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From the authors of their mastermind minds.

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This is mysterious.

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Mystery surrounds us every day,

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join us and listen to true stories of

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mystery from human behavior to nature, and the

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physical environment to paranormal

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experiences,

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the stories are true, even if we can't

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explain them.

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Mc island is perched

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aesthetically in the straits of Mack.

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The island is unique,

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historic

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and timeless.

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There is a sense when stepping from the

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dot, into town

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that a switch has been flipped, and you're

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plunged back in time to the nineteenth century

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Cars were outlawed in 18 98.

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The fairies drop visitors within steps of the

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main street. But be careful where you step

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because wagon and carriages take the place of

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cars, and they are pulled by draft horses.

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There are horses to rent for a ride

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around the island or bicycles

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if you prefer.

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The town is arranged for the tourists. Trade

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with hotels, gift shops,

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restaurants, bars,

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and the famous Mack Island fudge.

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It's such a beautiful setting that the movie

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somewhere in time was filmed there,

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and that's what you've feel when you step

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off the ferry and enter the town, you

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feel as though you've been transported in time

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to a simpler

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peaceful era.

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Thoughts of violence or murder are the farthest

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thing from anyone's mind,

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but murder did happen there,

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on 06/24/1960.

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Frances Lacey was excited about her weekend trip

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to the island.

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It will be my first vacation since my

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husband died 3 years ago she said,

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kaye set, Francis daughter rode with her mother

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from dear born Michigan to Mack city where

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they boarded a ferry to the island.

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As the ferry deep departed of the dock,

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the Mc bridge

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filled the horizon on the port side of

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the vessel.

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Its 5 miles span connects the upper and

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lower peninsula

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of Michigan across the straits of Mach.

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And it is a beauty to behold.

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Grand hotel on the island also provides a

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spectacular view with its massive white columns

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and 660

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foot porch.

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But the 8 mile ferry ride was soon

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over.

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The ladies dis

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and followed the dock to the main street

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of town.

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Kaye

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and her husband Wesley set along with Francis

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were invited to stay at a cottage rented

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by Wesley mother near a spot on the

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island called British landing.

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Francis was happy to join the group, but

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decided to stay at a hotel instead of

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the cottage.

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After leaving the dock area, the first hotel

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was the chip,

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but they did not have any vacancies.

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So Francis crossed the street to the Murray

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hotel and got a room.

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She left her luggage there and went on

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a carriage ride to British landing with her

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family.

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They returned to town had supper and shopped

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for fudge and postcards at May's candy shop,

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The group returned with Francis to the Murray

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hotel and Frances told them she would walk

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out to British landing in the morning.

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It was already warm by 09:00 in the

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morning on 06/24/1960.

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When Francis had not arrived at the cabin

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by 11:00,

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they thought maybe she had gotten lost because

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she was always pun.

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Their schedule of activities had to get underway

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if they were going to be able to

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do everything by the time they had to

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board the ferry for their return trip.

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The family began to search for Francis.

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She said she would walk Lake Shore Road.

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Some look that way while others walk different

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roads just in case.

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They walked

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to the Murray hotel, but found she had

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checked out.

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Something was wrong.

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It was time to call the police.

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A Michigan state trooper the call and rode

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his bike to British landing.

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He had resolved many missing persons reports in

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the past at after getting a description of

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Francis, he called Me Bloom, the city police

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chief and asked him to check out her

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room at the Murray hotel.

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Chief Bloom learned that Francis had checked out

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of the hotel, but the hotel staff were

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not sure of the time she checked out.

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Because they found the key to her room

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on the desk and assumed

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because she had paid for 1 night that

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she was checking out.

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The staff located her bag in the luggage

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area, and they figured she would be returning

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for it later in the day.

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The chief checked the luggage and saw it

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was fully packed,

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including 3 pounds of fudge from May's candy

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shop.

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He checked her room and didn't find anything

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out of the ordinary.

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But trooper contacted

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Me city police on the mainland to see

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if her car was still at the ferry

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dac. It was.

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The police And volunteers began searching the roads

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and trails of the island.

