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On July 23, 1969, she was last seen alive at a wig shop in downtown Ypsilanti. [107] Albrecht described this individual, whose surname she did not know, as being 5 ft 11 in tall, clean-cut, with dark brown hair and who had described himself as an Eastern Michigan University senior with aspirations to become a teacher. However, they acknowledged, DNA did lead to a plea ina nearly30-year-old murder of a Californiateen. Fournier deniedCollins' accusations, noting that the Free Press asked him for the letters. Karen had been tortured before her death, beaten on the head, had been strangled to death and dumped, naked, off Riverside Drive. Welcome to Lakeside. That same month, on the 26th, 16-year-old Maralynn Skelton was also found dead, beaten and bludgeoned extensively. She replied that it was probably stupid but that he was just taking her home. Collins sayshe didn't expect the 2013 letters"would become such a 'FOCAL POINT'after 50 years," and accuses Fournier of using his cousinto "dig-up some dirt on me" and garner media attention for himself. One of the personal items missing from Fleszar's body was an Expo 67 Canadian silver dollar she is known to have worn around her neck; this item was discovered in Collins' dresser when police conducted a search of his room. John Norman Collins's age is 75. John Norman Collins | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers He was then sentenced to serve a term of life imprisonment with hard labor, in solitary confinement, at Southern Michigan Prison. John Norman Collins "The Co-Ed Killer Information researched and summarized by Jami Lyle, Justin Hanky, & Rex Harrison Department of Psychology . The first victim, Mary Fleszar was last seen being cut off by a guy in a shiny car just a block from Collins' room. Hurkos proved to be of little help and soon the police had yet another body on their hands, student Karen Sue Bieneman. Very nice job!!! ", "I started talking to him like a father would talk to his son," Harvey recalled, telling Collins:"Youve got a serious problem, son, and weve got a good case. In the past decade, prison records show that Collins has hadonly one misconduct report. [67] Although this information proved to be of little help throughout the actual manhunt, Hurkos also predicted that this individual would shortly strike one final time. While they were in the store, Free Press reports at the timesaidGoshe heard Beineman comment:"I've done only two foolish things in my life buy this wig and accept a ride from a stranger on a motorcycle.". "I looked at her for a moment. She was reported missing by her roommate, Sherri Green, when she failed to return to her dormitory after curfew. It was a travesty of justice that took place in this courtroom. Fournierwho now lives in Santee, California,nearSan Diego added he also wasnever able to talk to Davis, but is convinced Collins is guilty. ButCollins says Davis did somethingthat would "lead right back to me.". [119], In November, Ryan, in an effort to determine the most effective defense strategy, persuaded Collins to undergo a private and independent polygraph test. [146] He remained impassive upon hearing the jury foreman announce the verdict, although many spectators gasped audibly,[102] and his mother and sister left the courtroom in tears. [68][81] In total, seven witnesses would be found who would later testify to having seen Collins in the area between the university campus and Mrs. Goshe's wig shop between 11a.m. and 1p.m. on July 23; including three young women who stated Collins had attempted to entice them onto his motorcycle.[95]. Location: Near an old farmhouse in a field in Superior Township, two miles north of Ypsilanti. ICK!!! Collins was subsequently taken into police custody but denied any involvement whatsoever in the killing. Upon conducting a search of the basement of this farmhouse, investigators discovered a further garment of her clothing, a length of electrical flex of the same type used to strangle the victim, and fresh human bloodstains, indicating this location as being the site of Basom's murder. Greg takes us next to the last place 13-year-old Dawn Louise Basom from Ypsilanti was seen alive. [43] These factors led police to publicly conclude the same perpetrator was responsible for at least three of the murders thus far committed. I have two things to say: I think they [the jury] conscientiously tried to give me a fair trial. beautiful ceramic fountain, and enjoying your concrete round gas fire pit. Letters, interviews reveal dark side. ", In the first letter, Collins explains why he denied knowingBeineman. If a person wants something, he alone is the deciding factor of whether or not to take it, regardless of what society thinks is right or wrong if a person holds a gun on somebodyit's up to him to decide whether to take the other's life or not. In a new twist just this week,Collins revised his story yet again. According to Davis, he had heard Collins and Kalom arguing behind closed doors, before Kalom had run out of his (Collins') apartment, with Collins chasing after her. Collins addsFournier's scheme prompted him to think: "TWO can play this 'GAME!' He remembered something from the day before. Seems basic enough, but a lot of this could have been avoided (or just brought the killer behind bars faster) if these girls would have followed these basic precautions. Karen had left to walk to a wig shop in downtown Ypsilanti, yet she arrived on the back of a motorcycle. [16] In addition, her throat had been slashed, and her miniskirt then tied around her neck. Investigators had established that each victim had been menstruating at the time of her death, and had theorized this may be a factor in the sexual violence exhibited upon the victims. "Her and the daughter both had miniskirts on and with the boots, all the way up, and long, dangly earrings. Her fully clothed body, covered with her own raincoat and with a copy of the novel Catch-22 placed by her side, was found the