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A Serial Child Killer Who Was Never Caught
Between February 1976 and March 1977, four children were abducted and brutally murdered in Oakland County, Michigan, USA.
Mark Stebbins was just 12 years old when he didn’t return home on 15th February, 1976. After a frantic search which lasted for four days, his body was found dumped in a mound of snow next to an office car park. He was discovered fully-clothed in the same outfit he was last seen in, however further examination found that he had been sexually assaulted with an unknown object. There was also evidence of rope marks which indicated his wrists and ankles had been bound during his ordeal. Mark had also suffered circular lacerations to the back of his head — possibly caused by the barrell of a shotgun — but his eventual cause of death was ruled as strangulation.
Jill Robinson was also 12 years of age when she left her home on 22nd December, 1976 after having a petty argument with her mother. Her bicycle was found the following day abandoned outside of a local shop and her body was discovered days later on 26th December. Similarly to Mark, she had also been laid out neatly and fully-clothed in the snow, except her clothes were bloodstained. This time, likely as a deliberate taunt by the killer, the body had been placed within sight of a police station.
