In this lineup, Goshe positively identified the man she had seen with Karen Sue Beineman as John Norman Collins. Collins' uncle, State Police Sergeant David Leik, had been on vacation with his family at the time of Beineman's disappearance, and had only returned home on July 29three days after the discovery of her body. [68], The final murder attributed to the killer was that of 18-year-old Karen Sue Beineman, an Eastern Michigan University student who was last seen alive on July 23, 1969. [138], On August 8, Collins' attorneys introduced a renowned neutron analyst named Dr. Robert Jervis in an effort to discredit the earlier testimony of the forensic experts who had testified on behalf of the prosecution. Her fully clothed body, covered with her own raincoat and with a copy of the novel Catch-22 placed by her side, was found the following morning atop a grave in Denton Cemetery in Van Buren Township. Each testified on August 6. In response to defense questioning, Sgt. Collins' attorneys also alleged these alibi witnesses had been subjected to police harassment, that the tests conducted upon the hair samples found upon Beineman's panties were unreliable, and that Collins' uncle, Sgt. The car had Michigan plates. He lured women into his clutches by exploiting a common practice at the time, women hitchhiking or arranging rides with strangers to get from Ypsilanti to Ann Arbor and beyond. I didn't even know his name at the time," Larry said. Still, in the police interviews and the letters, Collins steered clear of outrightconfessing to killing anyone, and in his email to the Free Press last week, he claims he has been exploited and wronged that in a way, he isthe victim. Through interviewing a recent girlfriend of Collins, investigators also learned that she had lived in an apartment complex directly across the road from the home of Dawn Basom, and that, throughout their courtship, Collins had been a regular visitor to her apartment. There were no recent updates for the slaying of 17-year-old Roxie Phillips, who was slain in Salinas,California, law enforcement officials said. But Collins was a bit bigger than Larry. I don't think there was ever a farmhouse or barn in the area you referenced. Evidence fromJoan Schell, 20, of Plymouth and Maralynn Skelton, 16, of Romulus, hasyet to be tested, the detectives said. One eyewitness reported seeing the girl minutes thereafter, at approximately 7:35, although her movements thereafter were never verified. My name is Sheri I live in Salem twp not far from the Michigan murders.. A couple of yrs ago I was told by the Librarian at Salem to read this book. Although forensic experts would deduce later that morning that the stains covered by the black paint had actually been varnish stains, one of the investigators discovered numerous hair clippingsmany measuring less than three-eights of an inchbeside the family washing machine. Investigators had long suspected John Norman Collins of killing young women and girls in the Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor areas in the late1960s. [12] Kolbe later informed investigators that Schell had informed her of her intentions to hitchhike when it became apparent she had missed the last bus, and that one of the first vehicles to pass when Schell had begun hitchhiking was a red-and-black Pontiac Bonneville containing three young white men. [81] Reportedly, Beineman herself insisted Goshe observe the man with whom she had accepted a ride, stating that she had made two foolish errors in her life: purchasing a wig; and accepting a ride from a stranger,[82] before stating: "I've got to be either the bravest or the dumbest girl alive, because I've just accepted a ride from this guy." Butback then, Harvey, 88, saidthere was no DNA profiling and just not enough clues for charges. There have been six before her, five in southeast Michigan and one in California - though that one was not connected at the time. On October 14, Judge Conlin rejected defense motions to dismiss the case, or suppress any evidence obtained; ruling Collins' arrest had been on the reasonable grounds he had committed a felony. ". They were all shot, strangled, stabbed or subjected to terrible acts. The first witness to testify was the head of the Michigan Health Department's Crime Detective Laboratory, Walter Holz, who testified as to the human hair clippings found inside Karen Sue Beineman's panties being an exact match to those recovered from the basement of Sgt. Davis pointedto the laundry room. He shares the nickname The Co-Ed Killer with murderer Edmund Kemper. he was in the same building as me interesting is now because I just moved to ypsi and live four blocks from where he did. [86] Upon their