http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/5625256/the_legend_of_cropsey.html?cat=37
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1970's mugshot of Busch Jill Robinson Mark Stebbins Kristine Mihelich Timothy King The murders of 4 children in Oakland County,MI who were carefully cleaned and had their clothes washed dried and ironed got their killer dubbed "The Babysitter Killer". Now thanks to the father of one of the victims we now know who more than likely killed them and maybe more. The first victim was Mark Stebbins,12 from Ferndale,MI Feb. 13,1976.His body was found in a parking lot 6 days later. The next victim was Jill Robinson,12 taken from Royal Oak on Dec 12,1976. Her body was found in Troy. The 3rd victim was Kristine Mihelich,10 who was taken from Berkley on Jan. 2,1977. The last victim was Timothy King 11 taken March 11,1977 from Birmingham. His body was found in a ditch near Livonia. It was his father that learned the identity of the killer through a freedom of information lawsuit out of which he recived the case files. It is clear from those files that a local pedoph...
I understand Rand was an orderly at Willowbrook from 1969-1979. Has he been linked to deaths of any of the children residing there?
ReplyDeleteThis was during the timeframe when state budget cuts forced massive staff cutbacks at Willowbrook, with patient/staff ratios jumping from 4:1 to 30:1 and sometimes 70:1. Geroldo Rivera investigated in 1972 and found naked, starving and abused children on the overcrowded wards.
It would have been easy pickings for Rand and would explain why he has no crimal history from 1969-1977. It's unlikely he would have stopped offending during that time period.
Willowbrook was cloed in the early 1980s, which coincides with Rand's sudden crime spree, including the abduction of a group of 10 kids from a ymca for a day of plane watching at an airport.
Does Willowbrook have death records of residents, as the death rates from hepatitis and pnuemonia was very high during that time frame?
Did any residents go missing during the decade he was caring for this very vulnerable population?
I wonder if any of the staff or higher functioning residents have been interviewed about their recollections of Rand, or his personnel files reviewed by law enforcement. There is no statute of limitations on murder.
I forgot to mention his first conviction for a sex offense occurred in 1969 against a 9 yr old girl. He has two other known victims who did not press charges in the mid 70s.
ReplyDeleteI saw a Netflix show about this 😭
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