MONSTER DAD JOHN SKELTON'S TWISTED DREAMS

SHOCKING new revelations in the case of a Michigan man whose three sons have vanished filled a courtroom yesterday. Among them: dreams of the three missing boys near a dumpster; the trio in blankets clutching their toys as their dad drove away; his chilling search for the best way to break a neck. John Skelton has pleaded no contest in the disappearance of his three boys: Andrew, 9, Alexander, 7, and Tanner, 5. The boys vanished last Thanksgiving. He has still given no explanation as
to what happened to them, only that they were safely in the hands of a secretive child protection organization. Skelton has unloaded a truckload of conflicting stories on cops. These inconsistencies convinced detectives that the boys were, in fact, dead. He faces up to 15 years when he is sentenced in September. The boys mom sobbed throughout court.

The prosecutor's office said: "Members of the investigative task force and the Lenawee County Prosecutor's Office continue to actively pursue a final solution. We consider this just one more step toward everyone's goal of fully resolving this case."

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OAKLAND COUNTY CHILD KILLER: ANOTHER LOOK

THEY WERE among the most notorious murders of the 1970s. An ugly chain of unsolved child killings in suburban Detroit know as the Oakland County Child Murders. Now, they are being looked at again as part of a cold case task force examining 30 unsolved homicides.
A law enforcement official said: "The grand jury is hearing information related to one of the child slayings of the 1970s, but as far as I know, there is no new
information or hot leads."
Four children were abducted from Oakland County between February 1976 and March 1977 during a time of terror. However, there's a very good chance the killer is long dead and buried. The Detroit News in May reported that a DNA hit linked James Vincent Gunnels to Kristine Mihelich, a victim. His DNA matched a hair fragment found on the dead girl's shirt. Gunnels was a boyhood pal of Christopher Busch,
In May, The News reported a DNA match linked recently paroled James Vincent Gunnels to Kristine Mihelich, one of the victims. Gunnels' DNA matched a hair fragment found on Kristine's shirt. Gunnels was a childhood friend of one of the nephews of Christopher Busch, a convicted pedophile suspected of being involved in the killings. Busch killed himself in 1978, a year after the killings stopped. Gunnels has told cops Busch molested him at the family cottage.
The Oakland County Child Killer came to be known as "The Babysitter" because each victim had been bathed prior to their murder. Investigators also found white animal hair on each victim, noting that the Busch family had a white Welsh terrier at the time of the murders.
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DOG LOVER JOSE SANCHEZ JAILED FOR ROVER ROMP

OH, DEAR. Poor Jose 'Dirty' Sanchez is being packed off to prison again. This time it's for sexually assaulting his dog. The 59-year-old canine casanova was hammered with a 17-month to 22-year jail sentence for his hijinks with the female boxer mix. Judge William C. Marietti noted that he found the rover romper's antics “at least comprehensible” but he certainly didn't give the man a break. Sanchez told investigators he had suffered horrific childhood abuse, including being sodomized by a dog.
Marietti said: "I frankly didn't know how you got
here, Mr. Sanchez, until I read the report."
Sanchez, 59, of Muskegon, Michigan pleadeed no contest to bestiality. In 1998, Dirty Sanchez was convicted of of second-degree criminal sexual conduct with a child.
Dirty Sanchez told the court before sentencing: “I'd like to express my regret for my behavior and my actions." The dog--at the time going by the handle of 'White Dog'--now goes by Stella and is in the care of a foster family. MORE OIN THE ROVER ROMPER