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At the end of the day, the police

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could not find Francis.

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And the trooper contacted his commander at the

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saint ig post to let him know what

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was happening.

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Post commander Sergeant George Be burnett said he

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would... Send men to the island in the

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morning to help with the search.

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Sergeant

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with 3 other troopers.

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On the ferry ride to the island, he

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briefed the officers that it was unlikely for

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someone to get lost on the island.

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The island is 2 and a half miles

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long and 1 and 3 quarters miles wide.

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The island is covered in a series of

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horse trails and foot pat. This and a

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person is not far from any of them

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on the small island.

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As soon as they arrive, the troopers and

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volunteers began a full scale search of the

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island.

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Francis son Wesley center was also searching for

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her. He was sure she had met with

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foul play as she would have reached our

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to someone.

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Her daughter kaye provided a picture of Francis

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and copies were made and passed along to

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volunteers who were searching

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Police check ferry lines, and no 1 remembered

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seeing her

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blood had arrived on the island.

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They used some of Frances

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lacey

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clothing from her luggage

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enabling the dogs to pick up her scent

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on main street,

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and follow it to the West Lakes shore,

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but they lost it at the end of

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the boardwalk.

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The dogs were taken to the north end

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of the island where they picked up another

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scent that led them to the cabin where

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the family was staying, then the log, dogs

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lost the trio again

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that

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The next day, June 20 sixth.

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Passed without finding Francis and more police became

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involved in the search.

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Lieutenant Bob Bi, post commander at Mark cat

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was sent to the island along with detective

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Sp gained no notoriety as 1 of the

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lead detect is in the 19 52 murder

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investigation of Army Veteran Coleman Peterson.

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Peterson shot and killed former Michigan State police

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Trooper Mike Chen,

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the owner of the Lumber jack Tavern in

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Big bay, Michigan.

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A book was written about the killing, and

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made into a movie anatomy of a murder.

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Detective Sp

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began his investigation with an interview of Case

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sutter,

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She related personal details about her mother. Francis

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was

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very loving,

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independent and pun.

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If her mother died,

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she and her brother William would inherit at

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some apartment buildings,

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stocks bonds, and bank accounts. Worth about 25000

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dollars.

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Kaye had placed a call to her brother

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on Sunday night when the all day search

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had not found their mother worth William and

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his wife valerie left right away for the

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Kaye said her mother's black purse had a

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cream colored interior.

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And bamboo handles.

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It should have her checkbook, passport,

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social security card pills, and wallet,

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Francis

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wore glasses,

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and she had a diamond ring and a

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wrist watch.

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She smoked 1 and a half packs of

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L m cigarettes, cigarettes each day,

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and she would take an occasional alcoholic drink.

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Back at the Murray hotel,

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another trooper obtained a list of the guests

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who stayed on the second floor near room

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26.

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Where Francis had stayed.

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None of them were available to interview because

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they had already left the island

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He was able to interview some of the

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staff. However, the morning clerk remembered checking Francis

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in.

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And Thomas Murray recalled that she had left

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at least 3 times

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before 10PM

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and left her key at the desk each

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time she had left.

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After the third time, she told Marie, she

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probably wouldn't bother him anymore.

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The lobby was closed at 1AM

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and the day clerk found the key to

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room 26 lying on the desk and missus

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Lacey luggage in the lobby

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sometime after 10:30AM.

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June 20 seventh,

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a pilot from the Michigan State police,

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flew a state police plane

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along the island's shoreline

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searching for any sign of Francis.

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Sp met with a coast guard and joined

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them in a search of the coast coastline

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around the island by bolt.

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Still there was no trace of Francis Lacey.

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A dive team from a Michigan State place

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in Market was searching the water around the

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Swift, dangerous currents in the straits made recovering

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a body very difficult.

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Police were beginning to believe that Francis Lacey,

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could have fallen into Lake huron and drowned.

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On the day, Frances Lacey

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disappeared.

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A couple from Flint took a ferry to

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the island,

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and the first thing they did was rent

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a tandem bicycle.

