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The serial murders that changed Southeast Michigan forever

John Norman Collins’ killing spree and trial are now back in print after more than a decade

The Michigan Murders

By Edward Keyes

Paper 978-0-472-03446-8 / $22.95

Publication Date: August 2010

Southeastern Michigan was rocked in the late 1960s by the terrifying serial murders of young women, whose bodies were dumped in Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti. In each case, few clues were left at the scene, and six separate police agencies were unable to end the horror. Then, almost by accident, a break came. The suspect: John Norman Collins, a young, quiet, all-American boy.

 

Collins was caught; went to trial; and, on August 19, 1970, was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment with no possibility of parole. He is now in his sixties and is serving his sentence in Marquette, Michigan.

Collins was one of the first serial killers exposed in the region, and his arrest had many in the area locking their doors for the first time. Edward Keyes’ harrowing Michigan Murders covers every step of the case. It fell out of print for more than a decade before being revived for this special edition.

Laura James, author of the new prologue, is a trial lawyer, crime historian, and true crime author who blogs about the true crime genre at her Web site CLEWS ().

 

Mardi Link, author of the new epilogue, is the author of two regionally best-selling true crime books based in Northern Michigan, When Evil Came to Good Hart and Isadore’s Secret.

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