return from their vacation, Leik's wife, Sandra, had noted numerous paint marks covering the floor of the family basement, and that several itemsincluding a bottle of ammonia, a box of laundry detergent, and a canister of black spray paintwere missing from the household. During the course of the investigation, police determined that she had been killed in the basement of Collins uncles family home in the College Heights neighborhood. he writes. [121][122], In January 1970, Neil Fink and Joseph Louisell, partners at one of Detroit's highest-priced law firms, agreed to take over Collins' defense. I grew up in YPSI. As Davis opened the door for his roommate to leave the apartment, he observed that the contents of this box included a woman's purple shoe, rolled-up jean-like material, and a burlap purse. "He said he kept trying and she said she was going to call the police and he SNAPPED and choked her. Detectives recalled that'sabout thesame timewhen they visited Marquette to confront Collins about the new DNA evidence that linked him to Kalomand to try to turn over some new stones. [141], On August 13, both prosecution and defense attorneys delivered their closing arguments to the jury (these arguments concluded the following day). Larry thought he was onto something and, when he found Collins getting ready to put a new license plate on a Triumph bike behind the house, he got nervous. Investigators determined the knife was consistent with the weapon used to stab Kalom. You can't change the past, BUTT, you can HOPE for a better future.". Instead, Collins said he lent Davis, who was having car trouble, his keys and he went to Ann Arbor. On August 3, two Washtenaw County detectives traveled to Salinas Police Department to review information and determine whether a connection existed between Phillips' murder and those which Collins was suspected of committing in Michigan. In college, he drank beer, joined Theta Chifraternity and dated often. Karen disappeared and was killed when Leik and his family were on vacation, but the home wasn't empty. Funny thing, blood and semen evidence were collected from most of the victims and never once has Collins filed an appeal demanding a DNA test. "[93] before angrily walking out of her apartment. When his parents split during early life, his mother moved with the children just outside. Right after Alice Kalom was killed in June '69, Collins and a friends took a road trip to Salinas, California. All Rights Reserved. Collins was ready to confess, but without a witness, the former sheriff said itmight not stick. because it didn't happen as you would think it did,"Collins wrote to his cousin, setting him up for a lengthy explanation that revealed he had lied for years. "[155] This appeal motion was partly upheld upon the basis that Dr. Guinn's testimony relating to probabilities was based upon on the statistical probability of another prosecution expert, and therefore, this part of his testimony was impermissible. My name is C and I have been doing some research about the co ed killer. ", Collins writeshe "got her shorts off, BUTT, no further,"and he "did not have intercourse with her." I remember the last victim was murdered just 3 BLOCKS from my house!!!! One neighbor, Dr. Marjorie Barnes, saw Collins leaving State Police Sergeant David Leiks home. But Bundshuh who has a tattoo on his arm that says, unus veritas, Latin for "one truth" noted that throughout their conversations,Collins seemed to have a lot of rehearsed answers, as if he had been thinking aboutwhat to say for years. Another individual would be convicted of the murder of Jane Mixer in 2005. [21] Nonetheless, the inquiry into both murders remained active, and a reward then-totaling $7,800 for information leading to the conviction of the perpetrator of both homicides remained.[22]. It's one thing,Chapman said, Collins can take with him to the grave. In addition, the "outstanding similarities" between the wounds inflicted upon her body and those inflicted upon Fleszar the previous year led investigators to establish a definite connection between both murders, and four detectives were assigned to work full-time on both cases. Copyright 11826 Caminito Rihely. After his Michigan arrest, the car he drove to California was impounded where they found some important evidence for the California murder. [123] Judge Conlin set a trial date of June 1. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for this final murder attributed to the Michigan Murderer on August 19, 1970, [4] and is currently incarcerated at G. Robert Cotton Correctional Facility. It was the same pattern, same floral pattern, and save weave of dress. Although never tried for the murders of Fleszar, Schell, Skelton, Basom, Kalom or Phillips, physical and circumstantial evidence exists in each case indicating that Collins had indeed committed these murders. He was polite and handsome, but the boy next door image was a farce. He also did some modeling, appearing in a bodybuilding magazine bare-chested with ripplingmuscles. [n 4], The defense contended that although the murder of Beineman was a "vicious, sadistic attack" which had degraded her body "almost beyond human comprehension,"[102] the prosecution's case that Collins was the perpetrator of the crime was a weak one at best. The rookie cop soon found out his football fraternity's rival: it was John Norman Collins. On the surface, John Norman Collins was an all-American boya fraternity member studying elementary education at Eastern Michigan University. Collins criticizes former sheriff Harvey, accusing him of having an obsession with hismother. In the spring of 1969, he is connected to two murders, a 23-year-old Michigan law student named Jane Louise Mixer, and a 16-year-old Romulus High School student named Maralynn Skelton who was last seen alive hitchhiking in Ann Arbor. [151] This first appeal was formally rejected on October 24, 1972. The receptionist could not offer any clear description of the man beyond that he was a handsome young white male with dark hair, that he had driven a blue-grey Chevrolet, and that he had not been carrying a camera. It is Alpha Xi Delta, I am a member and will be living in the house next year. ", THE EVIDENCE LOCKER: What police discovered at 7 Michigan murder crime scenes, CHAPTER 1: Never-before-published letters, interviews offer clues in infamous Michigan murders, CHAPTER 2: Murders of Michigan women still unsolved 50 years later but cops had eye on 1 man. They had set up a task force at an old seminary. But as Leik walked into the basement, he found a mess of the hair and there was blood on the basement floor. Collins' grip of terror on our community ended officially on August 19, 1970, when he was found guilty of first-degree murder. Collinsassertshis innocence by saying that if the sheriff had caught the killer the night of the stakeout, "I wouldn't be here now.". Its even harder for those who may not have the support they need.In our, Hidden In Plain Sight: Pedaling To Greater Independence, Hidden In Plain Sight: Ann Arbor Family Shoe Business Covering Feet With Care & Comfort For 75 Years, Hidden In Plain Sight: Support For New Moms And Young Adults Just Around The Corner In Ypsilanti. Having compared case notes, investigators in both California and Michigan agreed enough similarities existed between the murder of Roxie Ann Phillips and the Michigan Murders to establish a definite connection between the cases,[113] and on August 5, this connection was formally announced. News articles described John Collinsas a square-jawed,"handsomeAll-American who seemed to be leading a textbook college career." [36], The victim was identified as a 16-year-old Romulus[37] high school student named Maralynn Skelton, who had disappeared while hitchhiking in Ann Arbor. She had received extensive skull and brain injuries which had been inflicted with a blunt instrument, had been forced to ingest a caustic substance,[58] and her neck, shoulders, nipples and breasts had been burned with the same caustic agent. Oh, wait! [34], These injuries had been inflicted after the victim had been extensively beaten and tortured: her killer had placed a section of her own shirt into her trachea to muffle her screams as she received extensive blunt force trauma to the face, head and body,[34] including several deep lacerations believed to have been inflicted with a leather strap. CHAPTER 3: 'Handsome' EMU student was unlikely serial killer suspect. 7 months agoIt really hammers down the point that you need to watch yourself. The rented trailer in which Collins and Manuel had traveled to California was located on August 1 in Monterey County, behind the home of Andrew Manuel's grandfather. It didn't take a scientist to figure out what transpired. I knew he was guilty as sin,' " Harveyrecalled thinking when he read Collins' own words. My mother was a student at EMU then and knew John's aunt. ", After her last prison visit, Chapman said, his aunt told the rest of the family her son confessed to killingBeineman,and aftershe died, left instructions in her will to give Collins nothing "for reasons that John is all too well aware of. Since reading this book I have been assumed by every aspect of what happen.. "We've never met," said Chapman, 47, of Mississauga, Canada, near Toronto. and Delta Faucet/ Sonetto sink, stainless steel appliances, subway tile backsplash, ceiling fans throughout the home, Almond Darien vinyl flooring in Laundry Room and bathrooms. Almost one year later on July 6, 1968, student Joan Schell was found dead in Ann Arbor with 47 stab wounds. Yet, investigators added, as Collins and any other potential suspects age, the window of time is closing on whether the casescan be prosecuted tobring justice and resolution for the victims and their families. [23] Prior to enrolling at Eastern Michigan University in the fall of 1966, he had been an honor student and football co-captain at his high school.