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And The time on the rental ticket was

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09:30AM.

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They followed the Lake huron shoreline and went

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up lake, shore road toward British landing.

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The man noticed 2 cobb stone pillars framing

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a large iron gate, with a sign that

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said private property.

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Just past the gate, he saw a purse

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lying off the pavement to their right.

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They stopped

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and heard a noise in the woods as

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they picked it up, It sounded like a

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large animal lumber through the woods.

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The purse was black with a bamboo handle.

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Inside there were papers with a name on

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them.

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They put the purse in the basket and

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continued their bark bike ride.

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They checked at the Chip

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hotel back in town

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because there was a brochure from there in

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the purse.

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There was no 1 registered at the chip

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y by that name.

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They decided they would not spend the rest

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of their day looking for the owner so

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the couple took the purse back to Flint

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and plan to contact the lady when they

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got back home and make arrangements to get

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the purse to her.

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Back home,

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they read newspaper stories of a missing dear

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born woman on Mack Island.

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And they immediately contacted the police.

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Bob Bi

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was familiar with a description of where the

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couple found the purse.

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Be and Brat headed for the gate on

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Lake shah Road they began slowly looking around

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the side of the roadway where the inform

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said they found the purse and then slowly

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enlarge their search.

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A put odor perm the entire area.

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Sp found several small pieces of something.

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Broken pieces of a plate. It looked like

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a carriage wheel had run over it.

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The officers climbed the gate to search the...

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On the other side.

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They found an overturned rotting row bolt.

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Picked up the edge to see what was

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under it and found

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a pair of women's dress shoes,

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1 of the men on the search noticed

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2 small trees that the wind had blown

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over, and he noticed something dark.

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On the ground next to the trees

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as he got closer,

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he saw

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what he was looking at

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was human hair.

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4 days

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after her disappearance.

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Frances Lacey

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had been found.

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information.

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The short sleeved white blouse she was wearing

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was pulled up above her shoulder blades,

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and her dark green skirt was pulled up

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to her hip line.

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Her plastic rim

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eyeglasses

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were lying 2 inches from her upper left

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arm.

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Bob Bi ordered 1 of the troops back

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to town to find a photographer and notify

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the coroner.

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Sp, and the others carefully look for any

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more obvious evidence.

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They knew the Michigan State police would send

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trained

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specialists in evidence

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collection for to comb over the entire area.

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On June 28,

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doctor Edgar,

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a forensic scientist for the Michigan state police

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headed for Mc Island with 2 other detectives,

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to help get the investigation into the burner

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underway.

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The team got there the following day at

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2AM.

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They waited until daybreak and began a search

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working from the outside of the crime scene,

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starting with a small pieces of broken dentures,

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by 6AM,

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they had

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slowly moved beyond the overturned row boat and

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the black shoes to the body.

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Looking closely. It was clear to doctor C

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how Frances Lacey was killed. Her white panties

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were knot at around her neck.

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Cab removed a hair from the front of

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her slip near her breasts.

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Investigators

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discovered 2 hairs,

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at the base of 1 of the pillars

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near the gate.

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Detectives developed a list of all outgoing island

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employees.

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From the 2 primary theories.

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They also went to each business on the

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island to get the names of the owners

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and the names of all the employees

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They wrote a bicycle from where the couple

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had rented theirs and took the root to

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where the purse was found,

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leaving at 09:30. The trooper got there at

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10:30.

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This means that the couple could have been

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only a few yards away

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when missus Lacey murderer

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concealed her body

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under a blanket of brush.

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Capella told detectives to get a hair sample

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from each suspect bay interviewed to compare to

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the hair taken from Frances body.

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According to the autopsy report of Frances Lacey,

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her body,

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was in a state of moderate post mortem

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d

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deposition. Her skin had already started to deteriorate

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around her facial

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features and ears.

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There was bruising evident on the left side

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of her chin and a small lace on

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the right side of her chin and there

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was a deep

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jagged lace on the upper left side of

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her head

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behind the temple region.

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Her right shin was scraped,

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from her ankle to her knee with moderate

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hem and the doctor noted they were caused

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before her death.

