![]() Letters, interviews reveal dark side.ĬOLLINS' LETTER: John Norman Collins - one of Michigan's most notorious killers - pens letter to the Free Press Hints of a dark side THE EVIDENCE LOCKER: What police discovered at 7 Michigan murder crime scenesĬHAPTER 1: Never-before-published letters, interviews offer clues in infamous Michigan murdersĬHAPTER 2: Murders of Michigan women still unsolved 50 years later - but cops had eye on 1 manĬHAPTER 3: 'Handsome' EMU student was unlikely serial killer suspect. 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. "It all began the day before I met Karen B." On top of that, Collins, in two 2013 letters to his cousin John Chapman, revealed in his own words what he said "really happened" all those years ago, confirming details from the cases and recanting his claim that he never knew his victim. He also had a new story to tell them about Beineman.Īnd, Schroeder said, when they mentioned Dawn Basom, the 13-year-old victim killed in 1969, it touched a nerve. An enraged Collins responded by forcefully asserting: "I didn’t kill that baby!" Still, in interviews with detectives, Collins described meeting Kalom, 21, of Portage, and taking her on a motorcycle-riding date just before she was slain. He also tries to discredit his cousin for disclosing his private letters, suggesting what he wrote is mostly fiction.Ĭollins adds: "I like to believe that I still have some 'INTEGRITY.' " In a new twist just this week, Collins revised his story yet again. In an email to the Free Press sent this week, Collins maintains he is innocent. Moreover, they added, the evidence from two Michigan victims had yet to be DNA-tested. Yet, investigators added, as Collins and any other potential suspects age, the window of time is closing on whether the cases can be prosecuted to bring justice and resolution for the victims and their families. ![]() Eric Schroeder, 54, said in extensive interviews with the Free Press. "But what you want him to do is admit things that you can investigate. “I didn’t go into it thinking that he’d admit to the murders," retired Sgt. Photos including booking and evidence files of John Norman Collins.Īnd when two now-retired Michigan State Police detectives questioned Collins face-to-face, his denials began to unravel. ![]()
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