The Babysitter/Snow Killer

[dannymc]

The Babysitter/Snow Killer

My mistake i thought there was mention of a similar car seen at the dump site of one of the girls i think she was dumped in a car park.

[sdreid]

You may be right, I just don't know.

[sdreid]

This is another case where the notoriety would increase if they'd settle on a single name. Some refer to it as the Oakland County Child Murders as well as other names.

[sdreid]

When I first heard about the case on the news, I think they were being called, going metro, the Detroit Child Murders.

[sdreid]

I think by the time the case got national attention, the core murders were pretty much over. Maybe the spotlight scared him straight.

[sdreid]

Maybe the spotlight scared him straight.

Or, gave him what he was looking for.

[sdreid]

When I first heard about the case on the news, I think they were being called, going metro, the Detroit Child Murders.

If I remember correctly, it was covered on the CBS Evening News.

[sdreid]

That would have been Walter Cronkite if it was CBS.

[sdreid]

That would have been Walter Cronkite if it was CBS.

Harry Reasoner if it was ABC, John Chancellor if it was NBC and Robert MacNeil if it was PBS - probably

[sdreid]

A man named David Norberg, who was killed in a 1981 traffic accident, was a suspect for a while but he was exhumed and his DNA didn't match that found at the scene of the Timothy King murder. His car was similar to the one seen at the time of the abduction.

[dannymc]

Was there any other DNA evidence from any of the other victims?

[sdreid]

I don't know for sure Dan but I haven't heard of any.

[sdreid]

With all the doubt about how many murders were perpetrated by this killer, I'd expect that it would be major news if there was matching DNA on two or more victims.

[sdreid]

A 14-year-old girl named Sheila Srock was once thought to be a possible victim of this killer but a man named Oliver Andrews was later convicted of her slaying and he was cleared of being the Babysitter.

[sdreid]

According to Wiki, there are at least two books on this case. Has anyone seen these? I have not.