[89]. Watch where you walk, tell people where you are going, when youre coming back, have pepper spray on your key chain, and don't go to people's houses/take rides with people that you just met. She told him she had a boyfriend in Center Line. "My parents never told me anything about the crimes.". [119], In November, Ryan, in an effort to determine the most effective defense strategy, persuaded Collins to undergo a private and independent polygraph test. She had been beaten and strangled and then dumped in a patch of poison oak in the canyon. Collins and Schell had alighted from Davis's car together, and he (Davis) had not seen his roommate for almost three hours before Collins had returned to their apartment, alone, referring to Schell as a "bitch" and claiming he had "dropped her [Schell] off" in Ann Arbor after being unable to obtain the sexual encounter he had hoped to achieve with her. During the trial, Collins sat more relaxed than before: He smiled at attorneys, his mother, and his family. Former Washtenaw County Sheriff Doug Harveysaid he wishes that he could have solved the other homicide cases. Buton June 7, 1969, she went out to a party in Ann Arbor and never came home. She had last been seen on July 1 with John Norman Collins. Karen had been tortured before her death, beaten on the head, had been strangled to death and dumped, naked, off Riverside Drive. Clothed only in a white blouse and bra, which had been pushed around her neck, she had been repeatedly stabbed in the chest and genitals,[45] had received multiple slash wounds across the breasts, buttocks and stomach,[46] then strangled to death with a two-foot length electrical flex still knotted around her neck. The forensic experts who had testified on behalf of the prosecution, Dr. Jervis stated, had therefore based their conclusions on "insufficient data". Frank Witsil is a staff writer at the Detroit Free Press. [84] He held a part-time job as an inspector at a firm which manufactured drum brakes,[66] and was currently majoring in elementary education at Eastern Michigan University. Go back and read Part One here:Michigan Murders: 50 years ago, terror reigned in Ypsilanti, Continue reading Part Three here:Michigan Murders: Close calls, haunting roads - life after a suspected serial killer is arrested, This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Now, 40 years later, I find that a close, (unnamed), old girlfriend of mine was one of the last people to speak to Karen alive. The abandoned farm was south of Geddes, east side of Leforge at the top of the hill. "They took the car apart and they found under one of the seats, a swatch of fabric, I think was about the size of a dime. [52] (The farmhouse itself was destroyed in an act of arson on May 13; when the fire was extinguished, five clipped lilacs[53] were found arranged in an even row across the driveway to the building, leading investigators to theorize they had been placed there by the murderer to symbolize each victim. A 3 Bedroom, 2.5 Bathroom, 2 story condo in a highly sought community RIVERVIEW Courts. The detectives made special arrangementsto allow Collins to keep one of the pictures with him in prison. She was a Kind & Loving person to all that knew her." Collins also wrote two letters in 2013 that gave specific accounts of how two of the victims Kalom and Beineman died, and his involvement with them. How about a private finished attached 2-car garage with overhead storage! The failed sting caused Harvey substantialpublic embarrassment, and bringing it up again, Harvey said, was Collins' way of mocking him, as if heweresaying: "Ha. Like 89.1WEMUonFacebookand follow us onTwitter, Patrick Campion is the WEMUProgram Director. Kennard Christensen, testified as to the results of forensic tests conducted in the Leik family basement: the results of these tests confirmed evidence of bloodstains in four separate areas. [76] In his opening statement to the jury on July 20, Delhey outlined the prosecution's contention that the evidence to be presented would form a clear pattern indicating that Collins had been in the company of Karen Sue Beineman at the time she was last seen alive by Mrs. Joan Goshe and her