived between age 11 and today.

He was not a survivor, he was a victim. And I consider that he was re-victimized in an ongoing fashion by a system that allowed his murder case to be stuffed into old file cabinets at a state police post in Michigan. Buried in the heavy silence borne of criminal deceit that has settled into a state of shameful, derelict neglect. Tens of thousands of pages of case documents that have never been digitized. Evidence that was mishandled from Day 1 in the biggest manhunt in the country at the time. Manipulation of the press and of the families of the four child victims.

Take a listen to my Dad describe some of his memories of Tim in this video clip. I resented having to participate in this video project at the time. I could never go back to Michigan after 2007 without having to participate in some project or talk to some cop or reporter. I hated it. After a while the thought of going back there filled me with dread.

The time never came where we could back off and let law enforcement do what they said they would do. Because they never did it. To this day. Telling our story didn’t do jack shit. But it’s there on YouTube. It’s documented. Let the record reflect that it happened this way. Because it did.

I’m really glad my Dad took the time to do this. When this was all happening, it seemed like we would never forget the fuckery that was taking place in Oakland County after we dared to provide a tip, ask for updates or speak to the press. It felt so indelible because it was so incredibly fucked up. But that’s an awful lot of fuckery, an awful lot of dates and years and court nonsense and liars and survivors and people ignored/silenced to keep straight. Eventually the information is not right at the tip of your tongue and it tries to file itself in your brain as–did this really happen? How could this have really happened?

It was filmed in Spring/Summer of 2013. It was his project and it would take a long time to convince him to put it up on YouTube. After a few false starts, it required the steady assistance of a reader to whom we are very grateful for the file conversions needed to get it up and running.

Here is a touching reminder of Tim on his birthday, from his Dad. It’s a few minutes in. Tim really was a sweet, smart, funny, high energy, joyful kid. Anyone who really knew him would agree.