ROB NOWAK CASTRATION SLAY TRIAL: SEX CULT DID IT

THE DEFENSE team for a California man on trial in a grisly Michigan dismemberment murder is blaming a bizarre sex cult for the vile deed. Robert Nowak, 51, is on trial for murdering Troy Moross, 26, in February 2001. He had been castrated in a "precise surgical fashion." Detectives linked Nowak to the murder after he was  busted for a burglary in California and his DNA was a hit. However, his mouthpiece says Moross was murdered and mutilated by a weird sex cult who got their kicks by the sickening acts.
According to the Detroit Free Press: Federal agents with Immigration and Custom Enforcement have been investigating the cult, and have seized thousands of photos of mutilations and torture.
Dr. Kanubhai Virani, medical examiner for Oakland County, said that in
ROBERT 2005, the feds investigating the cult asked him to review Moross' autopsy report to see if his injuries were like the ones found in the mutilation photos. They also asked him to look at photos of surgical tools and sex toys found in the sex den. Virani said marks on his ankles and wrists made it "very likely" Moross was restrained by his wrists and ankles. He died of blunt force trauma to then head. MORE IN THE DETROIT FREE PRESS

SICK RODRICK SHONTE DANTZLER KILLS 7, THEN SELF

 UPDATE: A killer cops say slaughtered 7 in Grand Rapids, Mich. ended a tense standoff late last night by blowing his brains out. Cops have not released the names of any of the victims but it's believed one of the dead was Rodrick Shonte Dantzler's ex-girlfriend and their daughter, 10.  Police Chief Kevin Belk said: "We'd have much rather got the suspect to surrender peaceably ... but that was not the situation."

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 DEVELOPING: Cops in Grand Rapids, Michigan say the suspected triggerman in the slayings of seven people Thursday has released one of two people he's holding hostage. The woman, 53, was released unharmed. Last
night he was still holding a hostage in a  tense standoff with cops.
Cops say the suspect is Rodrick Shonte Dantzler, 34. The intense manhunt began after four people were found dead in a Grand Rapids home while three more bodies were found across town. Two of the dead are children. Dantzler then shot two more people who suffered non-life threatening injuries.
It's believed the slaughter stemmed from a domestic dispute. Dantzler's girlfriend lived at one of the houses and visited often. Sources say more family members lived at the scene of the second rampage. MORE IN THE DETROIT NEWS

MICHIGAN BOY, 7, LEADS COPS ON 20 MILE CAR CHASE

CHECK IT OUT. Boy, 7, decides he's going to see his dad--20 miles away. Steals stepfather's car. Leads cops in Michigan on a chase in a  red Pontiac Sunfire.
Quote of the day, call to 911: "Uh, yes, I'm on Kinde Road outside of Caseville, and believe it or not, I just passed about a 5-, 6-year-old kid flying down the road with a red Pontiac Sunbird."

JENNIFER PETKOV BULLIED DYING GIRL; BACK IN ACTION

MEANEST WOMAN

VICTIM

OH, DEAR. It seems the Meanest Woman in America, Jennifer Petkov is at it again. You must remember Jennifer? She's the Michigan woman who went on an online crusade to taunt and torment terminally ill, Kathleen Edward, now 8. She also later pleaded guilty to attempting to run over another neighbor and had been ordered off her street during her 18-month probation. But what's this? Neighbors say the Meanest Woman in America has been
sneaking back into the house where her hubby and kids still live and continues to taunt neighbors with internet postings.
Kathleen's grandmother, Rebecca Rose said: "I'm frustrated. All we asked for was a peaceful summer. It should not be this hard to get."
According to The Detroit News: Kathleen was diagnosed with the juvenile form of Huntington's disease, a neurological disorder that claimed the life of her mother, Laura Edward, in June 2009. Taunts allegedly started in 2008 back and forth across the street and on the Internet with Petkov's admitted postings of altered photos of Laura Edward in the arms of the Grim Reaper and a photo of Kathleen's crying face over crossed bones.
Now, the Meanest Woman in America AKA "The Devil of Detroit Street"is in trouble again.