assistant; that he had taken her to the home of his own uncle, where he had tortured and beaten the girl before strangling her to death at this location; and that he had then discarded her body, before attempting to persuade his roommate to provide him with a false alibi. [66] Having led investigators to the precise location where each of the victims' bodies had been discovered, Hurkos also revealed details of the murders to investigators which had not been released to the press. Collins ends his email, with a request: "You can say whatever you want about me" butleave "my Dear Mother" out. Not something a mom wants to think about.". No search warrant had been sought prior to Collins being questioned on this date, and his apartment would only be searched on July 30two days after Arnold Davis had observed Collins hurriedly remove a box of women's clothing and jewelry from his apartment. The assistant DA was a friend of my Dad's! Found as a mass of rotting flesh. [144] The jury then retired to consider their verdict, and would deliberate for over 27 hours over a period of three days, with an additional five-and-a-half hours devoted to their re-reading portions of testimony, before announcing they had reached their verdict. [159] At the time of the announcement of this decision, preliminary legal maneuvers between Michigan and California authorities had been ongoing to extradite Collins to Monterey County to face trial for Phillips' murder.[160]. He planned to become a teacher. Collins had returned to their shared apartment shortly thereafter and asked Davis to hide a knife for him. Goshe recalled Beineman visiting her store to purchase a $20 headpiece in the early afternoon of July 23. The man they led away, John Norman Collins, could not have been further removed from the public image of a killer he was a 22-year-old Eastern Michigan education student, former football . Make your donation to WEMU todayto keep your community NPR station thriving. Investigators had established that each victim had been menstruating at the time of her death, and had theorized this may be a factor in the sexual violence exhibited upon the victims. The victim's right thumb had also received a gunshot wound, suggesting the woman had instinctively raised her hand to protect herself before her killer had fired the gun at point-blank range. That house still has a bad feeling to it, when I go by it!!! Age: 19 year-old. After Kalom's body was found, Collins writes, Davis"admitted to killing her.". On Sunday, July 27, police arrived at the apartment on Emmet Street Collins shared with his roommate, Arnold Davis. Later that day, having received initial laboratory reports indicating the hair samples recovered from Beineman's panties matched those discovered in Leik's basement, and that the bloodstains recovered from this location were of the same type as hers,[99] Collins was arrested and his apartment and vehicles thoroughly searched. Shemarried William Collins. [54]), Less than two months after the murder of Dawn Basom, on June 9, three teenage boys discovered a partially nude body of a young woman in a field close to an abandoned farmhouse on North Territorial Road. Hetook her there, waited for her and then, they ended up at his uncles house. Found: August 7, 1967. In the past decade, prison records show that Collins has hadonly one misconduct report. [70], Three days after the disappearance of Beineman, her nude body was discovered face-down in a wooded gully alongside the Huron River parkway. "He starts shaking.". In September 1988, Chapman agreed to participate in a live interview conducted by the. July 31: John Norman Collins is placed under arrest for Beineman's murder. Maryann Struman is Freep Now director at the Detroit Free Press and project leader. Later, Arnie Davis, Collins' roommate, showed up. The moment for a confession, Harvey said, had passed. The Michigan Murders was a series of highly publicized killings of young women committed between 1967 and 1969 in the Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti area of Southeastern Michigan by an individual known as the Ypsilanti Ripper, the Michigan Murderer, and the Co-Ed Killer. John Norman Collins, 22, of Center Line Collins, a 22-year-old Eastern Michigan University student, never fit anyone's image of a killer. Collins addsFournier's scheme prompted him to think: "TWO can play this 'GAME!' Upon cross-examination, Dr. Guinn did agree with defense attorney Neil Fink that a statistical analysis of hair mixtures had never been attempted in a court of law,[136] although he remained firm that his applications had been performed via scientific principles. SoHarvey called the prosecutorand Collins' attorney. Hurkos proved to