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The Snow Killings

Inside the Oakland County Child Killer Investigation

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The Snow Killings

By: Marney Rich Keenan
Narrated by: Carrington MacDuffie
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Over 13 months in 1976­-1977, four children were abducted in the Detroit suburbs, each of them held for days before their still-warm bodies were dumped in the snow near public roadsides. The Oakland County Child Murders spawned panic across southeast Michigan, triggering the most extensive manhunt in US history. Yet after less than two years, the task force created to find the killer was shut down without naming a suspect.

The case “went cold” for more than 30 years, until a chance discovery by one victim’s family pointed to the son of a wealthy General Motors executive: Christopher Brian Busch, a convicted pedophile, was freed weeks before the fourth child disappeared.

Veteran Detroit News reporter Marney Rich Keenan takes the listener inside the investigation of the still-unsolved murders - seen through the eyes of the lead detective in the case and the family who cracked it open - revealing evidence of a decades-long cover-up of malfeasance and obstruction that denied justice for the victims.

©2020 Marney Rich Keenan (P)2020 Blackstone Publishing Crime Murder True Crime
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Unlike many true crime books which simply skim through the details,this book goes into the crime in depth. It’s so refreshing to see this kind of approach. Very well researched and presented.

Very well researched.

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A very good narrative on a horrible horrible case. Incredibly detailed and well read. Keep going during the times you want to stop it really gets you.

Harrowing yet utterly compelling

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I do like a lot of details, but sometimes it felt like too many side steps, which made it hard to follow the main story.

Sometimes a little tedious

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it was a fascinating journey, hearing how facts and recollections about this case remains unsolved.

interesting

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Brilliantly written & narrated. Very detailed explanation about killing of children in 70's Detroit. A very long & sometimes upsetting book, I several times wanted to stop listening, but I was drawn in & had to finish it.

Truly sad case study

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