POLYGAMIST RICHARD BARTON: 'DIVORCE OR JAIL'

IT’S A UNIQUE way of avoiding time in the slammer and for a Grand Rapids, Michigan man it may be his only choice. Muskegon County Circuit Court Judge Timothy Hicks told polygamist Richard J Barton Jr., that he had four months to divorce one of his wives, or face time in prison.
Barton, 34, pleaded guilty to one charge of polygamy – admitting under oath that he had married a woman last July while still married to a woman in Rhode Island from 2004. Happily for Barton, his choice shouldn’t be too difficult.
Barton is estranged from his first wife Adina Quarto, of Rhode island, who became suspicious when he ‘defriended’ her on Facebook. Quarto did a little digging and soon discovered pictures of Barton at his beach wedding on
another Facebook page. Enraged, Quarto dropped the dime on her husband. In his defence Barton claimed that he had signed divorce papers in 2007, a claim that Quarto rubbished.
Barton has previous convictions for parole violation, failing to show up at court, home invasion and uttering and publishing in Kent County. Can you believe this guy is 34?  That’s what polygamy does to you.

MICHIGAN MURDER MATRIARCH ALBERTA EASTER DEAD

IT WAS one of the worst day's in the history of Michigan law enforcement. By the time it was over, three Inkster cops were dead at the hands of one family. What kind of woman could be matriarch of a family like that. Meet Alberta Easter. Happily, as of Sunday, she is as dead as a door nail.
Prison officials say the 93-year-old cop killer died of natural causes at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor just after being rushed (why?) from the Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility in Ypsilanti.
We have no idea what she was like in her dotage but in 1987, she was
involved in a wild shootout at a motel that killed the three cops. She had been living at the motel when cops came to bust her for bouncing a $286 check. A shootout ensued and there was a 10-hour standoff between her and her three boys and the cops. Killed in the initial shootout were Officers Clay Hoover, 24, and Dan Dubiel, 36, and Sgt. Ira Parker, 41. Hoover and Dubiel were shot 29 times each, according to testimony at the murder trial.
Easter and three sons were convicted of first-degree murder and given three life sentences apiece.
Two sons, William and Roy Lemons, remain in prison. The third, George Lemons, died in prison in 1996. Previously, the family had been small time crooks. The slayings, over nothing.

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MICHIGAN MURDER SUSPECT JOHN SKELTON DIVORCES

IN THE LATEST twist to a bizarre, disturbing case, Tanya and John Skelton have finalized their divorce in a Michigan court. Judge Margaret M.S. Noe awarded full custody to Tanya Skelton of the couple’s three boys, Alexander, 7, Andrew, 9, and Tanner, 5, who have been missing more than six months. Ringing bells? Ah, now you remember good 'ole John Skelton.

Currently incarcerated and awaiting trial on charges of kidnapping and false imprisonment, said he no longer agreed to a judgment of divorce as it would hand custody of the three kids to his wife. Tanya Skelton filed for divorce when John Skelton took two of the boys to Florida without consulting his wife last September. In November, all three boys went missing and were last seen with their father. Skelton bizarrely claims that he gave the kids to an ‘organization’ – an organization that cops have so far been unable to locate.
He said to the judge: "If she is granted custody, they won't be available to either of us. It's not in my control.” Cops, however, smell bull.
Morenci Police Chief Larry Weeks said the case is being treated as a murder investigation.
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JUDGE TO KILLER TODD PINK: 'YOU'RE A TRULY EVIL MAN'

"TRULY EVIL." Well, Judge Richard Caretti, who don't you tell us what you REALLY think. To be fair, the judge was spot on in his description of dirt bag Todd Pink. Todd "Pink not Stink" Pink murdered his fiancee, Carrie Seils, 35, and 3-year-old son Skyler in May 2010 and attacked her daughter and another man during a bloody feeding frenzy
Caretti said in a suburban Detroit courtroom: "It defies belief to even imagine what possessed you to commit this massacre. A jury has found you guilty of committing perhaps the most heinous crime in Macomb
County. You're about to receive the most severe sentences the state of Michigan can give … and in your case, it somehow seems inadequate. You're a truly evil man."

 Pink apologized, said the victims were in his prayers, and, oh, "I'm looking forward to my appeal."Ho! Ho! Ho!
 Pink committed the attack with a gun and knives after a drunken argument with Seils and her friend James Pagano at the Downtown Hoedown in Detroit. He has been sentenced to life in prison. Michigan does not have death penalty and by all accounts, even the most hardcore abolitionist would give a grudging nod to frying Todd.
TODD PINK IS TRULY EVIL