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She still wore a diamond ring on her

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left hand,

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but the investigators

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reported the absence

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of a watch on either of her wrists.

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There was obvious bruising on her neck

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the bruising was at finger tip

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intervals.

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There was a knot garment around the neck.

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The bruising on her neck

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extended entirely from the back of her neck

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to the front of her trachea and matched

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the width of the l literature.

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The killer first used his hands and then

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strangled Francis with her own panties.

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Vaginal swabs were taken and sent to little

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Trevor hospital.

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The stomach contents were examined can, pancakes and

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bacon were consumed less than 2 hours

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before her death.

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The report from the hospital confirmed the presence

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of sperm.

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The discovery of.

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Body and confirmation that she had been murdered,

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made both year round residents and taurus,

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anxious

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newspapers statewide

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fueled the anxiety.

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The police began interviewing suspects and following up

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on clues.

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By August first,

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7 or 8 suspects had been questioned and

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released.

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While the Michigan State police was tracking down

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who killed Francis Lacey,

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yachts continued to sail to and from the

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island while fairies dropped off an endless stream

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of tourists. Old every half hour or so.

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4 days a elapsed before Francis body was

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found

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how many people had left the island during

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that time.

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On August tenth.

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Francis

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bill fold, was turned into the police by

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the grand hotel Gardner.

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He found the bill fold in a clump

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shrub near path

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contained driver's license.

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Vehicle

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registration and birth certificate,

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but there was no money.

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In 19 60,

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forensic scientists

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used fingerprints and

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investigations and doctor C,

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compared hair samples from the victim

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and hairs found on the victim to potential

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suspects.

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But Dna

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comparisons were totally unknown at the time.

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Doctor C

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compared hair characteristics,

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such as ethnicity, area of the body from

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which the hairs came and the color and

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growth phase.

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He would then determine whether a hair could

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be excluded as coming from a known sample.

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Hair samples were taken from suspects and compared

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to the hair found on Francis slip at

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the gate.

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Using the evidence they could compile,

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police interviewed suspect

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after suspect and then had to release them

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due to lack of a enough evidence to

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charge them with anything.

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They contacted all the restaurants serving breakfast and

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narrowed down, Francis had eaten breakfast, but

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No 1 there remembered her.

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The police followed up on thousands of tips

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they as they investigated the murder.

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They interviewed nearly all the staff on the

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island and ferry employees.

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They checked backgrounds of suspects. They compared the

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details of the lacy case to other murder

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cases nearby and around the country.

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As years passed,

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fewer and fewer leads developed.

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The investigation of Francis Lacey death was eventually

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moved,

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to the cold case files.

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The case would be reinvest by different cold

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case units over the years.

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And then in June of 20 10, detective

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sergeant Richard Rule received a tip that caused

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him to take another look at the evidence

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collected in 19 60.

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But then he found

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he could not

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retrieve all the evidence.

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It appeared the evidence

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00:23:29,424 --> 00:23:31,525
in Frances Lacey murder

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was either lost,

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misplaced or destroyed.

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Dna evidence in 20 10 may have solved

552
00:23:41,430 --> 00:23:44,154
the crime. But what had happened to the

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evidence?

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00:23:46,303 --> 00:23:48,315
She could have been killed by a serial

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00:23:48,372 --> 00:23:50,680
murder or... It could have been a sex

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crime.

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Or crime of convenience,

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no 1 knows

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what we do know

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00:23:59,227 --> 00:24:01,242
is that with the evidence missing,

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00:24:01,874 --> 00:24:02,692
the case

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00:24:03,068 --> 00:24:05,240
will never be solved,

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00:24:06,810 --> 00:24:07,867
who killed

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Francis Lacey.

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00:24:17,260 --> 00:24:19,194
More detail about this podcast,

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00:24:20,064 --> 00:24:22,318
can be found in the book grim paradise

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00:24:22,615 --> 00:24:25,645
by Rod Sad on which this podcast is

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based.

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I hope you enjoyed this story

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and will join us again

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for another episode of

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mysterious