In the 70s, four children were murdered in Oakland County, Michigan, most with signs of sexual assault, in what became known as the Snow Killings. Victim, Timothy King, age ten, was allegedly washed clean before his death, but researched J. Reuben Appelman found a report stating they found him covered in his own blood, urine, feces and that semen samples were recovered.
Around the same time, three girls aged 14-16 were raped and murdered with enough variations in their cases to rule out a connection by law enforcement.
Ted Lamborgine - The first breakthrough occurred in 2005 when Detective Sergeant Corey Williams of the Livonia Police Department in Michigan successfully connected information from two unsolved cases. Williams solved a murder committed by Richard Lawson, a former taxi driver who had killed his boss Xavier Giller in 1989 before he fled to California. While examining Lawson's criminal records from an unrelated robbery arrest in Pennsylvania in 1989, Detective Williams came across a statement made by Richard Lawson that initially meant nothing to Pennsylvania authorities but held significance to him; Detective Williams himself had been a teenager at the time of the Oakland County child killing murders and remembered them vividly due to his father's involvement as a police officer working on the case back in the 70s. In his statement, Lawson mentioned knowing who was responsible for the snow killings in Michigan. Detective Williams obtained a name, Theodore Lambergine, an autoworker residing in Detroit at the time of the murders. According to Lawson, Ted Lambergine showed him a photograph of who he believed was Timothy King, saying: "Cute, isn't he?" Detective Williams proceeded to interrogate Ted Lambergine, who admitted his involvement in a pedo ring in Detroit during the 1970s, with Richard Lawson, and a man named Bad-Eyed Bob Moore.
Ted Lambergine denied any involvement, though, in the Oakland County child killing case, and he even agreed to undergo a polygraph test to prove his innocence. However, he failed the test. Detective Williams then confronted Lambergine, suggesting that his failure was not due to fear, but rather because he was partly responsible for the murders. Ted Lambergine, seemingly remorseful, bowed his head to the detective and claimed, "God has forgiven me." Despite Lambergine's failed polygraph test, This was not a crime in itself, and there were no charges that could be brought against him. So consequently, he was released. Reporters attempted to question him on one occasion, but he quickly dismissed them. But the breakthrough in the case occurred in 2006, when Ohio police wore hidden recording devices during their conversation with Ted Lambergine regarding allegations made by 16 victims who claimed he had brutally assaulted them when they were minors. On tape, Ted Lambergine admitted to assaulting these young victims, all boys who were under 15 years old. Upon his arrest, Ted sat in handcuffs in the back of a squad car and said: "Maybe God has a plan." He was offered a 10-year sentence for information on the Oakland County child killings, but chose life to protect his secrets.
Patrick Coffey - In 2006, polygrapher Patrick Coffey met another polygrapher who claimed to have tested the Oakland County child killer. Coincidentally, Patrick Coffey lived on the same street as Timothy King, and had been friends with Tim's older brother, Chris King. During a conference speech on immigration trials in California, Coffey was approached by a Michigan-based private polygrapher, Larry Wasser. The two of them discussed Coffey visiting Michigan for speaking engagements when Larry Wasser mentioned that he was from Michigan and entered the field of polygraphing due to his childhood neighbor and friend Tim King being a victim of the Oakland County child killer. Larry Wasser then stated that he had actually administered a polygraph test to the guy who killed Tim King. Although Coffey pressed Wasser for more information, Wasser only revealed that the polygraph was related to a separate case and that both the guy and his attorney were deceased. Wasser's disclosure went against ethical obligations to his client, and he later denied ever making such statements to Coffey. But nevertheless, Coffey shared this information with Tim King's siblings, Chris and Kathy King, who in turn related to Detective Williams, now a part of the new Oakland County Child Killer Task Force. In an attempt to gather more details, Williams issued a subpoena to Larry Wasser. However, Larry sought legal representation and refused to say anything further, being aware that he had violated attorney-client privilege during his conversation with Patrick Coffey. Nevertheless, Larry Wasser disclosed to Detective Williams, without revealing any names, that the individual he had administered a polygraph test to had confessed to the Oakland County child killing crimes in great detail, as well as other disturbing offenses against children. This incident took place in 1978, one year after the death of Timothy King, or victim number four.
