In Jan. 2020, police say this second person of interest is described as: If there is anyone who still might have information about the Girard murder case, you can contact the Marquette Police Department at 906-228-0400. Her hair is done-up a little, almost in a Jackie Kennedy bouffant. Hesaid he got details of the slaying from his uncle, a Michigan State Police trooper. Judys brother and sister-in-law, David and Yvonne Blake, adopted 5-year-old Elise. Murders in Manistique: Brutal killings shake U.P. She hoped someday to see her children again, all whom were adopted out to other families. She had been stabbed andshot in the head with a .22 handgun. Forensic Files gives his job title as insurance adjustor. A one-man office, Noble has never tried a murder case, and has declined to comment on the case, saying there are matters pending.. And he has declined to discuss his decision to allow one of the accused killers to plead to a much lesser crime -- amid growing criticism in a town where some think he was too green to tackle the most violent crime in the county's history. It also said that Bruce needed a new girlfriend. He said that on the fatal day in the woods, the first two times he spotted Judy through the trees, he aimed his gun but couldnt bring himself to shoot. Both ended up there on the same day Sept. 11. Serena Maria Daniels is an award-winning freelance journalist in Detroit, by way of Chicago, by way of the West Coast. Some disagreeable experiences have allegedly befallen Bruce while behind razor wire. From crime boss and occasional visitor Scarface Al Capone to the Upper Peninsulas own Public Enemy #1, John Red Hamilton, Up North has historic ties to organized crime and the baddies who used the area as a playground far from their normal haunts in Chicago, Detroit, Toledo, Cleveland and elsewhere. She arrived at Taylors home to find the window open and her beloved Siamese cat without food or water, something Taylor would never do, she said. Your email address will not be published. Chasing big bucks. The motive - to punish Aldrich for the theft of the cocaine. He then pointed it at her and she left the room. Journal photo by Trinity Carey The 2021 podcast episode also notes that Girards family and friends say he was an openly gay man his entire life, but that he wasnt always accepted in the community because of it. Joseph Kalom, a pharmacist, and his wife drove across the state from their home in Portage to themorgue. Officers said they responded to a call shortly after 2:30 p.m. in Orchidland. Police Car Behind Barricade Tapes. Mary Ann and a family friend found the dogs by themselves in the woods. The case seemed solid. WebJournal photo by Trinity Carey A cross rests on the side of Marquette Country Road 492 in Negaunee Township to mark the memorial site of 24-year-old Erin Taylor who was Timothy Noble, 39, is an affable man with an easy smile. When the police broke the news to Bruce that his silly device had failed and Gayle considered him little more than a nuisance, it crushed his ego and he confessed. Farther out, they saw Judy lying motionless on her side. "My name is Mary Terese Fleszar, but my family calls me Chee Chee," it says, adding, "It is my hope that through this pictorial history of my lifes adventure you will get to know the real me. Then, when Collins wasarrested later that yearand his photo appeared in the newspapers and on television, Blank said he recalled something else about him. Also known as The Dog Meadow Lights, this strange and ominous light has remained a UP mystery for more than four decades. Doug Harvey, who was Washtenaw County sheriff during the slayings, said he'd never forget as long as he lives watching Hurkos reach out and touch objects in the area where one of the victim's bodies has been. Heather Aldrich, 25, was vivacious and pretty, a woman who had not lost her looks, despite 10 years of drug addiction. Itaimed to show how the gruesome slayings had terrorized Ypsilanti residents. Somebody took her away and it needs to be solved. In 1999, they moved to Marquette and moved in together. It was the last day of hunting season and a large party, including Bruce and some of the Blakes, went out looking for deer. The movie was never finished or released. The investigation was hampered because everyone at the party was wearing costumes, making it hard to identify who she could have been walking with. But there was no one to see it except them. A man has been arrested on charges relating to an incident at the Canda Manner Apartments in the City of Ishpeming. When they turned her on her back, they saw a bloody chest wound, and Mary Ann screamed, according to the The Sweater Letter. "We were all crying," Kellie Roll recalled about the meeting in September. He felt uneasy about the way Bruce Moilanen behaved, according to both Forensic Files and American Justice. In atwist, it was Collins' uncle, state police Cpl. Dowd said one thing her friend always looked forward to was turning a quarter of a century, which she missed by just a few months before her life was cut short. Authorities later uncovered clothingthat belonged to Basom in a nearby farmhouse. All rights reserved. Her feet had been cut offandwere missing her flesh,ravagedby animals. She was reported missing shortly after. WebAudra Gamble 1 dead in Kentwood early morning shooting The shooting took place around 4:45 a.m. Saturday, April 29 at Affordable Suites of America hotel. But, they messed up the snare. His legal challenges made their way through the courts until, in 1988, they came to an end. A man was sentenced for his role in a drug distribution ring of seven people in Alger County. You will receive your first email soon. Michael Schreiber was arrested June 18 and charged with one count of child sexually abusive activity, three counts of child sexually abusive material possession, three counts of computers using to commit a crime and one count of surveilling unclothed person. Police think two people might have been involved, because of Girards build. 2023www.freep.com. Odd present. I feel like shes been forgotten, Dowd said. David Leik, who broke the case. But, after questioning, policedismissed Collins as a suspect. Dead North (TV Series 2018 ) - IMDb I will never understand why people think they can get away with murder. While there has been a sharp increase in drug use in the tiny towns of the UP in recent years, he said, this was a new level of violence. Though its been 19 years, who is responsible for Taylors death remains unsolved. The trialleft families of the other victims yearning for justice and a definitive resolutionand a killer who denied knowing his victimand the possibility that there was still someone else or multiple other people out there who committed the other slayings. After a jail nurse examined her, she was taken to Schoolcraft Memorial Hospital.