On July 30, 1975, Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa disappeared without a trace from the Machus Red Fox restaurant on Telegraph Road in Bloomfield Township. His body was never found and he was legally declared “presumed dead” in 1982. The case remains unsolved.
This should shock no one who reads this blog, but here’s what the internet says about how mobbed up Oakland County was back in the day:
Organized crime was highly prevalent, deeply entrenched, and exceptionally powerful in Oakland County, Michigan, during the 1970s. As Detroit’s wealthy northern suburbs expanded, the local Mafia—known as the Detroit Partnership or the Tocco-Zerilli crime family—shifted much of its operations and personal residences into Oakland County.
Rather than standard street-level gangs, organized crime in 1970s Oakland County was characterized by high-stakes white-collar corruption, multi-million-dollar illegal gambling rings, labor union racketeering, and high-profile assassinations.
And you thought people just moved there back in the day for the good schools.
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What is really sad is that there is all sorts of coverage in the Detroit news about Mr. Hoffa, but not OCCK.
https://www.wfmd.com/2026/07/30/jimmy-hoffas-family-marks-51-years-since-iconic-disappearance/
The Interlochen situation is WAY WORSE. PLEASE CHECK INTO THE LEELANAU SCHOOL, GLEN ARBOR, MI Look into a fellow Illinois person
Can you say more about the Leelanau School?
Is this the early 1990s headmaster who was fired after his son was accused of SAing students? I think the son was acquitted but I don’t know much more about the story than this.
Last name is Paquette. After he was fired he got a job at Northwestern U in Chicago.
Is there more to this than Paquette’s son?
The only instance I could find is what you described above:
https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/12/03/Headmasters-son-accused-of-raping-students/4798723358800/
Paquette was acquitted. Looks like there was some victim blaming, but also critiques of the investigation. No other case turns up on the school.
Thursday, December 23, 1993, THE LEELANAU ENTERPRISE, Section 1, Page 15
Always victim blaming. Infuriating.