Greg Green - In 1977, Greg Green was arrested in Flint, Michigan for SAing a 13-year-old boy. During his interview with Flint detective Tom Waldron, Gregory Green implicated Chris Bush as the killer of Mark Stebbins, victim number one of the Oakland County child killing. Gregory Green was originally from Flint, Michigan, but had moved to California in the early 1970s, where he became involved in coaching a young boys baseball team. Of course, this is where these people are always drawn. Gregory Green molested multiple members of this team he coached, and he faced multiple charges including criminal sexual conduct, kidnapping, and attempted murder. Green spent six months in Orange County Jail after choking two victims, one of whom almost died when Green strangled him while selling Now, Gregory Green burned this young boy with cigarettes as an attempt to wake him up because he thought he was dead, then dumped him on the grass near a hospital and sped off in his car. This victim survived and identified Greg to law enforcement. It's important to note a similarity with the victim number two of the Oakland County child killings. Now, Jill Robinson's body was dumped near the Troy Police Department. Green's arrest took place on August 2nd, 1974. When questioned about his experiences with women, Gregory Green admitted to struggling to become aroused. On January 31st, 1975, Green was sentenced to the Patton State Mental Hospital in San Bernardino, California as a mentally disturbed sex offender. This occurred one year prior to the start of the Oakland County child killings. Less than a year later, on January 21st, 1976, Gregory Green was released and returned to Michigan just days before the abduction and murder of Mark Stebbins, or victim number one.
Christopher Bush - Christopher Bush was the son of Harold Lee Bush, the chief financial officer of General Motors. The family was extremely wealthy, as cars ruled Detroit's economy at the time. Christopher attended the prestigious Institute La Rose in Switzerland, which has a history of educating royalty and is often referred to as the School of Kings. Christopher Bush raped his own brother, John's sons, Brent and Scott.
In 1976, Christopher Bush and Greg Green abducted Kenneth Bowman, a 13-year-old boy whom they subsequently SAd in a wooded area. Bowman recalled that Green displayed more violence during this incident and even choked him until he lost consciousness. Further evidence of Green's dangerous tendencies emerged when he asked Bowman to accompany him to a store with the intention of kidnapping and killing another young boy. He admitted to this. Gregory Green told this young boy, you should come with me to the store so we can kidnap and murder a different young boy. Due to the sexual crimes against Kenneth Bowman, Gregory Green, after he was caught, was brought in for questioning by the Flint Police Department on January 25th, 1977, which is when Green implicated Chris Bush as the killer of Mark Stebbins.
The following day, after this confession, the police searched Gregory Green's van and discovered two pairs of panties, but no further action was taken regarding these findings. On the same day, Christopher Bush was apprehended by the Flint Police Department for s*** crimes against children. Specifically, for crimes against Bowman, who was abducted by Green and Christopher. Christopher Bush denied any involvement in Mark Stebbins' murder, but admitted to being a part of the Big Brother program, and he even provided pick-up spots where he would pick up children as a part of the program. Spots that coincided with the locations where the first three Oakland County child killing victims were abducted from. Christopher Bush, mentioned to the police that he had a shared fantasy with Gregory Green involving a split-shift child imprisonment scenario where one captor would work during the day and the other at night to ensure that one captor was always present with their victim who was being held hostage. Christopher Bush underwent a polygraph test administered by Ralph Cabot, and he was cleared. However, upon closer examination of Cabot's polygraph results in February 2008, three separate examiners concluded that Christopher Bush's results should have been inconclusive. After Christopher and Gregory Green were arrested for the kidnapping and rape of Kenneth Bowman, Christopher Bush's residence in Alma, Michigan was searched by police. And there, the police discovered shotguns and a massive amount of child s**t. And this evidence would never be seen again.
In 1977, Christopher Bush was released on bond after his arrest. Subsequently, he faced several more arrests connected to encounters with young boys, but every time he was arrested and charged, he was shortly released afterwards. Gregory Green died in prison in the mid-1990s. In 2008, Detective Williams interviewed his former cellmate, who stated that Gregory said he killed four kids and got away with it. This cellmate passed a polygraph test.
There was a phone call made on March 19th, 1977, urging the police to investigate Christopher Bush's cottage by the lake as he was seen with two minors. However, no action was taken. Shortly afterwards, on March 22nd, just three days later, Timothy King's body was discovered. An article published on March 12th, 1977 in the Travis City Record Eagle mentioned Christopher Bush in relation to the North Fox Island child pornography ring. The article stated that the child pornography ring obtained roles, film roles of child from Chris.