following morning atop a grave in Denton Cemetery in Van Buren Township. A 3 Bedroom, 2.5 Bathroom, 2 story condo in a highly sought community RIVERVIEW Courts. Butback then, DNA profiling didn't exist, and authorities only proved Collins killed 18-year-old Karen Beineman. He is known for being a Criminal. [118] At this hearing, Collins' court-appointed attorney, Richard Ryan, challenged the validity of the physical evidence and the credibility of the circumstantial evidence before formally requesting the case against his client be dismissed and the evidence seized from his rooming house and vehicle suppressed upon the grounds Collins had not consented to a police search of his property. As such, he may have become acquainted with Basom throughout the time he frequented his girlfriend. His nephew had stayed at the home: John Norman Collins. "The town collectively went into shock," Fournier said. On August 17, 1970, John Normans Collins was found guilty by a jury. [73] (The blunt instrument used to inflict these injuries to Beineman's skull and brain was never found. [70], Three days after the disappearance of Beineman, her nude body was discovered face-down in a wooded gully alongside the Huron River parkway. And when twonow-retired Michigan State Police detectives questioned Collins face-to-face, his denials began to unravel. Between the summers of 1967 through 1969, before the term serial killer was coined, a predatory killer stalked the campuses of Eastern Michigan University and the University of Michigan seeking prey until he made the arrogant mistake of killing his last victim in the basement of his uncle's home. Beineman's body was replaced with that of a tailor's mannequin, and the gully surrounding this mannequin monitored by undercover officers. Clothed only in a white blouse and bra, which had been pushed around her neck, she had been repeatedly stabbed in the chest and genitals,[45] had received multiple slash wounds across the breasts, buttocks and stomach,[46] then strangled to death with a two-foot length electrical flex still knotted around her neck. [109] She had been strangled to death and, as with several Michigan victims linked to Collins, one earring was missing. Although Collins burst into tears when informed the stains on the floor covered with paint had been varnish, he quickly regained his composure and continued to deny any knowledge of Karen Sue Beineman. "A lot of the girls were beaten about the face, and so on, let alone the stab wounds," Harvey said. Thank you for doing this.I read a book called Michigan Murders, I think, in 1977 and I was shocked this happened.This really gives visuals to the descriptions the book gave and its interesting & sad to see where they were found, where they were last seen, where all the locations were.To this day, some 33 years after reading the book, it still haunts me. It's one thing,Chapman said, Collins can take with him to the grave. Very cool. [48], Investigators found no definite evidence Basom had been subjected to a sexual assault prior to her murder. PDF John Norman Collins - Radford University You can contact Patrick at734.487.3363, on twitter@WEMUPC, or email him atpcampion@emich.edu, Serving Ypsilanti, Ann Arbor and Washtenaw County, MI, PublishedOctober 30, 2017 at 6:55 AM EDT, Credit Lisa Powers (image on left) / https://lisapowers2020.smugmug.com/, Credit Lisa Powers / https://lisapowers2020.smugmug.com/, Credit Lisa Powers (image on right) / lisapowers2020.smugmug.com/, In our daily drives this time of year, we frequently encounter cyclists on the paths and roadways around town. The hairs found in Karen's underwear matched hair in his uncle's basement - which is where she was believed to have been killed. He gave her a ride to the wig shop, and thenshe rodewith Collins tohis uncle's house to feed the dog. ", After 10 p.m., he claims an upset-looking Davis said he "needed to talk to me.". Thank you to Gregory A. Fournier, author of "Terror in Ypsilanti," for taking us on this tour, and photographer Lisa Powers for documenting our work. Triad Animal torture Yes. [130], Three days after both counsels had begun introducing witnesses, Joan Goshe was called to testify on behalf of the prosecution. But back then, DNA profiling didn't exist, and. Collins says he vomited in the laundry tub. Just basicallyfraternity rivals and that.". Then, he waited. In the Late '60s, Michigan's Co-Ed Killers Stalked Campuses A sorority house, quiet student rentals, family homes, downtown businesses, and isolated tracts of land still stand, hidden in plain sight, as a reminder of the lives cut short during a time of Terror in Ypsilanti. She was last seen alive outside a drive-in restaurant on Washtenaw Avenue two days before her body was discovered (although autopsy reports indicated Skelton had died between 24 and 36 hours before her body was discovered). "He said he kept trying and she said she was going to call the police and he SNAPPED and choked her. Lol, 12:41pm Mar 4didn't want to post this, detract from your wonderful honoring of the victims, but I remember this era well went to Huron Relays in ypsi shortly thereafter also I played football against JNC at Jackson Prison. I jus wish we lived in a world where that wasnt necessary, and where that sick man would have gotten the help he needed. With the mounting evidence, Collins was arrested on July 31, 1969. In the few days he was in southern California, 17-year-old Roxie Phillips disappeared. Upon cross-examination, Dr. Guinn did agree with defense attorney Neil Fink that a statistical analysis of hair mixtures had never been attempted in a court of law,[136] although he remained firm that his applications had been performed via scientific principles. "Butwhat you want him to do is admit things that you can investigate. [9] Her nude body was found by two 15-year-old boys on an abandoned farm at Superior Township on August 7, and was formally identified via dental records the following day. he was in the same building as me interesting is now because