Sheila Srock was killed by Oliver Rhodes Andrews who was sentenced to life imprisonment.[1]
Possible Victims[]
Name
Age
Disappeared
Body Found
Cause of Death
Patricia Ann Spencer
16
October 31, 1969
Pamela Sue Hobley
15
October 31, 1969
Laura Wilson
16
November 10, 1972
November 10, 1972
Valerie Bishop
10
February 2, 1977
Stabbing
Potential suspects[]
Ted Lamborigne
Ted Lamborigne (aka Ted Orr), a retired auto worker, was thought to have been involved in child pornography in the 1970s. Lamborghini was arrested in 2007 for prostitution and has been charged with 15 counts of sexual misconduct with minors. There was an appeal brought to the table with a reduced sentence if Lamborigne took a polygraph in the Oakland County case. He refused. Mark Stebbins' family believes Lamborigne was involved in their childs murder.
Chris Busch and Greg Greene.
A boy that looked like Mark Stebbins, screaming in agony
Timothy King's father, Barry, and brother, Chris, tried to get the Michigan State Police to release information on Chris Busch. Busch was the son of General Motors executive Harold Lee Busch. Chris Busch was in police custody before Timothy abductions, allegedly on child pornography charges. In November 1978, Chris Busch died in what was ruled a suicide. It was an strange suicide though. No gunshot residue or blood spatter was found on Busch. Four shell casings were discovered in the room. His body was wrapped neatly underneath his sheets. There was one perfect bullet hole in the center of his forehead. The only evidence found to connect Busch to the case was the drawing of a boy that looked like Mark Stebbins, screaming in agony.
Vince Gunnels.
Archibald Edward Sloan (Arch Sloan), is possibly the strongest suspect in the Oakland County Child Killer case. Sloan, currently serving a life sentence, is a convicted pedophile who has been in and out of prison. Eventually, Sloan received his life sentence for raping a 10-year-old boy in the 1980s. Sloan's 1966 Pontiac Bonneville was found to have hair that matched the DNA discovered on the victims in the Oakland County Child Killer case. The DNA profile, however, didn't match Sloan himself. He also failed a polygraph test administered by the task force in 2010 and 2012. Many believe that Sloan has a definite connection to the case and was possibly involved.
Unnamed Police officer.
Timeline[]
Bibliography[]
Literature[]
Appelman, J. Reuben. The Kill Jar: Obsession, Descent, and a Hunt for Detroit's Most Notorious Serial Killer,. ISBN 978-1501190001
Rich Keenan, Marney. The Snow Killings: Inside the Oakland County Child Killer Investigation,. ISBN 978-1476684000
Articles[]
Documentaries[]
Television[]
Children of the Snow on IMDb, this 4-part TV Mini Series, from 2019, explores the unsolved and baffling kidnapping, captivity, and murder of four young people in the suburbs of Detroit 40 years ago. The case, dubbed the Oakland County Child Killer, sparked the biggest manhunt in US history, ushering in a wave of fear we came to know as 'stranger danger'.
The Clown and the Candyman. An eight-part podcast series narrated by Jacqueline Bynon, investigating the murders committed by John Gacy, Dean Corll, their respective potential links to a nationwide sex trafficking network, and ongoing efforts to identify their victims