There's is mitochondrial DNA evidence linking Christopher Bush and Gregory Green to a victim of the Oakland County child killer, through a connection to one of Chris and Greg's victims, a man named Vince Gunnels who turned into a pedo himself. Vince Gunnels was assaulted by Christopher Bush and Gregory Green during the mid-1970s when he was still a young teenager. However, he eventually became a willing participant. His DNA was found on Christine Mihalik. Speculation suggests that Vince Gunnels may have been used as a bait to lure other victims towards Christopher Bush and Gregory Green due to him being young and somewhat attractive at the time. While he was incarcerated for sex crimes against children, Vince Gunnels made an intriguing statement over the phone to his sister Karen Zaspel, saying: "I wasn't there when it happened," implying possible involvement. Vince Gunnels was also acquainted with Christopher Bush's nephews, Scott and Brent Bush, who were also victims of abuse by Christopher and Gregory. Detective Williams initiated an interview with Brent Bush in February of 2008, during which Brent immediately inquired if it pertained to Gregory Green. Upon confirmation that the investigation covered both Gregory and his uncle Christopher, Brent disclosed that both individuals engaged in sex with him and coerced him into performing sex acts with other boys while they took photographs. Brent Bush stated that his uncle's suicide on November 20th, 1978 coincided with the end of the molestation. It certainly stopped the Oakland County child killing crimes.
In 1978, Christopher Bush allegedly committed suicide, even though he his autopsy showed he was sleeping at the time and there was a bullet hole in the top of his forehead; there was no gun-shot residue and no blood; even though he had allegedly shot himself, there were 4 bullet casings; the officer who responded to the scene was Richard McNamee from Bloomfield Police Department, who shortly afterwards faced criminal sexual conduct charges, for acts with a child.
Officer Christopher Flynn was a portrayed as a concerned father who received information from a young boy named Chris Sadecki, claiming to have witnessed a police officer escorting victim number three into his car. Flynn allegedly shot himself twice in the chest. Police officers allegedly came to Sadecki's house and beat the shit out of him, breaking bones.
After Chris died, his father had his body cremated, and he burned all the documents relating to his family.
Victims of an alleged pedo ring at General Motors have accused Bush of abusing them as children.
Frank Sheldon - Frank Sheldon ran a pedo-ring fronting as a boys camp on North Fox Island. His great grandfather was Russel Alger, who served as Michigan's Governor.
In 1976, Gerald Richards, a gym coach at St. Joseph's Elementary in Port Huron, Michigan, was arrested for engaging in a sexual activity with a 10-year-old boy. Richards, who worked as a magician part-time was connected to Francis Sheldon's North Fox Island operation, where CP was being produced and sold, and sexual activities involving children took place. Gerald Richards provided information about Frank Sheldon to the police as a part of a plea deal. He implicated Dyer Grossman, a New York millionaire, Adam Starchild, an expert in money laundering, and Reverend Claudius Budd, Irma Vermile, a pastor of Alto Parish in Tennessee, who later served prison time for operating a house for producing CP. A roll of undeveloped film sent to Gerald Richards from California was discovered to contain photos taken at Boys Farm, incorporated in Alto, Tennessee. Boys Farm was an organization affiliated with a church and ran by a priest that had been exploiting children for years. The police raided Boys Farm on November 10th, 1976, resulting in the arrest of Richard Vermeile. It was revealed that the victims were given alcohol, shown... and then coerced into participating in orgies that were filmed. Francis Sheldon, the proprietor of North Fox Island, the billionaire pedo who escaped on his plane, Epstein of the 1970s, was among the list of 300 sponsors associated with Boys Farm. So, in December of 1976, the Michigan State Police issued two warrants for the arrest of Francis Sheldon for crimes involving the molesting of a 10-year-old boy and a 14-year-old boy. Francis Sheldon, however, was gone. It seems that he had been given a tip-off, whether that was from his accomplice Gerald Richards or from someone he knew in the police, So when authorities went to raid Francis Sheldon's offices, Francis had already been given the time and Francis had emptied every single one of his filing cabinets. He had burned all of his paperwork. He had made sure there was no evidence to be found on North Fox Island itself. There was nothing left for Francis Sheldon. And like I said before, he took off on a plane and vanished into thin air. Later on, he was found in Europe, but we'll talk about that in a second. The North Fox Island police Ring was organized as a boys camp. Francis Sheldon and Gerald Richards created an organization that promised to parents from local communities an opportunity to let their child explore some of Lake Michigan without having to take them there themselves.
