By Thursday, 100 lawmen from Oakland County, volunteers, Oakland County Sheriff’s investigators, the county helicopter and the special Oakland County Task Force all were scouring the area. Here is their 1977 summary report on the Oakland County Child Killer case:Homicide investigations are, at best, difficult to work on and the Oakland County child murders are certainly no exception. However, in 2012 it was revealed that there is zero evidence suggesting Busch is the Oakland County Child Killer. Lawson, who was already serving a life sentence for murder, told WDIV in 2006 that he knows who the Oakland County Child Killer is. At one point a man going by the name “Allen” claimed his roommate, “Frank,” was the Oakland County Child Killer.

Barry King, the father of Oakland County Child Killer victim Timothy King, has died. Timmy King was the fourth victim to be connected to the Oakland County Child Case in the 1970s. After Timmy’s body was found, police knew they had a child killer on their hands. Barry King spent decades pursuing the case on his own, trying to prove the identity of the Oakland County Child Killer. 5-part Oakland County Child Killer docuseriesThe “Child Killer” docuseries focuses on the unsolved murders of at least four children in Oakland County between 1976 and 1977.

Someone killed at least four children in Oakland County, Mich. between 1976 and 1977. In that time, the four children were abducted and murdered with their bodies left in various locations within or just outside Oakland County. After King's body was found, police knew they had a child killer on their hands. AdBefore the murder of Timmy King, police and the public couldn't fully connect the dots on the various cases of missing children and murders. Watch Chapter Three of Child Killer: Timmy King in the video player above.