I just moved to ypsi and live four blocks from where he did. A woman police officer mentioned her name to someone and that someone "dropped the dime" on Maralynn. Has it been 40 years?!? Your site is great and detailed really nice.In 2003 I actually live in the house right behind Mary Flezlar appartment we never understood why we always heard females crying and yelling. In a final address to the jury on August 14, Judge Conlin informed the panel they had two choices in the verdict they could render: Guilty of first-degree murder, or not guilty. [28][n 1], Four days after the discovery of Mixer's body, on March 25, a surveyor discovered the nude, mutilated body of a teenage girl lying upon a blue jacket behind a vacant house on a remote, rural section of Earhart Road,[30] just a few hundred yards from where the body of Joan Schell had been discovered eight months previously. [121][122], In January 1970, Neil Fink and Joseph Louisell, partners at one of Detroit's highest-priced law firms, agreed to take over Collins' defense. 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Best wishes! On July 11, 2005, a 62-year-old former nurse named Gary Earl Leiterman was charged with the murder of Jane Mixer, Chapman is currently serving his life sentence at the, This page was last edited on 2 January 2023, at 01:56. John Norman Collins, now known as John Norman Chapman, continues to maintain his innocence despite this evidence and having been convicted by a jury of his peers. [17], The lack of blood beneath or near the corpse, plus the testimony of eyewitnesses, led investigators to determine Schell's body had lain in its present location for less than 24 hours. "He reveals himself by what he doesn't say, as much as by what he says,"Fournier said of Collins. epub download Terror in Ypsilanti: John Norman Collins Unmasked To expand on their allegations that certain defense witnesses had been subjected to police harassment, and that eyewitness accounts had been flawed, defense attorney Joseph Louisell subjected Sheriff Harvey to a 45-minute cross-examination as to his contact with the two eyewitnesses prior to completion of this composite drawing. This is the only murder for which Collins would ever stand trial. John Collins, by most accounts,grew up to bea good student and a great athlete. Some peoples facts are not so good but you did a nice job!!! She told him she had a boyfriend in Center Line. [3] Although Schell had been dead for several days, her entire lower body was in a remarkably preserved condition, whereas her head, shoulders and breasts were in an advanced state of decomposition, leading the pathologist to conclude her body had been stored in a naturally cool environment, but with the upper third of her body exposed to natural heat. Each testified on August 6. Muddy Waters, coach at Hillsdale, would take us (freshman) there to make us tough JNC was a little sh*t, smart alec and cocky wore a stocking cap under his helmet played middle linebacker and would cuss at and spit upon the offensive line men (ME) anyway, thanks for the memory, albeit sad. The letter was mailed so they knew she got that far. Bundshuh remembered Collins cried when asked about Kalom, saying they dated. [77], At approximately 12:15a.m. the following morning,[78] in the midst of a heavy, humid storm, one officer observed a young man running from the gully;[79] the heavy rain and insect irritation had prevented the officer from observing the young man actually approaching the gully. " Collins writes he figured Davis just"made a mess" at the house. The two played intramural football. Karen was the latest girl in a two-year stretch to go missing. Investigators determined the knife was consistent with the weapon used to stab Kalom. She told me years ago that Maralynn was killed by a motorcycle gang. Collins last victim was 18-year-old Karen Sue Beineman, another EMU student. Five different police agencies frantically searched for Karen Sue Beinemanon July 23, 1969. Non-commercial, fact based reporting is made possible by your financial support. The Most Dangerous Serial Killers Of The 1960s - Grunge.com Collins writes that Davis had a "twin brother" with a car fitting the description of the vehiclea witness saw giving anothervictim, Joan Schell, a ride in. I was there and you didn't get me!". (Chapman holds. Among those cops was a rookie campus police officer at Eastern Michigan University: Larry Matthewson. Collins rejected any association with the slaying of the 13-year-old, just like in his police interviews. In this lineup, Goshe positively identified the man she had seen with Karen Sue Beineman as John Norman Collins. "They took the car apart and they found under one of the seats, a swatch of fabric, I think was about the size of a dime. because it didn't happen as you would think it did,"Collins wrote to his cousin, setting him up for a lengthy explanation that revealed he had lied for years. "That was tough on Leik. Fournier said his frat brothers learned that the hard way when he was thrown out because of theft. Hetook her there, waited for her and then, they ended up at his uncles house. Her body was found two days later in a field. [153], In each appeal instance, Collins' conviction was upheld, with successive appellate judges of the Supreme Court announcing in October 1974, their refusal to review his conviction[154] and the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit announcing their own satisfaction with the earlier findings of the district court. Kalominvited Collins to a party in Ann Arbor, which Collins claims he wasn't sure whether he would go. David Leik, had refused to divulge the blood type(s) of his family to defense attorneys. So sadmy twins are at EMU and they were home this weekend and asked me if I knew anything about the serial killer. Folklore! At the time of his arrest, hishigh school girlfriend, Burnadetta Hudak, describedCollins aspolitewith "manners galore," opening the door for a ladyand standing when a woman or older personentered the room.