Sheldon and Richards had organized North Fox Island in such a way that it qualified for government assistance. Since their company was sponsored by the government, Gerald Richards and Francis Sheldon actually were paid by the government $1,500 per child they brought to the island. This was even more at the time. They also had this thing called sponsorship; if you wanted to sponsor the boys camp and on the surface, provide funding for new buildings on the island for more experiences for the children, you could become a sponsor of the boys camp. So pedos were sponsoring the boys in exchange for their monthly donation, they would be mailed an envelope in the mail containing CP of their abuse.
When this was discovered, Sheldon fled on his plane, never to be seen again; Gerald Richards was sentenced to prison, serving about two years. The reason his sentence was to light was because the US government is illegitimate. Although Gerald Richards was released from prison in 1980, he was re-arrested in 1988, eight years later, by postal inspectors on charges related to CP tracking. Richards killed himself at the age of 49 in 1996.
Tim Number was a childhood friend of Timothy King, one of the victims, who worked at a clothing store in the evenings. During this time, he had a conversation with a man who claimed to be a retired detective. Curious about the detective's background, Number asked him about any famous cases he had worked on. To Number's surprise, the retired detective mentioned the Oakland County child killings. Number expressed disappointment that the case remained unsolved. And in response, the detective cryptically stated, It's been taken care of. This detective was identified as Jack Kalbfleisch and has confirmed this conversation.
Arch Sloan - Arch Sloan worked as a driver for a book mobile unit, a mobile library delivering books to underprivileged children. However, he exploited this position to victimize six young boys aged between 11 and 14 from 1970 to 1971. Arch Sloan received a sentence of 5-10 years in prison, but was released early to work at a service station where he served as a mechanic and tow truck driver, occasionally collaborating with the police. On the night of Mark Stebbins' death, or victim #1, Arch Sloan's parole officer saw news coverage and immediately thought of him as a possible suspect. The parole officer promptly contacted Southfield Police and requested they search Sloan's 1966 Pontiac Bonneville. It's worth noting that this occurred in 1976, when DNA analysis was not yet employed by Crime Labs. However, in 2010, DNA obtained from a mysterious hair found in Arch Sloan's car was matched to hairs found on Mark Stebbins and Timothy King's genitals.
In the documentary Children of the Snow, released in 2019, retired Michigan State Police Detective David Robertson, whose father led the original Oakland County Child Killing Task Force in the 1970s, discussed the DNA evidence reviewed in 2010. Robertson mentioned confronting Arch Sloan about his Bonneville, his car, to which Arch claimed it had been sold to a Michigan State Police Lieutenant's son. Notably, the DNA found on victim number three's jacket was a mitochondrial match to that of someone related to law enforcement. When pressed further about excluding the state policeman's son as a suspect, Robertson became evasive. Detective Williams, when confronted with this information, acknowledged that the car had indeed belonged to a trooper's son, but maintained that there could be no possible link to victim number three. This response raises eyebrows, as Detective Williams appeared dedicated to solving this case, but seemed protective when suspicions shifted towards someone within law enforcement. It's highly probable that one of the suspects involved in the case has ties to the police, particularly since the witness, Chris Sadecki, claims he saw Christine Mihalik get into a car with a police officer in full uniform at the parking lot of the 7-Eleven and the two drove away, before later on she was found abducted. and murdered.
John Mckinney - And to speak of the devil, there's also speculation regarding John McKinney, an art dealer whose death may be connected to this case. John McKinney was an art dealer in the Cass Corridor. He dealt with Bob Moore and was himself a pedophile. He allegedly had some photographs, possibly of victims. There's a lot behind his story that we could get into, but this episode's already going really long. But John McKinney was murdered in the midst of this Oakland County child killing investigation. So if these people really were whacking people who were going to expose the truth, they killed Christopher Bush, they killed this guy, John McKinney, they murdered police officers.
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