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Michigan Murders

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Michigan Murders refers to a series of killings in the Ypsilanti/Ann Arbor area between 1967 and 1969. John Norman Collins, an EMU alumni, was convicted of one out of 7 alleged killings and was sentenced to life in prison.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Laura Dickinson collection

 Collection
Identifier: 017.LD
Abstract

Newspaper clippings, correspondence, and reports related to the murder of student Laura Dickinson in 2006, the trials and conviction of Orange Taylor, and the resulting scandal over the university's failure to disclose in a timely fashion that Dickinson was murdered which cost several top administrators their jobs, including President John Fallon, Vice President for Student Affairs James Vick, and Director of Public Safety Cindy Hall.

Dates: 2006 - 2010