be of little help and soon the police had yet another body on their hands, student Karen Sue Bieneman. Through interviewing acquaintances of Phillips, investigators established that she had been introduced to the individual she had referred to as "John from Michigan" through a 17-year-old friend named Nancy Ann Albrecht, who informed police she had herself become acquainted with Collins on June 29, and that she had mentioned her friend (Phillips) to Collins on this date. Evaluation of individual will and moral restraints within society, written by Collins while enrolled at Eastern Michigan University. the ironic thing of this is that my mother was very close friends with one of the girls maybe you should talk to her some time, I work with Doug Harvey's grand son Joe whom claims his gradpa solved this case is this not true and he was a botched job ? These motions were repeatedly contested by Collins' attorney, Neil Fink, who opposed and successfully delayed his client's extradition upon the grounds of due process. You can contact Patrick at734.487.3363, on twitter@WEMUPC, or email him atpcampion@emich.edu, Serving Ypsilanti, Ann Arbor and Washtenaw County, MI, PublishedOctober 30, 2017 at 6:55 AM EDT, Credit Lisa Powers (image on left) / https://lisapowers2020.smugmug.com/, Credit Lisa Powers / https://lisapowers2020.smugmug.com/, Credit Lisa Powers (image on right) / lisapowers2020.smugmug.com/, In our daily drives this time of year, we frequently encounter cyclists on the paths and roadways around town. In the 1970 trial, Joan Goshe, the owner of Wig's by Joan in Ypsilanti, testified that she saw Collins and Beineman the Eastern Michigan University coed from Grand Rapids outside the shop. [48], Investigators found no definite evidence Basom had been subjected to a sexual assault prior to her murder. 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In the case of Joan Elspeth Schell, two separate witness accounts had placed the victim both entering a car with three men on the night of her disappearance, and walking alone in the company of a man believed to be John Collins later that evening. Davis had reported this incident to police, and later handed them the knife Collins had allegedly asked him to hide. Im looking forward to seeing that too! Karen had left to walk to a wig shop in downtown Ypsilanti, yet she arrived on the back of a motorcycle. 2023 FOX Television Stations, Michigan Murders: 50 years ago, terror reigned in Ypsilanti, Michigan Murders: Close calls, haunting roads - life after a suspected serial killer is arrested, The heaviest snow is behind us heading into the weekend, Snow storm shuts down Detroit Metro Airport, Power outages hit Metro Detroit hard as winter storm pounds area, WATCH - Jennifer Hammond talks with Detroit Titans guard Antoine Davis after coming up just short of the NCAA all-time scoring record, 65-year-old woman killed in double shooting on Detroit's west side, Suspect still wanted after brutal beating of victims after they shoveled his snow last winter in Detroit, Wayne County woman wins $1 million after 'random urge' to buy Michigan Lottery ticket, General Motors laying off 500 white collar positions, Police: Wayne County Morgue employee broke into homes of the deceased. It seemed,Schroeder said, as if Collins was describing what "he had done himself. About three weeks later Dawn Basom, just 13, was found dead after disappearing the previous evening. He was known to engage in sexual violence, including one instance in which he had raped a woman who had resisted his advances. [121] Mrs. Collins reportedly remortgaged her home to secure their services. [110] Several of Phillips' personal possessions would later be found strewn along State Route 68.[111][112]. Very cool. He spent five months reporting on the state police investigation;reviewing books on John Norman Collins and serial killers; interviewing dozens of detectives, witnesses, experts and others connected with the case; and sifting through hundreds of archived newspaper articles, police photos and records and court documents. [55][63], By the spring of 1969, public outcry regarding the murders committed by the individual dubbed by the press as the Michigan Murderer and the Co-Ed Killer was increasing, particularly among the student population of Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti. Then, he waited. [60], By July 1969, as a result of the coordinated investigation into the killings, more than 1,000 convicted sex offenders had been investigated and eliminated as suspects; over 800 tips from informants had been actively investigated; and several thousand individuals routinely interviewed.
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