A reader provided this information to me and I am posting it because it might ring a bell for someone who can provide more information.
A boy was a victim of an attempted assault in the early-ish 1970’s. He lived with his family near 8 Mile and Gill Rd. The man that abducted him drove a red and white Chevy van. He had a 17-year-old son who drove a blue Gremlin. The man’s first name is Mino, last name unknown. He lived on a street named Violet, near Grand River, in Farmington Hills.
The boy was taken into the van, but the it went off the road, and he was able to escape. The father and son both threatened the boy not to tell anyone about the incident.
This area is very near to where Tim’s body was dumped on March 22, 1977. It is also in the area Arch Sloan worked, and near Sorrows Church, where Father Gary was a priest.
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Violet is in Farmington, not Farmington Hills.
Also, about that time a friend of mine lived off 9 Mile (Hills) and when Tim was found she reported the “creeper in the work truck” to Brooks himself who told her, “That’s not the guy”
Rather than having plain clothes officer scope out the bus stop where the creep liked to lurk, they told her to use a different bus stop.
From a reader: Orville Mino, pleaded guilty to first degree criminal sexual conduct and being an habitual offender (3rd offense) on February 8, 1988. Sentenced on March 1, 1988 to 17 to 50 years. See https://www.casemine.com/judgement/us/59148464add7b049344b6562. Died 2003 (Ionia).